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                                                                File No. 33-5793

   
    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 1996
    

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM N-1A

         REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933             |_|

                  Pre-Effective Amendment No. __                             |_|

   
                  Post-Effective Amendment No. 14                            |X|
    

         REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940     |_|

   
                  Amendment No. 16                                           |X|
    


                  SELIGMAN PENNSYLVANIA TAX-EXEMPT FUND SERIES
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


                    100 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


                 Registrant's Telephone Number: 212-850-1864 or
                             Toll-Free 800-221-2450


                            THOMAS G. ROSE, Treasurer
                                 100 Park Avenue
                            New York, New York 10017
                     (Name and address of agent for service)


         It is  proposed  that this  filing  will  become  effective  (check the
appropriate box).

|_|   immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of rule 485

   
|X|   on February 1, 1996 pursuant to paragraph (b) of rule 485
    

|_|   60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of rule 485


|_|   on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of rule 485

|_|   75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) of rule 485

|_|   on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) of rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

|_|    This  post-effective  amendment  designates  a new  effective  date for a
       previously filed post-effective amendment.

   
     Registrant has registered an indefinite amount of securities under the
Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Rule 24f-2(a)(1) and a Rule 24f-2 Notice was
filed by Registrant on November 22, 1995.
    


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                                                                File No. 33-5793

   
                             CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
                        POST-EFEECTIVE AMENDEMENT NO. 14
                            Pursuant to Rule 481 (a)
    

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
       Item in Part A of Form N-1A                    Location in Prospectus
       ---------------------------                    ----------------------
<C>    <S>                                            <C>             
1.     Cover Page                                     Cover Page

   
2.     Synopsis                                       Summary of Fund Expenses
    

3.     Condensed Financial Information                Financial Highlights

4.     General Description of Registrant              Cover Page; Organization and Capitalization

5.     Management of the Fund                         Management Services

   
5a.    Management's Discussion of Fund                Management Services
       Performance

6.     Capital Stock and Other Securities             Organization and Capitalization
    

7.     Purchase of Securities Being Offered           Alternative Distribution System; Purchase of Shares; Administration,
                                                      Shareholder Services and Distribution Plan

   
8.     Redemption or Repurchase                       Telephone Transactions; Redemption of Shares; Exchange Privilege; Further
                                                      Information About Transactions In The Fund
    

9.     Pending Legal Proceedings                      Not Applicable

Item in Part B of Form N-1A                           Location in Statement of Additional Information
- ---------------------------                           -----------------------------------------------
10.    Cover Page                                     Cover Page

11.    Table Of Contents                              Table Of Contents

   
12.    General Information and History                Investment Objectives, Policies and Risks; General Information; Appendix A

13.    Investment Objectives and Policies             Investment Objective, Policies And Risks;  Investment Limitations
    

14.    Management of the Fund                         Trustees and Officers; Management And Expenses

   
15.    Control Persons and Principal                  Trustees and Officers
       Holders of Securities
    

16.    Investment Advisory and Other Services         Management And Expenses; Distribution Services

   
17.    Brokerage Allocations                          Administration, Shareholder Services and Distribution Plan;
                                                      Portfolio Transactions

18.    Capital Stock and Other Securities             General Information
    

19.    Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of            Purchase and Redemption of Fund Shares; Valuation
       Securities Being Offered

   
20.    Tax Status                                     Taxes
    

21.    Underwriters                                   Distribution Services

22.    Calculation of Performance Data                Performance Information

23.    Financial Statements                           Financial Statements
</TABLE>

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                   SELIGMAN NEW JERSEY TAX-EXEMPT FUND, INC.
                     SELIGMAN PENNSYLVANIA TAX-EXEMPT FUND
                  SERIES SELIGMAN TAX-EXEMPT FUND SERIES, INC.


National Tax-Exempt Series, Colorado Tax-Exempt Series, Georgia Tax-Exempt
Series, Louisiana Tax-Exempt Series, Maryland Tax-Exempt Series, Massachusetts
Tax-Exempt Series, Michigan Tax-Exempt Series, Minnesota Tax-Exempt Series,
Missouri Tax-Exempt Series, New York Tax-Exempt Series, Ohio Tax-Exempt Series,
Oregon Tax-Exempt Series and South Carolina Tax-Exempt Series

                        SELIGMAN TAX-EXEMPT SERIES TRUST

California Tax-Exempt High-Yield Series, California Tax-Exempt Quality Series,
Florida Tax-Exempt Series and North Carolina Tax-Exempt Series

   
                      100 Park Avenue o New York, NY 10017
                       New York Telephone: (212) 850-1864
       Toll-Free Telephone: (800) 221-2450--all continental United States
    

   
                                                                February 1, 1996
    

     This prospectus  offers shares of nineteen  different series (the "Series")
which include Seligman New Jersey Tax-Exempt Fund, Inc. (the "New Jersey Fund"),
Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt Fund Series (the "Pennsylvania Fund"), National
Tax-Exempt Series (the "National  Series") and twelve individual state Series of
Seligman  Tax-Exempt  Fund  Series,  Inc.  (the  "Tax-Exempt  Fund"),  and  four
individual  state Series of Seligman  Tax-Exempt  Series Trust (the  "Tax-Exempt
Trust" and collectively  with the New Jersey Fund, the Pennsylvania Fund and the
Tax-Exempt Fund, the "Funds"). Each of the Funds is a non-diversified,  open-end
management investment company.

     The Tax-Exempt Fund offers the following state Series:  Colorado Tax-Exempt
Series,  Georgia  Tax-Exempt  Series,   Louisiana  Tax-Exempt  Series,  Maryland
Tax-Exempt Series,  Massachusetts Tax-Exempt Series, Michigan Tax-Exempt Series,
Minnesota  Tax-Exempt  Series,  Missouri  Tax-Exempt Series, New York Tax-Exempt
Series,  Ohio Tax-Exempt  Series,  Oregon  Tax-Exempt  Series and South Carolina
Tax-Exempt  Series  (collectively,  the  "Tax-Exempt  Fund State  Series").  The
Tax-Exempt  Trust  offers the  following  state  Series:  California  Tax-Exempt
Quality Series,  California  Tax-Exempt  High-Yield  Series,  Florida Tax-Exempt
Series and North Carolina Tax-Exempt Series (collectively, the "Tax-Exempt Trust
State  Series",  and together with the  Tax-Exempt  Fund State  Series,  the New
Jersey Fund and the Pennsylvania Fund, the "State Series").

   
     The New Jersey Fund seeks to maximize income exempt from federal income tax
and New Jersey personal  income tax consistent with  preservation of capital and
with  consideration  given to  opportunities  for capital  gain by  investing in
"investment grade" New Jersey tax-exempt securities. Investment grade securities
are rated  within  the four  highest  rating  categories  of  Moody's  Investors
Service,  Inc. ("Moody's") or Standard & Poor's Corporation ("S&P").  Throughout
this  Prospectus,  the New Jersey  gross  income tax is  referred  to as the New
Jersey personal income tax.
    

                                                   (continued on following page)

SHARES  IN THE FUNDS ARE NOT  DEPOSITS  OR  OBLIGATIONS  OF,  OR  GUARANTEED  OR
ENDORSED  BY,  ANY BANK,  AND SHARES ARE NOT  FEDERALLY  INSURED BY THE  FEDERAL
DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD OR ANY OTHER AGENCY.

THESE  SECURITIES  HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR  DISAPPROVED  BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE  COMMISSION OR ANY STATE  SECURITIES  COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND  EXCHANGE  COMMISSION  OR ANY STATE  SECURITIES  COMMISSION  PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.


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     The  Pennsylvania  Fund seeks to provide a high level of income exempt from
federal and Pennsylvania income taxes consistent with preservation of capital by
investing  primarily in investment  grade  Pennsylvania  tax-exempt  securities.
Capital appreciation is not a consideration in the selection of investments. The
Fund may also invest in Pennsylvania  tax-exempt securities that are unrated but
are believed by the Manager (as defined  below) to be of  comparable  quality to
investment grade securities.
    

     The Tax-Exempt  Fund's National  Tax-Exempt  Series seeks to provide to its
shareholders  maximum  income  exempt from  federal  income  taxes to the extent
consistent  with  preservation  of  capital  and  with  consideration  given  to
opportunities  for capital gain by investing in investment  grade securities the
interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The investment  objective
of each of the  individual  Tax-Exempt  Fund State Series is to maximize  income
exempt from federal  income taxes and from personal  income taxes in that state,
consistent  with the  preservation  of capital and with  consideration  given to
opportunities  for capital  gain by  investing in  investment  grade  tax-exempt
securities of the designated state, its political  subdivisions,  municipalities
and public authorities.

   
     The Tax-Exempt  Trust State Series,  except for the  California  Tax-Exempt
High-Yield  Series,  each seek high income exempt from federal  income taxes and
from personal income taxes in their  respective  state (other than Florida which
does not impose an  individual  income  tax)  consistent  with  preservation  of
capital and with consideration given to capital gain, by investing in tax-exempt
securities  rated  in the  four  highest  rating  categories,  except  that  the
California  Tax-Exempt  Quality  Series  pursues  its  investment  objective  by
investing  only in  tax-exempt  securities  rated in the  three  highest  rating
categories, of Moody's or S&P.

     The  California  Tax-Exempt  High-Yield  Series seeks the maximum amount of
tax-exempt income consistent with preservation of capital and with consideration
given to capital gain by investing primarily in California tax-exempt securities
that are rated in the medium and lower  rating  categories  of Moody's or S&P or
which are  unrated.  The Series may invest up to 100% of its  portfolio in lower
rated bonds,  commonly known as "junk bonds." Such securities  generally offer a
higher current yield than those in the higher rating categories but also involve
greater  price  volatility  and  risk of  loss  of  principal  and  income.  The
California  Tax-Exempt  High-Yield Series invests primarily in high-yield,  high
risk  securities and therefore may not be suitable for all investors.  Investors
should  carefully assess the risks associated with an investment in this Series.
See  "Investment   Objectives  and   Policies--Seligman   California  Tax-Exempt
High-Yield Series," in this Prospectus.
    

     There can be no assurance that a Series will achieve its objective.

     Investment advisory and management services are provided to the Funds by J.
& W. Seligman & Co.  Incorporated (the "Manager") and each Fund's distributor is
Seligman  Financial  Services,  Inc.,  an affiliate of the Manager.  Each Series
offers  two  classes of  shares.  Class A shares are sold  subject to an initial
sales load of up to 4.75% and an annual service fee currently  charged at a rate
of up to .25 of 1% of the  average  daily net asset value of the Class A shares.
Class D shares  are sold  without  an  initial  sales  load but are  subject  to
contingent  deferred sales loads of 1% imposed on certain redemptions within one
year of purchase,  an annual  distribution  fee of up to .75 of 1% and an annual
service fee of up to .25 of 1% of the average daily net asset value of the Class
D shares.  See  "Alternative  Distribution  System." Shares of the Series may be
purchased through any authorized investment dealer.

     This Prospectus sets forth concisely the information a prospective investor
should know about the Funds and each individual Series before investing.  Please
read it carefully before you invest and keep it for future reference. Additional
information  about the Funds,  including a Statement of Additional  Information,
has been filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission.  A Statement  of
Additional  Information  for each Series is  available  upon request and without
charge by calling or writing the Funds at the  telephone  numbers or the address
set forth above. Each Statement of Additional Information is dated the same date
as this Prospectus and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

   
                                                     SUMMARY OF SERIES EXPENSES
    

     The purpose of this table is to assist investors in understanding the various costs and expenses which shareholders of a Series
bear  directly  or  indirectly.  The sales  load on Class A shares is a  one-time  charge  paid at the time of  purchase  of shares.
Reductions  in sales loads are  available  in certain  circumstances.  The CDSL on Class D shares is a one-time  charge paid only if
shares are redeemed  within one year of purchase.  For more  information  concerning  reduction in sales loads and for more complete
descriptions of the various costs and expenses see "Purchase Of Shares,"  "Redemption Of Shares" and "Management  Services"  herein.
Each Series' Administration, Shareholder Services and Distribution Plan to which the caption "12b-1 Fees" relates is discussed under
"Administration, Shareholder Services And Distribution Plan" herein.

                                       NJ FUND                   PA FUND                NAT'L SERIES               CO SERIES
                             ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------
                                 Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D
                                 Shares      Shares        Shares      Shares        Shares      Shares        Shares      Shares
                                 ------      ------        ------      ------        ------      ------        ------      ------
                               (Initial    (Deferred     (Initial    (Deferred     (Initial    (Deferred     (Initial    (Deferred
                              Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load
                             Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative)
<S>                             <C>           <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>
   
Shareholder Transaction
  Expenses
  Maximum Sales Load 
    Imposed on Purchases   
    (as percentage of
    offering price)........     4.75%         None        4.75%        None         4.75%         None         4.75%        None
  Sales Load on Reinvested 
    Dividends .............      None         None         None        None          None         None          None        None
  Deferred Sales Load 
    (as percentage of 
    original price or 
    redemption proceeds, 
    whichever is lower) ...      None    1% during         None   1% during          None    1% during          None   1% during
                                         the first                the first                  the first                 the first
                                        year; None               year; None                 year; None                year; None
                                        thereafter               thereafter                 thereafter                thereafter
  Redemption Fees..........      None         None         None        None          None         None          None        None
  Exchange Fees............      None         None         None        None          None         None          None        None

                                 Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D
                                 -------     -------       -------     -------       -------     -------       -------     -------

Annual Series Operating  
  Expenses for Fiscal 
  Year Ended September 30, 
  1995 (as percentage of 
  average net assets)
    Management Fees........      .50%         .50%         .50%        .50%          .50%         .50%          .50%        .50%
    12b-1 Fees.............      .22         1.00*         .22        1.00*          .09         1.00*          .09        1.00*
    Other Expenses.........      .34          .34          .49         .49           .27          .27           .34         .34
                                ----         ----         ----        ----           ---         ----           ---        ----
    Total Series 
      Operating Expenses ..     1.06%        1.84%        1.21%       1.99%          .86%        1.77%          .93%       1.84%
                                ====         ====         ====        ====           ===         ====           ===        ====

     In fiscal 1995,  the Manager,  in its  discretion,  waived a portion of its fee from the New Jersey Fund.  In fiscal 1996,  the
Manager  does not expect to waive any of its fees,  and the  expense  information  in the table has been  restated  to  reflect  the
discontinuance  of the management fee waiver.  The "Other  Expenses"  disclosed for Class D shares have been restated to reflect the
expense allocation methodology currently being used by the Series.
    

