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LAW OFFICES
DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
1345 CHESTNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19107
TELEPHONE: (215) 988-2700
FAX: (215) 988-2757
March 3, 1999
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549
Re: THE GALAXY FUND
File Nos. (33-4806/811-4636)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of The Galaxy Fund (the "Trust") and pursuant to Rule 497(j)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), I hereby certify
that (i) the Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information listed below
that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 under the 1933 Act
would not have differed from those Prospectuses and Statements of Additional
Information contained in the Trust's most recent Post-Effective Amendment to its
Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the 1933 Act and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, ("PEA #37"), which was filed on February 26,
1999; and (ii) the text of PEA #37 has been filed electronically.
The Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information referenced
above, which would otherwise have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c), are:
(1) Prospectus dated February 28, 1999 for Retail A and Retail B
Shares of the Asset Allocation, Equity Income, Growth and Income,
Strategic Equity, Equity Value, Equity Growth, International
Equity, Small Cap Value and Small Company Equity Funds;
(2) Prospectus dated February 28, 1999 for Trust Shares of the Asset
Allocation, Equity Income, Growth and Income, Strategic Equity,
Equity Value, Equity Growth, International Equity, Small Cap
Value and Small
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Company Equity Funds;
(3) Prospectus dated February 28, 1999 for Retail A and Retail B
Shares of the Tax-Exempt Bond, New Jersey Municipal Bond, New
York Municipal Bond, Connecticut Municipal Bond, Massachusetts
Municipal Bond and Rhode Island Municipal Bond Funds;
(4) Prospectus dated February 28, 1999 for Trust Shares of the
Tax-Exempt Bond, New Jersey Municipal Bond, New York Municipal
Bond, Connecticut Municipal Bond, Massachusetts Municipal Bond
and Rhode Island Municipal Bond Funds;
(5) Prospectus dated February 28, 1999 for Retail A and Retail B
Shares of the Short-Term Bond, Intermediate Government Income and
High Quality Bond Funds;
(6) Prospectus dated February 28, 1999 for Trust Shares of the
Short-Term Bond, Intermediate Government Income, High Quality
Bond and Corporate Bond Funds;
(7) Prospectus dated February 28, 1999 for Retail A and Retail B
Shares of the Money Market, Government, U.S. Treasury,
Tax-Exempt, Connecticut Municipal Money Market and Massachusetts
Municipal Money Market Funds;
(8) Prospectus dated February 28, 1999 for Trust Shares of the Money
Market, Government, Institutional Government Money Market, U.S.
Treasury and Tax-Exempt Funds;
(9) Statement of Additional Information dated February 28, 1999 for
Retail A, Retail B and Trust Shares of the Asset Allocation,
Equity Income, Growth and Income, Strategic Equity, Equity Value,
Equity Growth, International Equity, Small Cap Value and Small
Company Equity Funds;
(10) Statement of Additional Information dated February 28, 1999 for
Retail A, Retail B and Trust Shares of the Tax-Exempt Bond, New
Jersey Municipal Bond, New York Municipal Bond, Connecticut
Municipal Bond, Massachusetts Municipal Bond and Rhode Island
Municipal Bond Funds;
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(11) Statement of Additional Information dated February 28, 1999 for
Retail A, Retail B and Trust Shares of the Short-Term Bond,
Intermediate Government Income and High Quality Bond Funds and
Trust Shares of the Corporate Bond Fund; and
(12) Statement of Additional Information dated February 28, 1999 for
Retail A, Retail B and Trust Shares of the Money Market Fund,
Retail A and Trust Shares of the Government, U.S. Treasury and
Tax-Exempt Funds, Trust Shares of the Institutional Government
Money Market Fund and Retail A and Retail B Shares of the
Connecticut Municipal Money Market and Massachusetts Municipal
Money Market Funds.
Questions and comments concerning this letter may be directed to the
undersigned at (215) 988-2699.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Edward T. Searle
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Edward T. Searle
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