PRUDENTIAL UNIT TRUSTS INSURED TAX EXEMPT SERIES 16/, 497J, 1994-07-05

PRUDENTIAL UNIT TRUSTS INSURED TAX EXEMPT SERIES 16/
497J, 1994-07-05

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                              Rule 497(j)
                              Registration No. 33-2326

Pursuant to Rule 497(j) promulgated under the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant, Prudential Unit Trusts, Insured Tax-Exe-
mpt Series 16 hereby certifies as follows:

1)   the form of prospectus that would have been filed under
paragraph (b) of Rule 497 does not differ from that contained in
the most recent amendment to the registration statement, and

2)   the text of the said amendment to the registration statement
has been filed electronically.

                         PRUDENTIAL UNIT TRUSTS, 
                         Insured Tax-Exempt Series 16
               

                         By: Prudential Securities Incorporated
                                  (Depositor)


                             Richard R. Hoffmann
                             Richard R. Hoffmann
                             Authorized Signatory