</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

     The following example should not be considered a representation  of past or future expenses.  Actual expenses may be greater or
less than those shown and the 5% used in this example is a hypothetical rate.

   
                                       NJ FUND                   PA FUND                NAT'L SERIES               CO SERIES
                                 -------------------       -------------------       -------------------       -------------------
Example                          Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D
- -------                          -------     -------       -------     -------       -------     -------       -------     -------

<S>                             <C>           <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>
An investor would pay 
  the following expenses 
  on a $1,000 investment,  
  assuming (1) 5% annual 
  return and (2) 
  redemption at the end 
  of each time period:
      1 year                    $ 58         $ 29+        $ 59        $ 30+         $ 56         $ 28+         $ 57        $ 29+
      3 years                     80           58           84          62            74           56            76          58
      5 years                    103          100          111         107            93           96            97         100
     10 years                    171          216          187         232           149          208           156         216


*    Includes an annual  distribution  fee of up to .75 of 1% and an annual service fee of up to .25 of 1%. Pursuant to the rules of
     the National Association of Securities Dealers,  Inc., the aggregate deferred sales loads and annual distribution fees on Class
     D shares of each Series may not exceed 6.25% of total gross  sales,  subject to certain  exclusions.  The 6.25%  limitation  is
     imposed on the Series rather than on a per shareholder  basis.  Therefore,  a long-term Class D shareholder of a Series may pay
     more in total sales loads (including distribution fees) than the economic equivalent of 6.25% of such shareholder's  investment
     in such shares.

+    Assuming (1) 5% annual  return and (2) no  redemption  at the end of one year,  the expenses on a $1,000  investment  would be:
     NJ--$19; PA--$20; NAT'L--$18; CO--$19.
    


</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

   
                                               SUMMARY OF SERIES EXPENSES--(continued)
    

                                      GA SERIES                 LA SERIES                MD SERIES                 MA SERIES
                             ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------
                                 Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D
                                 Shares      Shares        Shares      Shares        Shares      Shares        Shares      Shares
                                 ------      ------        ------      ------        ------      ------        ------      ------
                               (Initial    (Deferred     (Initial    (Deferred     (Initial    (Deferred     (Initial    (Deferred
                              Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load
                             Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative)
<S>                             <C>           <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>
   
Shareholder Transaction 
  Expenses
  Maximum Sales Load 
    Imposed on Purchases   
    (as percentage of
    offering price)........     4.75%         None        4.75%        None         4.75%         None         4.75%        None
  Sales Load on Reinvested 
    Dividends .............      None         None         None        None          None         None          None        None
  Deferred Sales Load 
    (as percentage of 
    original price or 
    redemption proceeds, 
    whichever is lower) ...      None    1% during         None   1% during          None    1% during          None   1% during
                                         the first                the first                  the first                 the first
                                        year; None               year; None                 year; None                year; None
                                        thereafter               thereafter                 thereafter                thereafter
  Redemption Fees..........      None         None         None        None          None         None          None        None
  Exchange Fees............      None         None         None        None          None         None          None        None

                                 Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D
                                 -------     -------       -------     -------       -------     -------       -------     -------

Annual Series Operating  
  Expenses for Fiscal 
  Year Ended September 30, 
  1995 (as percentage of 
  average net assets)
    Management Fees........      .50%         .50%         .50%        .50%          .50%         .50%          .50%        .50%
    12b-1 Fees.............      .10         1.00*         .10        1.00*          .09         1.00*          .10        1.00*
    Other Expenses.........      .36          .36          .29         .29           .37          .37           .26         .26
                                 ---         ----          ---        ----           ---         ----           ---        ----
    Total Series 
      Operating Expenses ..      .96%        1.86%         .89%       1.79%          .96%        1.87%          .86%       1.76%
                                 ===         ====          ===        ====           ===         ====           ===        ====

     In fiscal 1995,  the Manager,  in its  discretion,  waived a portion of its fee from the Georgia  Series.  In fiscal 1996,  the
Manager  does not expect to waive any of its fees,  and the  expense  information  in the table has been  restated  to  reflect  the
discontinuance  of the management fee waiver.  The "Other  Expenses"  disclosed for Class D shares have been restated to reflect the
expense allocation methodology currently being used by the Series.
    

</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

     The following example should not be considered a representation  of past or future expenses.  Actual expenses may be greater or
less than those shown and the 5% used in this example is a hypothetical rate.

   
                                      GA SERIES                 LA SERIES                MD SERIES                 MA SERIES
                                 -------------------       -------------------       -------------------       -------------------
Example                          Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D
- -------                          -------     -------       -------     -------       -------     -------       -------     -------
<S>                             <C>           <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>
An investor would pay 
  the following expenses 
  on a $1,000 investment,  
  assuming (1) 5% annual 
  return and (2) 
  redemption at the end 
  of each time period:
      1 year                    $ 57         $ 29+        $ 56        $ 28+         $ 57         $ 29+         $ 56        $ 28+
      3 years                     77           58           75          56            77           59            74          55
      5 years                     98          101           94          97            98          101            93          95
     10 years                    160          218          152         211           160          219           149         207


*    Includes an annual  distribution  fee of up to .75 of 1% and an annual service fee of up to .25 of 1%. Pursuant to the rules of
     the National Association of Securities Dealers,  Inc., the aggregate deferred sales loads and annual distribution fees on Class
     D shares of each Series may not exceed 6.25% of total gross  sales,  subject to certain  exclusions.  The 6.25%  limitation  is
     imposed on the Series rather than on a per shareholder  basis.  Therefore,  a long-term Class D shareholder of a Series may pay
     more in total sales loads (including distribution fees) than the economic equivalent of 6.25% of such shareholder's  investment
     in such shares.

+    Assuming (1) 5% annual  return and (2) no  redemption  at the end of one year,  the expenses on a $1,000  investment  would be:
     GA--$19; LA--$18; MD--$19; MA--$18.
    

</TABLE>



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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

   
                                               SUMMARY OF SERIES EXPENSES--(continued)
    

                                      MI SERIES                 MN SERIES                MO SERIES                 NY SERIES
                             ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------
                                 Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D
                                 Shares      Shares        Shares      Shares        Shares      Shares        Shares      Shares
                                 ------      ------        ------      ------        ------      ------        ------      ------
                               (Initial    (Deferred     (Initial    (Deferred     (Initial    (Deferred     (Initial    (Deferred
                              Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load
                             Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative)
<S>                             <C>           <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>
   
Shareholder Transaction 
  Expenses
  Maximum Sales Load 
    Imposed on Purchases   
    (as percentage of
    offering price)........     4.75%         None        4.75%        None         4.75%         None         4.75%        None
  Sales Load on Reinvested 
    Dividends .............      None         None         None        None          None         None          None        None
  Deferred Sales Load 
    (as percentage of 
    original price or 
    redemption proceeds, 
    whichever is lower) ...      None    1% during         None   1% during          None    1% during          None   1% during
                                         the first                the first                  the first                 the first
                                        year; None               year; None                 year; None                year; None
                                        thereafter               thereafter                 thereafter                thereafter
  Redemption Fees..........      None         None         None        None          None         None          None        None
  Exchange Fees............      None         None         None        None          None         None          None        None

                                 Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D
                                 -------     -------       -------     -------       -------     -------       -------     -------

Annual Series Operating  
  Expenses for Fiscal 
  Year Ended September 30, 
  1995 (as percentage of 
  average net assets)
    Management Fees........      .50%         .50%         .50%        .50%          .50%         .50%          .50%        .50%
    12b-1 Fees.............      .10         1.00*         .10        1.00*          .09         1.00*          .08        1.00*
    Other Expenses.........      .27          .27          .27         .27           .34          .34           .30         .30
                                 ---         ----          ---        ----           ---         ----           ---        ----
    Total Series 
      Operating Expenses ..      .87%        1.77%         .87%       1.77%          .93%        1.84%          .88%       1.80%
                                 ===         ====          ===        ====           ===         ====           ===        ====

     In fiscal 1995,  the Manager,  in its  discretion,  waived a portion of its fee from the Missouri  Series.  In fiscal 1996, the
Manager  does not expect to waive any of its fees,  and the  expense  information  in the table has been  restated  to  reflect  the
discontinuance  of the management fee waiver.  The "Other  Expenses"  disclosed for Class D shares have been restated to reflect the
expense allocation methodology currently being used by the Series.
    

</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

     The following example should not be considered a representation  of past or future expenses.  Actual expenses may be greater or
less than those shown and the 5% used in this example is a hypothetical rate.

   
                                      MI SERIES                 MN SERIES                MO SERIES                 NY SERIES
                                 -------------------       -------------------       -------------------       -------------------
Example                          Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D
- -------                          -------     -------       -------     -------       -------     -------       -------     -------
<S>                             <C>           <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>
An investor would pay 
  the following expenses 
  on a $1,000 investment,  
  assuming (1) 5% annual 
  return and (2) 
  redemption at the end 
  of each time period:
      1 year                    $ 56         $ 28+        $ 56        $ 28+         $ 57         $ 29+         $ 56        $ 28+
      3 years                     74           56           74          56            76           58            74          57
      5 years                     93           96           93          96            97          100            94          97
     10 years                    150          208          150         208           156          216           151         212


*    Includes an annual  distribution  fee of up to .75 of 1% and an annual service fee of up to .25 of 1%. Pursuant to the rules of
     the National Association of Securities Dealers,  Inc., the aggregate deferred sales loads and annual distribution fees on Class
     D shares of each Series may not exceed 6.25% of total gross  sales,  subject to certain  exclusions.  The 6.25%  limitation  is
     imposed on the Series rather than on a per shareholder  basis.  Therefore,  a long-term Class D shareholder of a Series may pay
     more in total sales loads (including distribution fees) than the economic equivalent of 6.25% of such shareholder's  investment
     in such shares.

+    Assuming (1) 5% annual  return and (2) no  redemption  at the end of one year,  the expenses on a $1,000  investment  would be:
     MI--$18; MN--$18; MO--$19; NY--$18.
    

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

   
                                               SUMMARY OF SERIES EXPENSES--(continued)
    

                                                                                                                       CA
                                      OH SERIES                 OR SERIES                SC SERIES             HIGH-YIELD SERIES
                             ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------
                                 Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D
                                 Shares      Shares        Shares      Shares        Shares      Shares        Shares      Shares
                                 ------      ------        ------      ------        ------      ------        ------      ------
                               (Initial    (Deferred     (Initial    (Deferred     (Initial    (Deferred     (Initial    (Deferred
                              Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load
                             Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative)
<S>                             <C>           <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>
   
Shareholder Transaction 
  Expenses
  Maximum Sales Load 
    Imposed on Purchases   
    (as percentage of
    offering price)........     4.75%         None        4.75%        None         4.75%         None         4.75%        None
  Sales Load on Reinvested 
    Dividends .............      None         None         None        None          None         None          None        None
  Deferred Sales Load 
    (as percentage of 
    original price or 
    redemption proceeds, 
    whichever is lower) ...      None    1% during         None   1% during          None    1% during          None   1% during
                                         the first                the first                  the first                 the first
                                        year; None               year; None                 year; None                year; None
                                        thereafter               thereafter                 thereafter                thereafter
  Redemption Fees..........      None         None         None        None          None         None          None        None
  Exchange Fees............      None         None         None        None          None         None          None        None

                                 Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D
                                 -------     -------       -------     -------       -------     -------       -------     -------

Annual Series Operating  
  Expenses for Fiscal 
  Year Ended September 30, 
  1995 (as percentage of 
  average net assets)
    Management Fees........      .50%         .50%         .50%        .50%          .50%         .50%          .50%        .50%
    12b-1 Fees.............      .10         1.00*         .10        1.00*          .10         1.00*          .10        1.00*
    Other Expenses.........      .24          .24          .31         .31           .28          .28           .30         .30
                                 ---         ----          ---        ----           ---         ----           ---        ----
    Total Series 
      Operating Expenses ..      .84%        1.74%         .91%       1.81%          .88%        1.78%          .90%       1.80%
                                 ===         ====          ===        ====           ===         ====           ===        ====

     In fiscal 1995,  the Manager,  in its  discretion,  waived a portion of its fees from the Oregon  Series.  In fiscal 1996,  the
Manager  does not expect to waive any of its fees,  and the  expense  information  in the table has been  restated  to  reflect  the
discontinuance  of the management fee waiver.  The "Other  Expenses"  disclosed for Class D shares have been restated to reflect the
expense allocation methodology currently being used by the Series.
    

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

     The following example should not be considered a representation  of past or future expenses.  Actual expenses may be greater or
less than those shown and the 5% used in this example is a hypothetical rate.

