CARNEGIE TAX EXEMPT INCOME TRUST, 497J, 1996-11-27

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497J, 1996-11-27

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                                        November 27, 1996



Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

        Re:  Carnegie Tax Exempt Income Trust
             1933 Act Registration No. 33-2299
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Dear Sir/Madam:

  Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
undersigned Registrant hereby certifies that:

  1. On November 27, 1996 it filed electronically through the EDGAR system
     Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 to the above-captioned Registration
     Statement; and

  2. the form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would
     have been filed under Rule 497(c) would not have differed from that
     contained in such Post-Effective Amendment.


                                 CARNEGIE TAX EXEMPT INCOME TRUST


                                 By  /s/ David E. Karam
                                     ---------------------------------------
                                     David E. Karam, Chief Financial Officer