   
                                                                                                                       CA
                                      OH SERIES                 OR SERIES                SC SERIES             HIGH-YIELD SERIES
                                 -------------------       -------------------       -------------------       -------------------
Example                          Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D
- -------                          -------     -------       -------     -------       -------     -------       -------     -------
<S>                             <C>           <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>
An investor would pay 
  the following expenses 
  on a $1,000 investment,  
  assuming (1) 5% annual 
  return and (2) 
  redemption at the end 
  of each time period:
      1 year                    $ 56         $ 28+        $ 56        $ 28+         $ 56         $ 28+         $ 56        $ 28+
      3 years                     73           55           75          57            74           56            75          57
      5 years                     92           94           95          98            94           95            95          97
     10 years                    146          205          154         213           151          209           153         212

*    Includes an annual  distribution  fee of up to .75 of 1% and an annual service fee of up to .25 of 1%. Pursuant to the rules of
     the National Association of Securities Dealers,  Inc., the aggregate deferred sales loads and annual distribution fees on Class
     D shares of each Series may not exceed 6.25% of total gross  sales,  subject to certain  exclusions.  The 6.25%  limitation  is
     imposed on the Series rather than on a per shareholder  basis.  Therefore,  a long-term Class D shareholder of a Series may pay
     more in total sales loads (including distribution fees) than the economic equivalent of 6.25% of such shareholder's  investment
     in such shares.

+    Assuming (1) 5% annual  return and (2) no  redemption  at the end of one year,  the expenses on a $1,000  investment  would be:
     OH--$18; OR--$18; SC--$18; CA High-Yield--$18.
    

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                               SUMMARY OF SERIES EXPENSES--(continued)
    


                                   CA QUALITY SERIES            FL SERIES                NC SERIES
                             ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- 
                                 Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D   
                                 Shares      Shares        Shares      Shares        Shares      Shares    
                                 ------      ------        ------      ------        ------      ------    
                               (Initial    (Deferred     (Initial    (Deferred     (Initial    (Deferred   
                              Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load   Sales Load  
                             Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) Alternative) 
<S>                             <C>           <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>      
   
Shareholder Transaction 
  Expenses
  Maximum Sales Load 
    Imposed on Purchases   
    (as percentage of
    offering price)........     4.75%         None        4.75%        None         4.75%         None     
  Sales Load on Reinvested 
    Dividends .............      None         None         None        None          None         None     
  Deferred Sales Load 
    (as percentage of 
    original price or 
    redemption proceeds, 
    whichever is lower) ...      None    1% during         None   1% during          None    1% during     
                                         the first                the first                  the first     
                                        year; None               year; None                 year; None     
                                        thereafter               thereafter                 thereafter     
  Redemption Fees..........      None         None         None        None          None         None     
  Exchange Fees............      None         None         None        None          None         None     

                                 Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D   
                                 -------     -------       -------     -------       -------     -------   

Annual Series Operating  
  Expenses for Fiscal 
  Year Ended September 30, 
  1995 (as percentage of 
  average net assets)
    Management Fees........      .50%         .50%         .50%        .50%          .50%         .50%     
    12b-1 Fees.............      .10         1.00*         .24        1.00*          .24         1.00*     
    Other Expenses.........      .29          .29          .29         .29           .44          .44      
                                 ---         ----         ----        ----          ----         ----      
    Total Series 
      Operating Expenses ..      .89%        1.79%        1.03%       1.79%         1.18%        1.94%     
                                 ===         ====         ====        ====          ====         ====      

     In fiscal 1995, the Manager, in its discretion, waived a portion of its fee from the Florida Series and from the North Carolina
Series.  In fiscal 1996,  the Manager does not expect to waive any of its fees,  and the expense  information  in the table has been
restated to reflect the  discontinuance  of the management fee waiver.  The "Other Expenses"  disclosed for Class D shares have been
restated to reflect the expense allocation methodology currently being used by the Series.
    

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

     The following example should not be considered a representation  of past or future expenses.  Actual expenses may be greater or
less than those shown and the 5% used in this example is a hypothetical rate.

   
                                   CA QUALITY SERIES            FL SERIES                NC SERIES
                                 -------------------       -------------------       -------------------    
Example                          Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D       Class A     Class D    
- -------                          -------     -------       -------     -------       -------     -------    
<S>                             <C>           <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>       
An investor would pay 
  the following expenses 
  on a $1,000 investment,  
  assuming (1) 5% annual 
  return and (2) 
  redemption at the end 
  of each time period:
      1 year                    $ 56         $ 28+        $ 58        $ 28+         $ 59         $ 30+      
      3 years                     75           56           79          56            83           61       
      5 years                     94           97          102          97           109          105       
     10 years                    152          211          167         211           184          226       

*    Includes  an  annual  distribution  fee  of up to  .75  of 1% and  an  annual  service  fee  of up to .25 of 1%  (collectively,
     "distribution  fee").  Pursuant to the rules of the National  Association of Securities  Dealers,  Inc., the aggregate deferred
     sales loads and annual distribution fees on Class D shares of each Series may not exceed 6.25% of total gross sales, subject to
     certain  exclusions.  The 6.25%  limitation  is imposed on the Series  rather than on a per  shareholder  basis.  Therefore,  a
     long-term  Class D shareholder of a Series may pay more in total sales loads  (including  distribution  fees) than the economic
     equivalent of 6.25% of such shareholder's investment in such shares.

+    Assuming (1) 5% annual return and (2) no redemption at the end of one year,  the expenses on a $1,000  investment  would be: CA
     Quality--$18; FL--$18; NC--$20.
    

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                              FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

   
     Each Series'  financial  highlights  for Class A and Class D shares for the
periods presented below have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP,  independent
auditors.  This information,  which is derived from the financial and accounting
records  of the  Funds,  should  be read in  conjunction  with the  fiscal  1995
financial  statements  and notes  contained in the fiscal 1995 Annual  Report of
each Fund which may be obtained by calling or writing the Funds at the telephone
numbers or address provided on the cover page of this Prospectus.

     The per share operating  performance data is designed to allow investors to
trace the operating performance,  on a per share basis, from a Series' beginning
net asset  value to the ending net asset value so that they may  understand  the
effect  that  individual  items have on their  investment,  assuming it was held
throughout  the  period.  Generally,  the  per  share  amounts  are  derived  by
converting the actual dollar amounts incurred for each item, as disclosed in the
financial  statements,  to their equivalent per share amounts.  The total return
based on net asset  value  measures  a series'  performance  assuming  investors
purchased  shares  at the net asset  value as of the  beginning  of the  period,
invested dividends and capital gains paid at net asset value and then sold their
shares at net asset  value  per share on the last day of the  period.  The total
return  computations  do not reflect any sales  charges  investors  may incur in
purchasing  or selling  shares.  Total returns for periods of less than one year
are not annualized.
    


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
   
                                                                        Increase 
                                                        Net Realized   (Decrease)
                         Net Asset Value      Net       & Unrealized      from       Dividends    Distributions     Net Increase    
Per Share Operating        at Beginning    Investment    Investment    Investment     Paid or        from Net      (Decrease) in    
  Performance:              of Period       Income#     Gain (Loss)    Operations     Declared    Gain Realized   Net Asset Value   
  ------------              ---------       -------     -----------    ----------     --------    -------------   ---------------   
<S>                           <C>            <C>            <C>          <C>           <C>            <C>               <C>         
New Jersey--Class A                                                                                                                 
  Year ended 9/30/95.......   $7.40          $0.39          $0.29        $0.68         $(0.39)        $(0.10)           $0.19       
  Year ended 9/30/94.......    8.24           0.41          (0.74)       (0.33)         (0.41)         (0.10)           (0.84)      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......    7.74           0.42           0.61         1.03          (0.42)         (0.11)            0.50       
  Year ended 9/30/92.......    7.49           0.44           0.27         0.71          (0.44)         (0.02)            0.25       
  Year ended 9/30/91.......    7.01           0.44           0.51         0.95          (0.44)         (0.03)            0.48       
  Year ended 9/30/90.......    7.17           0.45          (0.10)        0.35          (0.45)         (0.06)           (0.16)      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......    6.98           0.48           0.19         0.67          (0.48)            --             0.19       
  2/16/88*- 9/30/88........    7.14           0.30          (0.16)        0.14          (0.30)            --            (0.16)      

New Jersey--Class D                                                                                                                
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.48           0.33           0.29         0.62          (0.33)         (0.10)            0.19       
  2/1/94**- 9/30/94........    8.14           0.23          (0.66)       (0.43)         (0.23)            --            (0.66)      

Pennsylvania--Class A                                                                                                              
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.55           0.38           0.37         0.75          (0.38)         (0.13)            0.24       
  Year ended 9/30/94.......    8.61           0.39          (0.80)       (0.41)         (0.39)         (0.26)           (1.06)      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......    8.02           0.42           0.71         1.13          (0.42)         (0.12)            0.59       
  Year ended 9/30/92.......    7.74           0.46           0.30         0.76          (0.46)         (0.02)            0.28       
  Year ended 9/30/91.......    7.34           0.47           0.49         0.96          (0.47)         (0.09)            0.40       
  Year ended 9/30/90.......    7.50           0.47          (0.16)        0.31          (0.47)            --            (0.16)      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......    7.31           0.49           0.19         0.68          (0.49)            --             0.19       
  Year ended 9/30/88.......    6.76           0.50           0.56         1.06          (0.50)         (0.01)            0.55       
  Year ended 9/30/87.......    7.58           0.51          (0.81)       (0.30)         (0.51)         (0.01)           (0.82)      
  7/15/86*- 9/30/86........    7.14           0.10           0.44         0.54          (0.10)            --             0.44       

Pennsylvania--Class D                                                                                                              
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.54           0.31           0.37         0.68          (0.31)         (0.13)            0.24       
  2/1/94**- 9/30/94........    8.37           0.22          (0.83)       (0.61)         (0.22)            --            (0.83)      

National Series--Class A                                                                                                           
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.18           0.40           0.40         0.80          (0.40)            --             0.40       
  Year ended 9/30/94.......    8.72           0.41          (1.04)       (0.63)         (0.41)         (0.50)           (1.54)      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......    8.07           0.45           0.78         1.23          (0.45)         (0.13)            0.65       
  Year ended 9/30/92.......    7.90           0.48           0.20         0.68          (0.48)         (0.03)            0.17       
  Year ended 9/30/91.......    7.44           0.49           0.54         1.03          (0.49)         (0.08)            0.46       
  Year ended 9/30/90.......    7.73           0.51          (0.19)        0.32          (0.51)         (0.10)           (0.29)      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......    7.64           0.53           0.11         0.64          (0.53)         (0.02)            0.09       
  Year ended 9/30/88.......    7.41           0.54           0.55         1.09          (0.54)         (0.32)            0.23       
  Year ended 9/30/87.......    8.48           0.59          (0.74)       (0.15)         (0.59)         (0.33)           (1.07)      
  Year ended 9/30/86.......    7.47           0.64           1.20         1.84          (0.64)         (0.19)            1.01       

National Series--Class D                                                                                                           
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.18           0.32           0.39         0.71          (0.32)            --             0.39       
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......    8.20           0.22          (1.02)       (0.80)         (0.22)            --            (1.02)      

Colorado Series--Class A                                                                                                           
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.09           0.38           0.21         0.59          (0.38)            --             0.21       
  Year ended 9/30/94.......    7.76           0.37          (0.59)       (0.22)         (0.37)         (0.08)           (0.67)      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......    7.34           0.39           0.49         0.88          (0.39)         (0.07)            0.42       
  Year ended 9/30/92.......    7.22           0.42           0.12         0.54          (0.42)            --             0.12       
  Year ended 9/30/91.......    6.91           0.44           0.31         0.75          (0.44)            --             0.31       
  Year ended 9/30/90.......    7.06           0.46          (0.15)        0.31          (0.46)            --            (0.15)      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......    6.87           0.46           0.19         0.65          (0.46)            --             0.19       
  Year ended 9/30/88.......    6.38           0.46           0.53         0.99          (0.46)         (0.04)            0.49       
  Year ended 9/30/87.......    7.07           0.47          (0.66)       (0.19)         (0.47)         (0.03)           (0.69)      
  5/1/86*- 9/30/86.........    7.14           0.19          (0.07)        0.12          (0.19)            --            (0.07)      

Colorado Series--Class D                                                                                                           
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.09           0.30           0.20         0.50          (0.30)            --             0.20       
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94.......    7.72           0.20          (0.63)       (0.43)         (0.20)            --            (0.63)      
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               Ratio of                         
                                                                                 Net                                
                                               Total Return      Ratio of     Investment                                Adjusted Net
                                 Net Asset       Based on        Expenses       Income                  Net Assets at     Invesment
Per Share Operating               Value at      Net Asset       to Average    to Average   Portfolio    End of Period       Income
  Performance:                 End of Period      Value        Net Assets#   Net Assets#    Turnover   (000's omitted)    Per Share#
  ------------                 -------------      -----        -----------   -----------    --------   ---------------    ----------
<S>                               <C>             <C>              <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>             <C>      
New Jersey--Class A     
  Year ended 9/30/95.......       $7.59            9.77%           1.01%        5.29%         4.66%        $73,561         $0.39    
  Year ended 9/30/94.......        7.40           (4.25)           0.90         5.24         12.13          73,942          0.40    
  Year ended 9/30/93.......        8.24           14.02            0.86         5.37         15.90          82,447          0.40    
  Year ended 9/30/92.......        7.74            9.70            0.85         5.74         27.13          74,256          0.42    
  Year ended 9/30/91.......        7.49           13.97            0.81         6.02         14.64          65,044          0.42    
  Year ended 9/30/90.......        7.01            5.04            0.81         6.32         37.26          54,287          0.43    
  Year ended 9/30/89.......        7.17            9.91            0.57         6.70         16.10          51,015          0.44    
  2/16/88*- 9/30/88........        6.98            1.96            0.40+        6.92+         8.20          35,563          0.26    

New Jersey--Class D                                                                                                                 
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        7.67            8.79            1.89         4.45          4.66           1,190          0.33    
  2/1/94**- 9/30/94........        7.48          (5.47)            1.75+        4.37+        12.13++           986          0.22    

Pennsylvania--Class A                                                                                                               
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        7.79           10.55            1.21         5.05         11.78          33,251                  
  Year ended 9/30/94.......        7.55           (5.00)           1.16         4.91          7.71          34,943                  
  Year ended 9/30/93.......        8.61           14.71            1.19         5.14         40.74          41,296                  
  Year ended 9/30/92.......        8.02           10.04            1.01         5.79         32.87          39,431          0.45    
  Year ended 9/30/91.......        7.74           13.40            0.98         6.16         25.24          37,853          0.45    
  Year ended 9/30/90.......        7.34            4.13            0.06         6.24         40.64          35,572          0.45    
  Year ended 9/30/89.......        7.50            9.53            0.92         6.56          9.05          41,856          0.47    
  Year ended 9/30/88.......        7.31           16.20            0.83         6.96          4.14          30,796          0.48    
  Year ended 9/30/87.......        6.76           (4.21)           0.58         6.78          9.19          30,014          0.47    
  7/15/86*- 9/30/86........        7.58            7.19              --         5.92+           --          19,306          0.07    

Pennsylvania--Class D                                                                                                               
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        7.78            9.53            2.23         4.10         11.78             426                  
  2/1/94**- 9/30/94........        7.54           (7.50)           2.00+        4.20+         7.71++            43                  

National Series--Class A                                                                                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        7.58           11.48            0.86         5.46         24.91         104,184                  
  Year ended 9/30/94.......        7.18           (7.83)           0.85         5.30         24.86         111,374                  
  Year ended 9/30/93.......        8.72           16.00            0.86         5.49         72.68         136,394                  
  Year ended 9/30/92.......        8.07            8.84            0.77         6.02         63.99         132,130                  
  Year ended 9/30/91.......        7.90           14.24            0.80         6.35         71.67         136,326                  
  Year ended 9/30/90.......        7.44            4.10            0.78         6.64         55.01         133,412                  
  Year ended 9/30/89.......        7.73            8.62            0.78         6.86         71.90         140,376                  
  Year ended 9/30/88.......        7.64           16.43            0.83         7.35         40.58         135,667                  
  Year ended 9/30/87.......        7.41           (2.37)           0.74         7.15         64.79         133,341                  
  Year ended 9/30/86.......        8.48           26.17            0.76         7.81         62.28         110,428                  

National Series--Class D                                                                                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        7.57           10.17            1.95         4.40         24.91           1,215                  
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......        7.18           (9.96)           1.76+        4.37+        24.86++           446                  

Colorado Series--Class A                                                                                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        7.30            8.56            0.93         5.31         14.70          54,858                  
  Year ended 9/30/94.......        7.09           (2.92)           0.86         5.06         10.07          58,197                  
  Year ended 9/30/93.......        7.76           12.54            0.90         5.21         14.09          67,912                  
  Year ended 9/30/92.......        7.34            7.74            0.81         5.81         23.22          64,900                  
  Year ended 9/30/91.......        7.22           11.15            0.84         6.19         14.60          64,310                  
  Year ended 9/30/90.......        6.91            4.38            0.85         6.47         31.89          63,173                  
  Year ended 9/30/89.......        7.06            9.70            0.86         6.56            --          62,515                  
  Year ended 9/30/88.......        6.87           16.19            0.88         6.89         12.95          66,257                  
  Year ended 9/30/87.......        6.38           (3.18)           0.77         6.61         16.70          79,961          0.46    
  5/1/86*- 9/30/86.........        7.07            1.53            0.55+        6.31+        12.11          63,796          0.18    

Colorado Series--Class D                                                                                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        7.29            7.26            2.02         4.23         14.70             193                  
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94.......        7.09           (5.73)           1.78+        4.05+        10.07++            96                  
</TABLE>
                               

                                                      Adjusted 
                                       Adjusted       Ratio of 
                                      Ratio of    Net Investment
                                     Expenses to       Income  
                                     Average Net     to Average
                                       Assets#      Net Assets#
                                       -------      -----------
New Jersey--Class A                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......             1.06%          5.24%   
  Year ended 9/30/94.......             1.07           5.07    
  Year ended 9/30/93.......             1.11           5.12    
  Year ended 9/30/92.......             1.10           5.49    
  Year ended 9/30/91.......             1.11           5.72    
  Year ended 9/30/90.......             1.12           6.01    
  Year ended 9/30/89.......             1.17           6.10    
  2/16/88*- 9/30/88........             1.36+          5.96+   

New Jersey--Class D                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......             1.94           4.40    
  2/1/94**- 9/30/94........             1.87+          4.25+   

Pennsylvania--Class A                                          
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                    
  Year ended 9/30/94.......                                    
  Year ended 9/30/93.......                                    
  Year ended 9/30/92.......             1.16           5.64    
  Year ended 9/30/91.......             1.23           5.91    
  Year ended 9/30/90.......             1.31           5.99    
  Year ended 9/30/89.......             1.17           6.30    
  Year ended 9/30/88.......             1.08           6.71    
  Year ended 9/30/87.......             1.12           6.24    
  7/15/86*- 9/30/86........             1.80+          4.17+   

Pennsylvania--Class D                                          
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                    
  2/1/94**- 9/30/94........                                    

National Series--Class A                                       
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                    
  Year ended 9/30/94.......                                    
  Year ended 9/30/93.......                                    
  Year ended 9/30/92.......                                    
  Year ended 9/30/91.......                                    
  Year ended 9/30/90.......                                    
  Year ended 9/30/89.......                                    
  Year ended 9/30/88.......                                    
  Year ended 9/30/87.......                                    
  Year ended 9/30/86.......                                    

National Series--Class D                                       
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                    
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......                                    

Colorado Series--Class A                                       
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                    
  Year ended 9/30/94.......                                    
  Year ended 9/30/93.......                                    
  Year ended 9/30/92.......                                    
  Year ended 9/30/91.......                                    
  Year ended 9/30/90.......                                    
  Year ended 9/30/89.......                                    
  Year ended 9/30/88.......                                    
  Year ended 9/30/87.......             0.85           6.53    
  5/1/86*- 9/30/86.........             0.68+          6.20+   

Colorado Series--Class D                                       
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                    
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94.......                                    
- ----------
 #   During the periods  stated,  the  Manager,  at its  discretion,  reimbursed
     certain  expenses  and/or waived all or portions of its fees.  The adjusted
     net  investment  income  per share and  adjusted  ratios  reflect  what the
     results  would have been had the Manager not  reimbursed  certain  expenses
     and/or not waived its fees.
 *   Commencement of offering of Class A shares.
**   Commencement of offering of Class D shares.
 +   Annualized
++   For the year ended 9/30/94.
    


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<CAPTION>
   
                                                                        Increase 
                                                        Net Realized   (Decrease)
                         Net Asset Value      Net       & Unrealized      from       Dividends    Distributions     Net Increase    
Per Share Operating        at Beginning    Investment    Investment    Investment     Paid or        from Net      (Decrease) in    
  Performance:              of Period       Income#     Gain (Loss)    Operations     Declared    Gain Realized   Net Asset Value   
  ------------              ---------       -------     -----------    ----------     --------    -------------   ---------------   
<S>                           <C>            <C>           <C>            <C>          <C>           <C>               <C>         
Georgia Series--Class A
  Year ended 9/30/95.......   $7.48          $0.39         $0.43          $0.82        $(0.39)       $(0.10)           $0.33       
  Year ended 9/30/94.......    8.43           0.41         (0.86)         (0.45)        (0.41)        (0.09)           (0.95)      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......    7.85           0.43          0.62           1.05         (0.43)        (0.04)            0.58       
  Year ended 9/30/92.......    7.63           0.46          0.25           0.71         (0.46)        (0.03)            0.22       
  Year ended 9/30/91.......    7.18           0.47          0.46           0.93         (0.47)        (0.01)            0.45       
  Year ended 9/30/90.......    7.30           0.48         (0.10)          0.38         (0.48)        (0.02)           (0.12)      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......    7.09           0.48          0.22           0.70         (0.48)        (0.01)            0.21       
  Year ended 9/30/88.......    6.49           0.49          0.60           1.09         (0.49)           --             0.60       
  6/15/87*- 9/30/87........    7.14           0.13         (0.65)         (0.52)        (0.13)           --            (0.65)      

Georgia Series--Class D                                                                                              
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.49           0.32          0.43           0.75         (0.32)        (0.10)            0.33       
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94.......    8.33           0.22         (0.84)         (0.62)        (0.22)           --            (0.84)      

Louisiana Series--Class A                                                                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.94           0.43          0.34           0.77         (0.43)        (0.14)            0.20       
  Year ended 9/30/94.......    8.79           0.44         (0.77)         (0.33)        (0.44)        (0.08)           (0.85)      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......    8.38           0.46          0.51           0.97         (0.46)        (0.10)            0.41       
  Year ended 9/30/92.......    8.18           0.49          0.24           0.73         (0.49)        (0.04)            0.20       
  Year ended 9/30/91.......    7.70           0.50          0.50           1.00         (0.50)        (0.02)            0.48       
  Year ended 9/30/90.......    7.88           0.52         (0.12)          0.40         (0.52)        (0.06)           (0.18)      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......    7.79           0.53          0.15           0.68         (0.53)        (0.06)            0.09       
  Year ended 9/30/88.......    7.36           0.55          0.49           1.04         (0.55)        (0.06)            0.43       
  Year ended 9/30/87.......    7.93           0.55         (0.49)          0.06         (0.55)        (0.08)           (0.57)      
  10/1/85*- 9/30/86........    7.14           0.58          0.79           1.37         (0.58)           --             0.79       

Louisiana Series--Class D                                                                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.94           0.35          0.34           0.69         (0.35)        (0.14)            0.20       
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94.......    8.73           0.24         (0.79)         (0.55)        (0.24)           --            (0.79)      

Maryland Series--Class A                                                                                             
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.71           0.41          0.38           0.79         (0.41)        (0.13)            0.25       
  Year ended 9/30/94.......    8.64           0.42         (0.76)         (0.34)        (0.42)        (0.17)           (0.93)      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......    8.15           0.44          0.59           1.03         (0.44)        (0.10)            0.49       
  Year ended 9/30/92.......    7.94           0.46          0.24           0.70         (0.46)        (0.03)            0.21       
  Year ended 9/30/91.......    7.45           0.47          0.49           0.96         (0.47)           --             0.49       
  Year ended 9/30/90.......    7.59           0.48         (0.14)          0.34         (0.48)           --            (0.14)      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......    7.39           0.48          0.20           0.68         (0.48)           --             0.20       
  Year ended 9/30/88.......    6.87           0.47          0.56           1.03         (0.47)        (0.04)            0.52       
  Year ended 9/30/87.......    7.59           0.48         (0.72)         (0.24)        (0.48)           --            (0.72)      
  10/1/85*- 9/30/86........    7.14           0.54          0.45           0.99         (0.54)           --             0.45       

Maryland Series--Class D                                                                                             
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.72           0.33          0.38           0.71         (0.33)        (0.13)            0.25       
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......    8.46           0.23         (0.74)         (0.51)        (0.23)           --            (0.74)      

Massachusetts Series--Class A                                                                                        
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.66           0.42          0.28           0.70         (0.42)        (0.03)            0.25       
  Year ended 9/30/94.......    8.54           0.44         (0.67)         (0.23)        (0.44)        (0.21)           (0.88)      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......    8.06           0.47          0.55           1.02         (0.47)        (0.07)            0.48       
  Year ended 9/30/92.......    7.86           0.49          0.24           0.73         (0.49)        (0.04)            0.20       
  Year ended 9/30/91.......    7.26           0.50          0.62           1.12         (0.50)        (0.02)            0.60       
  Year ended 9/30/90.......    7.65           0.50         (0.31)          0.19         (0.50)        (0.08)           (0.39)      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......    7.62           0.52          0.08           0.60         (0.52)        (0.05)            0.03       
  Year ended 9/30/88.......    7.20           0.53          0.51           1.04         (0.53)        (0.09)            0.42       
  Year ended 9/30/87.......    8.07           0.55         (0.69)         (0.14)        (0.55)        (0.18)           (0.87)      
  Year ended 9/30/86.......    7.30           0.60          0.78           1.38         (0.60)        (0.01)            0.77       

Massachusetts Series--Class D                                                                                        
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.66           0.34          0.27           0.61         (0.34)        (0.03)            0.24       
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......    8.33           0.24         (0.67)         (0.43)        (0.24)           --            (0.67)      

Michigan Series--Class A                                                                                             
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    8.28           0.46          0.30           0.76         (0.46)        (0.04)            0.26       
  Year ended 9/30/94.......    9.08           0.46         (0.71)         (0.25)        (0.46)        (0.09)           (0.80)      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......    8.68           0.47          0.59           1.06         (0.47)        (0.19)            0.40       
  Year ended 9/30/92.......    8.38           0.50          0.35           0.85         (0.50)        (0.05)            0.30       
  Year ended 9/30/91.......    7.89           0.51          0.51           1.02         (0.51)        (0.02)            0.49       
  Year ended 9/30/90.......    8.14           0.52         (0.16)          0.36         (0.52)        (0.09)           (0.25)      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......    7.94           0.54          0.23           0.77         (0.54)        (0.03)            0.20       
  Year ended 9/30/88.......    7.48           0.54          0.58           1.12         (0.54)        (0.12)            0.46       
  Year ended 9/30/87.......    8.54           0.56         (0.77)         (0.21)        (0.56)        (0.29)           (1.06)      
  Year ended 9/30/86.......    7.55           0.62          1.09           1.71         (0.62)        (0.10)            0.99       

Michigan Series--Class D                                                                                             
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    8.28           0.37          0.30           0.67         (0.37)        (0.04)            0.26       
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94.......    9.01           0.25         (0.73)         (0.48)        (0.25)           --            (0.73)      
</TABLE>


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               Ratio of                         
                                                                                 Net                                
                                               Total Return      Ratio of     Investment                                Adjusted Net
                                 Net Asset       Based on        Expenses       Income                  Net Assets at     Invesment
Per Share Operating               Value at      Net Asset       to Average    to Average   Portfolio    End of Period       Income
  Performance:                 End of Period      Value        Net Assets#   Net Assets#    Turnover   (000's omitted)    Per Share#
  ------------                 -------------      -----        -----------   -----------    --------   ---------------    ----------
<S>                               <C>            <C>              <C>            <C>           <C>          <C>             <C>     
Georgia Series--Class A      
  Year ended 9/30/95.......       $7.81          11.66%           0.91%          5.26%         3.36%        $57,678         $0.39   
  Year ended 9/30/94.......        7.48          (5.52)           0.73           5.21         19.34          61,466          0.40   
  Year ended 9/30/93.......        8.43          13.96            0.63           5.34         12.45          64,650          0.40   
  Year ended 9/30/92.......        7.85           9.64            0.47           5.95         10.24          44,585          0.43   
  Year ended 9/30/91.......        7.63          13.30            0.59           6.30          6.07          28,317          0.43   
  Year ended 9/30/90.......        7.18           5.19            0.53           6.53          5.83          19,002          0.44   
  Year ended 9/30/89.......        7.30          10.15            0.64           6.59            --          14,452          0.44   
  Year ended 9/30/88.......        7.09          17.51            0.36           7.15          6.32           9,752          0.43   
  6/15/87*- 9/30/87........        6.49          (7.61)           0.17+          6.64+        21.71           6,382          0.07   

Georgia Series--Class D                                                                                                             
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        7.82          10.58            1.90           4.28          3.36           2,079          0.31   
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94.......        7.49          (7.57)           1.76+          4.28+        19.34++           849          0.21   

Louisiana Series--Class A                                                                                                           
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        8.14          10.30            0.89           5.44          4.82          61,988                 
  Year ended 9/30/94.......        7.94          (3.83)           0.87           5.31         17.16          61,441                 
  Year ended 9/30/93.......        8.79          12.10            0.87           5.40          9.21          67,529                 
  Year ended 9/30/92.......        8.38           9.13            0.80           5.89         25.45          57,931                 
  Year ended 9/30/91.......        8.18          13.49            0.83           6.31         20.85          50,089                 
  Year ended 9/30/90.......        7.70           5.20            0.81           6.62         31.54          43,475                 
  Year ended 9/30/89.......        7.88           9.04            0.84           6.82         12.94          43,908                 
  Year ended 9/30/88.......        7.79          14.69            0.85           7.19         36.01          42,521                 
  Year ended 9/30/87.......        7.36           0.62            0.73           7.02         10.20          49,661                 
  10/1/85*- 9/30/86........        7.93          19.47            0.62+          7.44+        31.18          45,338          0.57   

Louisiana Series--Class D                                                                                                           
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        8.14           9.17            1.91           4.41          4.82             465                 
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94.......        7.94          (6.45)           1.78+          4.33+        17.16++           704                 

Maryland Series--Class A                                                                                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        7.96          10.90            0.96           5.31          3.63          56,290                 
  Year ended 9/30/94.......        7.71          (4.08)           0.92           5.17         17.68          57,263                 
  Year ended 9/30/93.......        8.64          13.23            0.97           5.28         14.10          64,472                 
  Year ended 9/30/92.......        8.15           9.15            0.86           5.76         29.57          57,208                 
  Year ended 9/30/91.......        7.94          13.26            0.88           6.09         18.84          54,068                 
  Year ended 9/30/90.......        7.45           4.47            0.87           6.26         16.50          47,283                 
  Year ended 9/30/89.......        7.59           9.43            0.87           6.38          2.19          46,643                 
  Year ended 9/30/88.......        7.39          15.73            0.91           6.63         17.42          45,939                 
  Year ended 9/30/87.......        6.87          (3.41)           0.87           6.45         21.48          50,580                 
  10/1/85*- 9/30/86........        7.59          14.11            0.59+          6.90+         4.60          46,478          0.53   

Maryland Series--Class D                                                                                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        7.97           9.75            2.02           4.27          3.63             630                 
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......        7.72          (6.21)           1.80+          4.26+        17.68++           424                 

Massachusetts Series--Class A                                                                                                       
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        7.91           9.58            0.86           5.51         16.68         115,711                 
  Year ended 9/30/94.......        7.66          (2.94)           0.85           5.46         12.44         120,149                 
  Year ended 9/30/93.......        8.54          13.18            0.88           5.65         20.66         139,504                 
  Year ended 9/30/92.......        8.06           9.75            0.77           6.27         27.92         128,334                 
  Year ended 9/30/91.......        7.86          15.84            0.83           6.64         14.37         118,022                 
  Year ended 9/30/90.......        7.26           2.48            0.79           6.66         19.26         110,246                 
  Year ended 9/30/89.......        7.65           8.18            0.79           6.81          7.51         122,515                 
  Year ended 9/30/88.......        7.62          15.15            0.84           7.02         21.77         126,150                 
  Year ended 9/30/87.......        7.20          (2.16)           0.79           6.95         16.14         131,404                 
  Year ended 9/30/86.......        8.07          19.49            0.78           7.50         27.39         131,732                 

Massachusetts Series--Class D                                                                                                       
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        7.90           8.33            1.95           4.47         16.68             890                 
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......        7.66          (5.34)           1.78+          4.52+        12.44++         1,099                 

Michigan Series--Class A                                                                                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        8.54           9.56            0.87           5.50         20.48         151,589                 
  Year ended 9/30/94.......        8.28          (2.90)           0.84           5.32         10.06         151,095                 
  Year ended 9/30/93.......        9.08          12.97            0.83           5.41          6.33         164,638                 
  Year ended 9/30/92.......        8.68          10.55            0.76           5.93         32.12         144,524                 
  Year ended 9/30/91.......        8.38          13.34            0.80           6.28         22.81         129,004                 
  Year ended 9/30/90.......        7.89           4.57            0.80           6.47         26.36         112,689                 
  Year ended 9/30/89.......        8.14           9.91            0.81           6.67          8.24         111,180                 
  Year ended 9/30/88.......        7.94          15.98            0.88           7.06         34.00         104,904                 
  Year ended 9/30/87.......        7.48          (2.87)           0.79           6.89         15.40         104,053                 
  Year ended 9/30/86.......        8.54          23.73            0.82           7.41         40.68          99,013                 

Michigan Series--Class D                                                                                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        8.54           8.36            2.01           4.40         20.48           1,172                 
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94.......        8.28          (5.47)           1.75+          4.40+        10.06++           671                 
</TABLE>
                             

                                                      Adjusted 
                                       Adjusted       Ratio of 
                                      Ratio of    Net Investment
                                     Expenses to       Income  
                                     Average Net     to Average
                                       Assets#      Net Assets#
                                       -------      -----------
Georgia Series--Class A      
  Year ended 9/30/95.......             0.96%          5.21%     
  Year ended 9/30/94.......             0.93           5.01      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......             0.93           5.04      
  Year ended 9/30/92.......             0.87           5.55      
  Year ended 9/30/91.......             1.09           5.80      
  Year ended 9/30/90.......             1.03           6.03      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......             1.19           6.04      
  Year ended 9/30/88.......             1.35           6.17      
  6/15/87*- 9/30/87........             2.87+          3.94+     

Georgia Series--Class D                                          
  Year ended 9/30/95.......             1.95           4.23      
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94.......             1.90+          4.15+     

Louisiana Series--Class A                                        
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/94.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/92.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/91.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/90.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/88.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/87.......                                      
  10/1/85*- 9/30/86........             0.71+          7.35+     

Louisiana Series--Class D                                        
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                      
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94.......                                      

Maryland Series--Class A                                         
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/94.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/92.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/91.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/90.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/88.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/87.......                                      
  10/1/85*- 9/30/86........             0.76+          6.73+     

Maryland Series--Class D                                         
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                      
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......                                      

Massachusetts Series--Class A                                    
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/94.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/92.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/91.......                                      
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  Year ended 9/30/89.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/88.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/87.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/86.......                                      

Massachusetts Series--Class D                                    
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                      
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......                                      

Michigan Series--Class A                                         
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/94.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/92.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/91.......                                      
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  Year ended 9/30/89.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/88.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/87.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/86.......                                      

Michigan Series--Class D                                         
  Year ended 9/30/95.......
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94.......                                      

- ----------
 #   During the periods  stated,  the  Manager,  at its  discretion,  reimbursed
     certain  expenses  and/or waived all or portions of its fees.  The adjusted
     net  investment  income  per share and  adjusted  ratios  reflect  what the
     results  would have been had the Manager not  reimbursed  certain  expenses
     and/or not waived its fees.
 *   Commencement of offering of Class A shares.
**   Commencement of offering of Class D shares.
 +   Annualized
++   For the year ended 9/30/94.
                                         


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
   
                                                                        Increase 
                                                        Net Realized   (Decrease)
                         Net Asset Value      Net       & Unrealized      from       Dividends    Distributions     Net Increase    
Per Share Operating        at Beginning    Investment    Investment    Investment     Paid or        from Net      (Decrease) in    
  Performance:              of Period       Income#     Gain (Loss)    Operations     Declared    Gain Realized   Net Asset Value   
  ------------              ---------       -------     -----------    ----------     --------    -------------   ---------------   
<S>                           <C>            <C>            <C>           <C>          <C>           <C>              <C>         
Minnesota Series--Class A
  Year ended 9/30/95.......   $7.72          $0.45          $0.11         $0.56        $(0.45)       $(0.01)          $0.10       
  Year ended 9/30/94.......    8.28           0.45          (0.44)        (0.01)        (0.45)        (0.12)          (0.56)      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......    7.89           0.47           0.51          0.98         (0.47)        (0.12)           0.39       
  Year ended 9/30/92.......    7.81           0.49           0.09          0.58         (0.49)        (0.01)           0.08       
  Year ended 9/30/91.......    7.49           0.49           0.32          0.81         (0.49)           --            0.32       
  Year ended 9/30/90.......    7.60           0.49          (0.06)         0.43         (0.49)        (0.05)          (0.11)      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......    7.52           0.51           0.11          0.62         (0.51)        (0.03)           0.08       
  Year ended 9/30/88.......    7.12           0.51           0.48          0.99         (0.51)        (0.08)           0.40       
  Year ended 9/30/87.......    7.99           0.53          (0.66)        (0.13)        (0.53)        (0.21)          (0.87)      
  Year ended 9/30/86.......    7.15           0.58           0.88          1.46         (0.58)        (0.04)           0.84       

Minnesota Series--Class D                                                                                           
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.73           0.38           0.10          0.48         (0.38)        (0.01)           0.09       
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......    8.22           0.25          (0.49)        (0.24)        (0.25)           --           (0.49)      

Missouri Series--Class A                                                                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.41           0.40           0.36          0.76         (0.40)        (0.07)           0.29       
  Year ended 9/30/94.......    8.31           0.40          (0.79)        (0.39)        (0.40)        (0.11)          (0.90)      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......    7.80           0.42           0.57          0.99         (0.42)        (0.06)           0.51       
  Year ended 9/30/92.......    7.72           0.44           0.15          0.59         (0.44)        (0.07)           0.08       
  Year ended 9/30/91.......    7.22           0.46           0.50          0.96         (0.46)           --            0.50       
  Year ended 9/30/90.......    7.28           0.45          (0.06)         0.39         (0.45)           --           (0.06)      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......    7.10           0.47           0.18          0.65         (0.47)           --            0.18       
  Year ended 9/30/88.......    6.57           0.48           0.58          1.06         (0.48)        (0.05)           0.53       
  Year ended 9/30/87.......    7.32           0.47          (0.75)        (0.28)        (0.47)           --           (0.75)      
  7/1/86*- 9/30/86.........    7.14           0.11           0.18          0.29         (0.11)           --            0.18       

Missouri Series--Class D                                                                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.41           0.32           0.36          0.68         (0.32)        (0.07)           0.29       
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......    8.20           0.22          (0.79)        (0.57)        (0.22)           --           (0.79)      

New York Series--Class A                                                                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.67           0.42           0.36          0.78         (0.42)        (0.17)           0.19       
  Year ended 9/30/94.......    8.75           0.43          (0.88)        (0.45)        (0.43)        (0.20)          (1.08)      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......    8.13           0.45           0.74          1.19         (0.45)        (0.12)           0.62       
  Year ended 9/30/92.......    7.94           0.49           0.26          0.75         (0.49)        (0.07)           0.19       
  Year ended 9/30/91.......    7.40           0.50           0.54          1.04         (0.50)           --            0.54       
  Year ended 9/30/90.......    7.71           0.51          (0.26)         0.25         (0.51)        (0.05)          (0.31)      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......    7.57           0.52           0.17          0.69         (0.52)        (0.03)           0.14       
  Year ended 9/30/88.......    7.28           0.52           0.48          1.00         (0.52)        (0.19)           0.29       
  Year ended 9/30/87.......    8.24           0.55          (0.71)        (0.16)        (0.55)        (0.25)          (0.96)      
  Year ended 9/30/86.......    7.40           0.60           0.94          1.54         (0.60)        (0.10)           0.84       

New York Series--Class D                                                                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.67           0.34           0.37          0.71         (0.34)        (0.17)           0.20       
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......    8.55           0.23          (0.88)        (0.65)        (0.23)           --           (0.88)      

Ohio Series--Class A                                                                                                
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.90           0.44           0.28          0.72         (0.44)        (0.07)           0.21       
  Year ended 9/30/94.......    8.77           0.44          (0.70)        (0.26)        (0.44)        (0.17)          (0.87)      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......    8.28           0.46           0.56          1.02         (0.46)        (0.07)           0.49       
  Year ended 9/30/92.......    8.06           0.49           0.26          0.75         (0.49)        (0.04)           0.22       
  Year ended 9/30/91.......    7.62           0.51           0.45          0.96         (0.51)        (0.01)           0.44       
  Year ended 9/30/90.......    7.80           0.52          (0.08)         0.44         (0.52)        (0.10)          (0.18)      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......    7.71           0.54           0.11          0.65         (0.54)        (0.02)           0.09       
  Year ended 9/30/88.......    7.38           0.54           0.53          1.07         (0.54)        (0.20)           0.33       
  Year ended 9/30/87.......    8.09           0.57          (0.59)        (0.02)        (0.57)        (0.12)          (0.71)      
  Year ended 9/30/86.......    7.27           0.61           0.87          1.48         (0.61)        (0.05)           0.82       

Ohio Series--Class D                                                                                                
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.92           0.36           0.30          0.66         (0.36)        (0.07)           0.23       
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......    8.61           0.24          (0.69)        (0.45)        (0.24)           --           (0.69)      

Oregon Series--Class A                                                                                              
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.43           0.40           0.25          0.65         (0.40)        (0.02)           0.23       
  Year ended 9/30/94.......    8.08           0.40          (0.59)        (0.19)        (0.40)        (0.06)          (0.65)      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......    7.60           0.42           0.48          0.90         (0.42)           --            0.48       
  Year ended 9/30/92.......    7.42           0.42           0.18          0.60         (0.42)           --            0.18       
  Year ended 9/30/91.......    6.96           0.44           0.46          0.90         (0.44)           --            0.46       
  Year ended 9/30/90.......    7.05           0.44          (0.09)         0.35         (0.44)           --           (0.09)      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......    6.83           0.44           0.22          0.66         (0.44)           --            0.22       
  Year ended 9/30/88.......    6.21           0.45           0.62          1.07         (0.45)           --            0.62       
  10/15/86*- 9/30/87.......    7.14           0.43          (0.93)        (0.50)        (0.43)           --           (0.93)      

Oregon Series--Class D                                                                                              
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.43           0.33           0.24          0.57         (0.33)        (0.02)           0.22       
  2/1/94**- 9/30/94 .......    8.02           0.22          (0.59)        (0.37)        (0.22)           --           (0.59)      
</TABLE>


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               Ratio of                         
                                                                                 Net                                
                                               Total Return      Ratio of     Investment                                Adjusted Net
                                 Net Asset       Based on        Expenses       Income                  Net Assets at     Invesment
Per Share Operating               Value at      Net Asset       to Average    to Average   Portfolio    End of Period       Income
  Performance:                 End of Period      Value        Net Assets#   Net Assets#    Turnover   (000's omitted)    Per Share#
  ------------                 -------------      -----        -----------   -----------    --------   ---------------    ----------
<S>                               <C>             <C>             <C>            <C>           <C>         <C>                      
Minnesota Series--Class A   
  Year ended 9/30/95.......       $7.82           7.61%           0.87%          5.89%         5.57%       $132,716                 
  Year ended 9/30/94.......        7.72           0.12            0.85           5.70          3.30         134,990                 
  Year ended 9/30/93.......        8.28          13.06            0.90           5.89          5.73         144,600                 
  Year ended 9/30/92.......        7.89           7.71            0.80           6.29         12.08         151,922                 
  Year ended 9/30/91.......        7.81          11.10            0.80           6.28          2.61         182,979                 
  Year ended 9/30/90.......        7.49           5.79            0.81           6.40         12.10         160,930                 
  Year ended 9/30/89.......        7.60           8.34            0.83           6.61          7.55         148,425                 
  Year ended 9/30/88.......        7.52          14.76            0.87           6.95         35.37         132,541                 
  Year ended 9/30/87.......        7.12          (1.94)           0.89           6.85         16.76         118,093                 
  Year ended 9/30/86.......        7.99          21.25            0.90           7.41         24.98         108,016                 
                                                                                                                                    
Minnesota Series--Class D                                                                                                           
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        7.82           6.45            1.85           4.92          5.57           2,237                 
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......        7.73          (3.08)           1.74+          4.68+         3.30++         1,649                 
                                                                                                                                    
Missouri Series--Class A                                                                                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        7.70          10.67            0.88           5.31          3.88          51,169         $0.39   
  Year ended 9/30/94.......        7.41          (4.85)           0.74           5.18         14.33          52,621          0.39   
  Year ended 9/30/93.......        8.31          13.17            0.71           5.29         17.03          56,861          0.41   
  Year ended 9/30/92.......        7.80           7.87            0.83           5.71         18.80          49,459                 
  Year ended 9/30/91.......        7.72          13.61            0.88           6.10         16.30          47,659                 
  Year ended 9/30/90.......        7.22           5.47            0.84           6.20         30.46          50,875                 
  Year ended 9/30/89.......        7.28           9.33            0.96           6.43         32.81          49,162                 
  Year ended 9/30/88.......        7.10          16.74            0.86           6.88         12.32          58,457                 
  Year ended 9/30/87.......        6.57          (4.20)           0.82           6.51         11.53          59,122          0.47   
  7/1/86*- 9/30/86.........        7.32           3.87            0.86+          5.21+         0.18          45,107          0.10   
                                                                                                                                    
Missouri Series--Class D                                                                                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        7.70           9.49            1.98           4.23          3.88             515          0.32   
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......        7.41          (7.16)           1.70+          4.27+        14.33++           350          0.22   
                                                                                                                                    
New York Series--Class A                                                                                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        7.86          10.93            0.88           5.52         34.05          83,980                 
  Year ended 9/30/94.......        7.67          (5.37)           0.87           5.31         28.19          90,914                 
  Year ended 9/30/93.......        8.75          15.26            0.94           5.37         27.90         104,685                 
  Year ended 9/30/92.......        8.13           9.80            0.79           6.09         42.90          92,681                 
  Year ended 9/30/91.......        7.94          14.56            0.80           6.57         44.57          83,684                 
  Year ended 9/30/90.......        7.40           3.19            0.79           6.65         32.14          77,766                 
  Year ended 9/30/89.......        7.71           9.35            0.80           6.78         47.69          75,471                 
  Year ended 9/30/88.......        7.57          14.74            0.86           6.96         62.42          74,238                 
  Year ended 9/30/87.......        7.28          (2.42)           0.77           6.90         20.42          72,782                 
  Year ended 9/30/86.......        8.24          21.75            0.79           7.44         35.89          64,562                 
                                                                                                                                    
New York Series--Class D                                                                                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        7.87           9.87            1.96           4.42         34.05             885                 
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......        7.67          (7.73)           1.81+          4.39+        28.19++           476                 
                                                                                                                                    
Ohio Series--Class A                                                                                                                
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        8.11           9.59            0.84           5.56          2.96         170,191                 
  Year ended 9/30/94.......        7.90          (3.08)           0.84           5.34          9.37         171,469                 
  Year ended 9/30/93.......        8.77          12.81            0.85           5.44         30.68         190,083                 
  Year ended 9/30/92.......        8.28           9.68            0.75           6.02          7.15         170,427                 
  Year ended 9/30/91.......        8.06          12.96            0.77           6.42         13.95         156,179                 
  Year ended 9/30/90.......        7.62           5.70            0.77           6.63         16.05         136,251                 
  Year ended 9/30/89.......        7.80           8.74            0.79           6.91         12.72         131,900                 
  Year ended 9/30/88.......        7.71          15.76            0.83           7.20         26.71         122,386                 
  Year ended 9/30/87.......        7.38          (0.66)           0.78           7.05         15.00         119,703                 
  Year ended 9/30/86.......        8.09          21.17            0.80           7.62         17.21         114,023                 
                                                                                                                                    
Ohio Series--Class D                                                                                                                
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        8.15           8.67            1.93           4.48          2.96             660                 
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......        7.92          (5.36)           1.78+          4.41+         9.37++           324                 
                                                                                                                                    
Oregon Series--Class A                                                                                                              
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        7.66           9.05            0.86           5.40          2.47          59,549          0.40   
  Year ended 9/30/94.......        7.43          (2.38)           0.78           5.20          9.43          59,884          0.39   
  Year ended 9/30/93.......        8.08          12.21            0.78           5.35          8.08          62,095          0.41   
  Year ended 9/30/92.......        7.60           8.35            0.68           5.63          0.21          48,797          0.42   
  Year ended 9/30/91.......        7.42          13.25            0.71           6.06          7.60          39,350          0.42   
  Year ended 9/30/90.......        6.96           4.99            0.72           6.17          4.09          32,221          0.42   
  Year ended 9/30/89.......        7.05           9.95            0.64           6.34          0.19          30,510          0.42   
  Year ended 9/30/88.......        6.83          17.89            0.54           6.86          3.94          26,609          0.42   
  10/15/86*- 9/30/87.......        6.21          (7.68)           0.52+          6.44+        20.16          24,434          0.39   
                                                                                                                                    
Oregon Series--Class D                                                                                                              
  Year ended 9/30/95.......        7.65           7.86            1.83           4.41          2.47           1,495          0.33   
  2/1/94**- 9/30/94 .......        7.43          (4.76)           1.72+          4.32+         9.43++           843          0.22   
</TABLE>


                                                      Adjusted 
                                       Adjusted       Ratio of 
                                      Ratio of    Net Investment
                                     Expenses to       Income  
                                     Average Net     to Average
                                       Assets#      Net Assets#
                                       -------      -----------
Minnesota Series--Class A   
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/94.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/92.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/91.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/90.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/88.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/87.......                                      
  Year ended 9/30/86.......                                      
                                                                 
Minnesota Series--Class D                                        
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                      
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......                                      
                                                                 
Missouri Series--Class A                                         
  Year ended 9/30/95.......             0.93%          5.26%  
  Year ended 9/30/94.......             0.88           5.04   
  Year ended 9/30/93.......             0.91           5.09   
  Year ended 9/30/92.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/91.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/90.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/89.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/88.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/87.......             0.89           6.43   
  7/1/86*- 9/30/86.........             1.07+          5.42+  
                                                              
Missouri Series--Class D                                      
  Year ended 9/30/95.......             2.03           4.18   
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......             1.80+          4.17+  
                                                              
New York Series--Class A                                      
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/94.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/93.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/92.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/91.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/90.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/89.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/88.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/87.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/86.......                                   
                                                              
New York Series--Class D                                      
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                   
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......                                   
                                                              
Ohio Series--Class A                                          
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/94.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/93.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/92.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/91.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/90.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/89.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/88.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/87.......                                   
  Year ended 9/30/86.......                                   
                                                              
Ohio Series--Class D                                          
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                   
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......                                   
                                                              
Oregon Series--Class A                                        
  Year ended 9/30/95.......             0.91           5.35   
  Year ended 9/30/94.......             0.89           5.09   
  Year ended 9/30/93.......             0.93           5.20   
  Year ended 9/30/92.......             0.83           5.48   
  Year ended 9/30/91.......             0.91           5.86   
  Year ended 9/30/90.......             0.93           5.96   
  Year ended 9/30/89.......             0.96           6.03   
  Year ended 9/30/88.......             1.01           6.39   
  10/15/86*- 9/30/87.......             1.11+          5.85+  
                                                              
Oregon Series--Class D                                        
  Year ended 9/30/95.......             1.88           4.36   
  2/1/94**- 9/30/94 .......             1.82+          4.22+  
                                        
- ----------
 #   During the periods  stated,  the  Manager,  at its  discretion,  reimbursed
     certain  expenses  and/or waived all or portions of its fees.  The adjusted
     net  investment  income  per share and  adjusted  ratios  reflect  what the
     results  would have been had the Manager not  reimbursed  certain  expenses
     and/or not waived its fees.
 *   Commencement of offering of Class A shares.
**   Commencement of offering of Class D shares.
 +   Annualized
++   For the year ended 9/30/94.
    


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<CAPTION>
   
                                                                        Increase 
                                                        Net Realized   (Decrease)
                         Net Asset Value      Net       & Unrealized      from       Dividends    Distributions     Net Increase    
Per Share Operating        at Beginning    Investment    Investment    Investment     Paid or        from Net      (Decrease) in    
  Performance:              of Period       Income#     Gain (Loss)    Operations     Declared    Gain Realized   Net Asset Value   
  ------------              ---------       -------     -----------    ----------     --------    -------------   ---------------   
<S>                           <C>            <C>            <C>          <C>           <C>            <C>               <C>         
South Carolina Series--Class A
  Year ended 9/30/95.......   $7.61          $0.41          $0.37        $0.78         $(0.41)        $(0.01)           $0.36       
  Year ended 9/30/94.......    8.52           0.41          (0.79)       (0.38)         (0.41)         (0.12)           (0.91)      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......    8.00           0.43           0.54         0.97          (0.43)         (0.02)            0.52       
  Year ended 9/30/92.......    7.71           0.45           0.31         0.76          (0.45)         (0.02)            0.29       
  Year ended 9/30/91.......    7.23           0.46           0.52         0.98          (0.46)         (0.04)            0.48       
  Year ended 9/30/90.......    7.37           0.48          (0.14)        0.34          (0.48)            --            (0.14)      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......    7.21           0.48           0.17         0.65          (0.48)         (0.01)            0.16       
  Year ended 9/30/88.......    6.67           0.50           0.54         1.04          (0.50)            --             0.54       
  6/30/87*-9/30/87.........    7.14           0.11          (0.47)       (0.36)         (0.11)            --            (0.47)      
                                                                                                                     
South Carolina Series--Class D                                                                                       
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.61           0.34           0.37         0.71          (0.34)         (0.01)            0.36       
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......    8.42           0.22          (0.81)       (0.59)         (0.22)            --            (0.81)      
                                                                                                                     
California High-Yield Series--Class A                                                                                
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    6.30           0.37           0.17         0.54          (0.37)            --             0.17       
  Year ended 9/30/94.......    6.73           0.37          (0.34)        0.03          (0.37)         (0.09)           (0.43)      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......    6.65           0.39           0.28         0.67          (0.39)         (0.20)            0.08       
  Year ended 9/30/92.......    6.50           0.41           0.16         0.57          (0.41)         (0.01)            0.15       
  Year ended 9/30/91.......    6.18           0.42           0.33         0.75          (0.42)         (0.01)            0.32       
  Year ended 9/30/90.......    6.36           0.42          (0.07)        0.35          (0.42)         (0.11)           (0.18)      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......    6.27           0.44           0.15         0.59          (0.44)         (0.06)            0.09       
  Year ended 9/30/88.......    5.94           0.44           0.39         0.83          (0.44)         (0.06)            0.33       
  Year ended 9/30/87.......    6.73           0.46          (0.53)       (0.07)         (0.46)         (0.26)           (0.79)      
  Year ended 9/30/86.......    5.96           0.51           0.89         1.40          (0.51)         (0.12)            0.77       
                                                                                                                     
California High-Yield Series--Class D                                                                                
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    6.31           0.31           0.17         0.48          (0.31)            --             0.17       
  2/1/94**- 9/30/94........    6.67           0.21          (0.36)       (0.15)         (0.21)            --            (0.36)      
                                                                                                                     
California Quality Series--Class A                                                                                   
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    6.39           0.34           0.32         0.66          (0.34)         (0.06)            0.26       
  Year ended 9/30/94.......    7.28           0.35          (0.73)       (0.38)         (0.35)         (0.16)           (0.89)      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......    6.85           0.37           0.54         0.91          (0.37)         (0.11)            0.43       
  Year ended 9/30/92.......    6.65           0.40           0.22         0.62          (0.40)         (0.02)            0.20       
  Year ended 9/30/91.......    6.22           0.40           0.46         0.86          (0.40)         (0.03)            0.43       
  Year ended 9/30/90.......    6.47           0.40          (0.13)        0.27          (0.40)         (0.12)           (0.25)      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......    6.29           0.42           0.19         0.61          (0.42)         (0.01)            0.18       
  Year ended 9/30/88.......    6.01           0.42           0.39         0.81          (0.42)         (0.11)            0.28       
  Year ended 9/30/87.......    6.73           0.45          (0.59)       (0.14)         (0.45)         (0.13)           (0.72)      
  Year ended 9/30/86.......    5.98           0.49           0.83         1.32          (0.49)         (0.08)            0.75       
                                                                                                                     
California Quality Series--Class D                                                                                   
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    6.38           0.28           0.31         0.59          (0.28)         (0.06)            0.25       
  2/1/94**- 9/30/94 .......    7.13           0.19          (0.75)       (0.56)         (0.19)            --            (0.75)      
                                                                                                                     
Florida Series--Class A                                                                                              
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.34           0.40           0.37         0.77          (0.40)            --             0.37       
  Year ended 9/30/94.......    8.20           0.42          (0.74)       (0.32)         (0.42)         (0.12)           (0.86)      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......    7.56           0.46           0.65         1.11          (0.46)         (0.01)            0.64       
  Year ended 9/30/92.......    7.37           0.47           0.19         0.66          (0.47)            --             0.19       
  Year ended 9/30/91.......    6.90           0.43           0.47         0.90          (0.43)            --             0.47       
  Year ended 9/30/90.......    6.99           0.45          (0.09)        0.36          (0.45)            --            (0.09)      
  Year ended 9/30/89.......    6.71           0.46           0.28         0.74          (0.46)            --             0.28       
  Year ended 9/30/88.......    6.02           0.47           0.69         1.16          (0.47)            --             0.69       
  11/17/86*- 9/30/87.......    7.14           0.40          (1.12)       (0.72)         (0.40)            --            (1.12)      
                                                                                                                     
Florida Series--Class D                                                                                              
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.34           0.34           0.38         0.72          (0.34)            --             0.38       
    2/1/94**- 9/30/94 .....    8.10           0.24          (0.76)       (0.52)         (0.24)            --            (0.76)      
                                                                                                                     
North Carolina Series--Class A                                                                                       
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.30           0.39           0.45         0.84          (0.39)         (0.01)            0.44       
  Year ended 9/30/94.......    8.22           0.41          (0.87)      (0.46)          (0.41)         (0.05)           (0.92)      
  Year ended 9/30/93.......    7.61           0.43           0.63         1.06          (0.43)         (0.02)            0.61       
  Year ended 9/30/92.......    7.39           0.44           0.22         0.66          (0.44)            --             0.22       
  Year ended 9/30/91.......    7.04           0.45           0.35         0.80          (0.45)            --             0.35       
  8/27/90*- 9/30/90........    7.14           0.03          (0.10)       (0.07)         (0.03)            --            (0.10)      
                                                                                                                     
North Carolina Series--Class D                                                                                       
  Year ended 9/30/95.......    7.29           0.33           0.46         0.79          (0.33)         (0.01)            0.45       
  2/1/94**- 9/30/94 .......    8.17           0.23          (0.88)       (0.65)         (0.23)            --            (0.88)      
</TABLE>


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               Ratio of                         
                                                                                 Net                                
                                               Total Return      Ratio of     Investment                                Adjusted Net
                                 Net Asset       Based on        Expenses       Income                  Net Assets at     Invesment
Per Share Operating               Value at      Net Asset       to Average    to Average   Portfolio    End of Period       Income
  Performance:                 End of Period      Value        Net Assets#   Net Assets#    Turnover   (000's omitted)    Per Share#
  ------------                 -------------      -----        -----------   -----------    --------   ---------------    ----------
<S>                                 <C>          <C>              <C>            <C>          <C>         <C>              <C>      
South Carolina Series--Class A    
  Year ended 9/30/95.......         $7.97        10.69%           0.88%          5.38%        4.13%       $112,421                  
  Year ended 9/30/94.......          7.61        (4.61)           0.83           5.12         1.81         115,133                  
  Year ended 9/30/93.......          8.52        12.52            0.85           5.19        17.69         120,589                  
  Year ended 9/30/92.......          8.00        10.08            0.81           5.71         3.37          82,882                  
  Year ended 9/30/91.......          7.71        13.95            0.81           6.14         9.05          63,863         $0.45    
  Year ended 9/30/90.......          7.23         4.48            0.73           6.47        15.26          49,234          0.47    
  Year ended 9/30/89.......          7.37         9.41            0.68           6.48         0.03          46,487          0.46    
  Year ended 9/30/88.......          7.21        16.18            0.33           7.03        12.36          26,385          0.45    
  6/30/87*-9/30/87.........          6.67        (5.37)           0.02+          6.34+          --          12,033          0.08    
                                    
South Carolina Series--Class D
  Year ended 9/30/95.......          7.97         9.63            1.85           4.40         4.13           1,704 
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......          7.61        (7.14)           1.74+          4.29+        1.81++         1,478 

California High-Yield Series--Class A
  Year ended 9/30/95.......          6.47         8.85            0.90           5.84        17.64          51,504                  
  Year ended 9/30/94.......          6.30         0.41            0.85           5.74         8.36          48,007                  
  Year ended 9/30/93.......          6.73        10.66            0.88           5.94         7.70          51,218                  
  Year ended 9/30/92.......          6.65         9.00            0.82           6.20        45.50          49,448                  
  Year ended 9/30/91.......          6.50        12.53            0.83           6.67         5.13          49,172                  
  Year ended 9/30/90.......          6.18         5.57            0.89           6.68        17.66          49,312                  
  Year ended 9/30/89.......          6.36         9.61            0.89           6.85        14.70          51,079                  
  Year ended 9/30/88.......          6.27        14.72            0.91           7.17        20.79          53,037                  
  Year ended 9/30/87.......          5.94        (1.46)           0.83           7.07        16.89          56,598                  
  Year ended 9/30/86.......          6.73        24.79            0.66           7.88        54.08          51,046          0.50    

California High-Yield Series--Class D                                  
  Year ended 9/30/95.......          6.48         7.78            1.91           4.84        17.64           1,277                  
  2/1/94**- 9/30/94........          6.31        (2.47)           1.74+          4.73+        8.36++           650                  

California Quality Series--Class A                           
  Year ended 9/30/95.......          6.65        10.85            0.89           5.34        11.24          94,947                  
  Year ended 9/30/94.......          6.39        (5.46)           0.81           5.20        22.16          99,020                  
  Year ended 9/30/93.......          7.28        13.92            0.82           5.30        15.67         111,732                  
  Year ended 9/30/92.......          6.85         9.56            0.78           5.86        34.25          93,557                  
  Year ended 9/30/91.......          6.65        14.35            0.78           6.19        20.11          77,884                  
  Year ended 9/30/90.......          6.22         4.22            0.83           6.31        28.61          61,854                  
  Year ended 9/30/89.......          6.47         9.86            0.85           6.53        57.85          59,258                  
  Year ended 9/30/88.......          6.29        14.37            0.86           6.74        46.47          58,608                  
  Year ended 9/30/87.......          6.01        (2.59)           0.77           6.76        15.17          58,872                  
  Year ended 9/30/86.......          6.73        23.06            0.67           7.36        28.66          53,388          0.48    

California Quality Series--Class D                              
  Year ended 9/30/95.......          6.63         9.61            1.88           4.36        11.24             863                  
  2/1/94**- 9/30/94 .......          6.38        (8.01)           1.77+          4.39+       22.16++           812                  

Florida Series--Class A  
  Year ended 9/30/95.......          7.71        10.87            0.72           5.38        11.82          49,030          0.37    
  Year ended 9/30/94.......          7.34        (3.99)           0.42           5.49         6.17          49,897          0.38    
  Year ended 9/30/93.......          8.20        15.21            0.23           5.82        16.42          52,855          0.40    
  Year ended 9/30/92.......          7.56         9.24            0.17           6.32        12.62          37,957          0.41    
  Year ended 9/30/91.......          7.37        13.41            0.90           6.00           --          28,173          0.42    
  Year ended 9/30/90.......          6.90         5.23            0.65           6.44        13.08          24,025          0.44    
  Year ended 9/30/89.......          6.99        11.28            0.69           6.61         2.41          23,062          0.44    
  Year ended 9/30/88.......          6.71        19.82            0.67           7.18         1.07          20,457          0.45    
  11/17/86*- 9/30/87.......          6.02       (10.74)           0.50+          6.85+       28.52          22,228          0.37    

Florida Series--Class D                        
  Year ended 9/30/95.......          7.72        10.07            1.66           4.53        11.82             603          0.31    
    2/1/94**- 9/30/94 .....          7.34        (6.64)           1.29+          4.61+        6.17++           244          0.21    

North Carolina Series--Class A  
  Year ended 9/30/95.......          7.74        11.92            0.82           5.21         4.38          37,446          0.36    
  Year ended 9/30/94.......          7.30        (5.80)           0.44           5.29        15.61          38,920          0.35    
  Year ended 9/30/93.......          8.22        14.46            0.23           5.44         3.13          38,828          0.35    
  Year ended 9/30/92.......          7.61         9.23            0.14           5.83        12.51          21,836          0.34    
  Year ended 9/30/91.......          7.39        11.97            0.07           6.10           --           9,255          0.22    
  8/27/90*- 9/30/90........          7.04        (1.40)           0.94+          4.48+          --           1,377          0.01    
                                                                                                                      
North Carolina Series--Class D                                                                               
  Year ended 9/30/95.......          7.74        11.19            1.64           4.42         4.38           1,257          0.31    
  2/1/94**- 9/30/94 .......          7.29        (8.15)           1.27+          4.49+       15.61++         1,282          0.20    
</TABLE>


                                                          Adjusted 
                                           Adjusted       Ratio of 
                                          Ratio of    Net Investment
                                         Expenses to       Income  
                                         Average Net     to Average
                                           Assets#      Net Assets#
                                           -------      -----------
South Carolina Series--Class A       
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/94.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/93.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/92.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/91.......                 0.91%          6.04%   
  Year ended 9/30/90.......                 0.84           6.35    
  Year ended 9/30/89.......                 0.88           6.28    
  Year ended 9/30/88.......                 1.00           6.36    
  6/30/87*-9/30/87.........                 2.08+          4.28+   
                                                                   
South Carolina Series--Class D                                     
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                        
  2/1/94** - 9/30/94 ......                                        
                                                                   
California High-Yield Series--Class A                              
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/94.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/93.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/92.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/91.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/90.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/89.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/88.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/87.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/86.......                 0.80           7.73    
                                                                   
California High-Yield Series--Class D                              
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                        
  2/1/94**- 9/30/94........                                        
                                                                   
California Quality Series--Class A                                 
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/94.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/93.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/92.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/91.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/90.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/89.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/88.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/87.......                                        
  Year ended 9/30/86.......                 0.80           7.23    
                                                                   
California Quality Series--Class D                                 
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                                        
  2/1/94**- 9/30/94 .......                                        
                                                                   
Florida Series--Class A                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                 1.03           5.07    
  Year ended 9/30/94.......                 1.00           4.91    
  Year ended 9/30/93.......                 1.03           5.01    
  Year ended 9/30/92.......                 1.02           5.47    
  Year ended 9/30/91.......                 1.15           5.75    
  Year ended 9/30/90.......                 0.90           6.20    
  Year ended 9/30/89.......                 0.94           6.36    
  Year ended 9/30/88.......                 0.91           6.93    
  11/17/86*- 9/30/87.......                 1.01+          6.35+   
                                                                   
Florida Series--Class D                                            
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                 1.97           4.22    
    2/1/94**- 9/30/94 .....                 1.84+          4.06+   
                                                                   
North Carolina Series--Class A                                     
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                 1.18           4.85    
  Year ended 9/30/94.......                 1.13           4.60    
  Year ended 9/30/93.......                 1.22           4.45    
  Year ended 9/30/92.......                 1.40           4.57    
  Year ended 9/30/91.......                 3.22           2.96    
  8/27/90*- 9/30/90........                 4.48+          1.04+   
                                                                   
North Carolina Series--Class D                                     
  Year ended 9/30/95.......                 2.00           4.06    
  2/1/94**- 9/30/94 .......                 1.95+          3.82+   

- ----------
 #   During the periods  stated,  the  Manager,  at its  discretion,  reimbursed
     certain  expenses  and/or waived all or portions of its fees.  The adjusted
     net  investment  income  per share and  adjusted  ratios  reflect  what the
     results  would have been had the Manager not  reimbursed  certain  expenses
     and/or not waived its fees.
 *   Commencement of offering of Class A shares.
**   Commencement of offering of Class D shares.
 +   Annualized
++   For the year ended 9/30/94.
    


                                     14-15


<PAGE>

ALTERNATIVE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

     Each  Series  offers  two  classes  of  shares.  Class A shares are sold to
investors who have concluded that they would prefer to pay an initial sales load
and have the  benefit of lower  continuing  charges.  Class D shares are sold to
investors choosing to pay no initial sales load, a higher  distribution fee and,
with respect to redemptions within one year of purchase, a CDSL. The Alternative
Distribution  System allows investors to choose the method of purchasing  shares
that is most  beneficial in light of the amount of the  purchase,  the length of
time the  shares  are  expected  to be held and  other  relevant  circumstances.
Investors  should determine  whether under their particular  circumstances it is
more advantageous to incur an initial sales load and be subject to lower ongoing
charges,  as  discussed  below,  or to have the entire  initial  purchase  price
invested  in a Series with the  investment  thereafter  being  subject to higher
ongoing charges and, for a one-year period, a CDSL.

   
     Investors who qualify for reduced sales loads, as described under "Purchase
Of Shares" below, might choose to purchase Class A shares because Class A shares
would be  subject  to lower  ongoing  fees.  The  amount  invested  in a Series,
however, is reduced by the initial sales load deducted at the time of purchase.
    

     Investors who do not qualify for reduced  initial sales loads but expect to
maintain  their  investment  for an extended  period of time might also purchase
Class A shares because over time the accumulated continuing  distribution fee of
Class D shares may exceed the initial sales load and lower  distribution  fee of
Class A shares.  This  consideration  must be weighed  against the fact that the
amount  invested in a Series will be reduced by the initial  sales load deducted
at the time of purchase.  Furthermore,  the distribution  fees will be offset to
the extent any return is realized on the  additional  funds  initially  invested
under the Class D alternative.

   
     Alternatively,  some  investors  might  choose  to have all of their  funds
invested initially by purchasing Class D shares, although remaining subject to a
higher  continuing  distribution  fee  and,  for a  one-year  period,  a CDSL as
described below. For example, an investor who does not qualify for reduced sales
loads would have to hold Class A shares for more than 6.33 years for the Class D
distribution  fee to exceed the initial sales load plus the  distribution fee on
Class A shares.  This example does not take into account the time value of money
which  further  reduces the impact of the Class D shares' 1%  distribution  fee,
fluctuations  in net asset  value or the effect of the return on the  investment
over this period of time.

     The two  classes  of shares  of a Series  represent  interests  in the same
portfolio of  investments,  have the same rights and are generally  identical in
all  respects  except  that each  class  bears its  separate  distribution  and,
potentially,  certain other class expenses and has exclusive  voting rights with
respect to any matter to which a separate  vote of any class is  required by the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), or applicable state
law.  The net income  attributable  to each class and  dividends  payable on the
shares of each class will be reduced by the amount of  distribution  fee of each
class.  Class D shares bear higher  distribution  expenses  which will cause the
Class D shares to pay lower  dividends than the Class A shares.  The two classes
also have separate exchange privileges.

     The Directors or Trustees of each Fund believe that no conflict of interest
currently  exists  between the Class A and Class D shares.  On an ongoing basis,
they,  in the  exercise  of  their  fiduciary  duties  under  the  1940  Act and
applicable state law, will seek to ensure that no such conflict arises. For this
purpose,  they will monitor the Funds for the existence of any material conflict
among the  classes  and will take such  action  as is  reasonably  necessary  to
eliminate any such conflicts that may develop.
    


     Differences Between Classes.  The primary  distinctions between Class A and
Class D shares are their sales load structures and ongoing expenses as set forth
below. Each class has advantages and disadvantages for different investors,  and
investors should choose the class that best suits their  circumstances and their
objectives.


                                       16
<PAGE>


                                        Annual 12b-1 Fees
                                        (as a % of average
                  Sales Load            daily net assets)   Other Information
                  ----------            -----------------   -----------------

Class A           Maximum initial       Service fee of      Initial sales load
                  sales load of 4.75%   .25%.               waived or reduced
                  of the public                             for certain
                  offering price.                           purchases.

Class D           None                  Service fee of      CDSL of 1% on
                                        .25%; Distribution  redemptions within
                                        fee of .75%.        one year of
                                                            purchase.


   
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
    

Tax-Exempt Securities

   
     As used in this Prospectus,  "tax-exempt  securities"  refers to short-term
notes,  commercial  paper and  intermediate  and long-term bonds issued by or on
behalf of states,  territories  and  possessions  of the  United  States and the
District  of  Columbia,  and their  political  subdivisions  (such as  counties,
cities, boroughs,  townships,  school districts and authorities),  agencies, and
instrumentalities,  the  interest  on which is, in the opinion of counsel to the
issuers,  exempt from regular  federal  income taxes and, in certain  instances,
applicable state or local income taxes.  Such securities are traded primarily in
the over-the-counter market.
    

     Tax-exempt  bonds are issued to obtain funds for various  public  purposes,
including  the  construction  of a wide  range  of  public  facilities  such  as
airports, bridges, highways,  housing, hospitals, mass transportation,  schools,
streets, water and sewer works, and gas and electric utilities. Tax-exempt bonds
also may be issued in connection with the refunding of outstanding  obligations,
obtaining funds to lend to other public  institutions and for general  operating
expenses.

   
     The  two  principal   classifications  of  tax-exempt  bonds  are  "general
obligation  bonds" and "revenue bonds." General  obligation bonds are secured by
the  issuer's  pledge of its faith,  credit and taxing  power for the payment of
principal and interest. Revenue bonds are payable from the revenues derived from
a  particular  facility  or class of  facilities  or,  in some  cases,  from the
proceeds of a special excise tax or other specific revenue source,  but not from
the general taxing power. In addition,  certain types of "industrial development
bonds"  issued  by or on  behalf  of  public  authorities  to  obtain  funds for
privately-operated  facilities  are eligible  for  purchase,  provided  that the
interest  paid thereon  qualifies  as exempt from  federal  income taxes and, in
certain instances,  applicable state and/or local taxes.  Tax-exempt  industrial
development bonds do not generally carry the pledge of the credit of the issuing
municipality.  Interest  earned from certain  tax-exempt  securities  (including
certain  industrial  development  bonds) that are  private  activity  bonds,  as
defined  in the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as  amended,  is treated as a
preference  item for  purposes of the  alternative  minimum  tax. In the event a
Series  invests  in  tax-exempt  securities  whose  interest  is  subject to the
alternative  minimum  tax,  no more  than 20% of such  Series'  assets  would be
invested in such  securities,  together with securities the interest on which is
subject to federal, state of local income tax.
    

     Tax-exempt  notes  generally are issued to provide for  short-term  capital
needs and  generally  have  maturities  of 5 years or less.  They  include  such
securities  as  Tax  Anticipation  Notes,   Revenue   Anticipation  Notes,  Bond
Anticipation Notes and Construction Loan Notes.  Tax-exempt commercial paper are
short-term obligations generally having a maturity of less than nine months.

     It should be noted that tax-exempt  securities may be adversely affected by
local  political and economic  conditions and  developments  within a particular
state. For example, adverse conditions in an industry that is significant to the
state could have a correspondingly adverse effect on specific issuers within the
state or on anticipated revenue of the issuing state;  conversely,  an improving
economic  outlook for a significant  industry may have a positive effect on such
issuers or revenue. The value of tax-exempt securities is dependent on a variety
of factors,  including general  conditions in the money markets or the municipal
bond markets,  political and economic factors  nationally or within a state, the
size of the particular offering, the supply of tax-exempt bonds, the maturity of
the  obligation,  the credit  quality and rating of the issue and the assistance
provided to the bond issuing  authority by the  applicable  state.  Under normal
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of bonds will decrease.  In a market of decreasing  interest rates, the opposite
will generally be true. In either case, the longer the maturity, the greater the
effect. A more detailed  description of the tax-exempt  securities in which each
Series may  invest  and  special  factors  relating  to them is set forth in the
Series' Statement of Additional Information.

Seligman New Jersey Tax-Exempt Fund, Inc.

     The New Jersey Fund is a non-diversified,  open-end  management  investment
company, as defined in the 1940 Act, or mutual fund, incorporated in Maryland on
March 13, 1987.

     The New Jersey Fund seeks to maximize income exempt from federal income tax
and New Jersey personal income tax to the extent consistent with preservation of
capital  and with  consideration  given to  opportunities  for  capital  gain by
investing in New Jersey tax-exempt securities that are rated investment grade on
the date of  investment.  The New  Jersey  Fund also may  invest  in New  Jersey
tax-exempt  securities that, while not rated as investment  grade, are not rated
lower than B by S&P or Moody's, or if not rated, are believed, based upon credit
analysis  by the  Manager,  to  have  at  least  comparable  credit  to B  rated
securities.  There  can be no  assurance  that the Fund will be able to meet its
investment objective.

   
     The Fund will attempt to invest 100%, and as a matter of fundamental policy
will  invest at least  80%,  of the value of its net  assets in  securities  the
interest  on which is exempt  from  federal  income tax and New Jersey  personal
income tax.  However,  in abnormal market  conditions if, in the judgment of the
Manager,  tax-exempt  securities  satisfying  the  Fund's  objective  may not be
purchased  or  for  other  temporary  defensive  purposes,  the  Fund  may  make
investments  in  securities  the  interest on which is exempt only from  federal
income tax,  such as  securities  issued by states other than New Jersey,  or is
exempt only from New Jersey  personal  income tax, such as securities  issued by
the U.S.  Government  (such as Treasury bills,  notes and bonds),  its agencies,
instrumentalities or authorities.  Moreover, under such conditions, the Fund may
also make temporary investments in fixed-income securities the interest on which
is not exempt from either federal income tax or New Jersey  personal income tax.
Such investments will be substantially in highly-rated corporate debt securities
(rated AA--, or better, by S&P or Aa3, or better, by Moody's),  prime commercial
paper (rated A-1+/A-1 by S&P or P-1 by Moody's),  and certificates of deposit of
"Acceptable Banking  Institutions."  Acceptable Banking Institutions are defined
as the 100  largest  (based on  assets)  banks that are  subject  to  regulatory
supervision  by the U.S.  Government  or state  governments  and the 50  largest
(based on assets)  foreign banks with branches or agencies in the United States.
Investments in certificates of deposit of foreign banks and foreign  branches of
U.S. banks may involve certain risks,  including  different  regulation,  use of
different  accounting  procedures,  political  or other  economic  developments,
exchange  controls,  or possible seizure or nationalization of foreign deposits.
The Fund is  permitted  to  purchase  project  notes  and  standby  commitments;
however, the Fund has no present intention of investing in such securities.
    

Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt Fund Series

     The Pennsylvania Fund is a non-diversified,  open-end management investment
company organized as an unincorporated  trust under the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania by a Declaration of Trust dated May 13, 1986.

     The  Pennsylvania   Fund  seeks  high  tax-exempt  income  consistent  with
preservation of capital by investing in Pennsylvania  tax-exempt securities that
are rated investment grade on the date of investment. The Pennsylvania Fund also
may invest in unrated Pennsylvania  tax-exempt  securities if, based upon credit
analysis by the Manager,  it is believed that such  securities are of comparable
quality to investment  grade  securities.  The securities which the Pennsylvania
Fund will hold ordinarily will have maturities in excess of one year.  There can
be no assurance that the Fund will be able to meet its investment objective.

     The Fund will attempt to invest 100%, and as a matter of fundamental policy
will  invest at least  80%,  of the value of its net  assets in  securities  the
interest on which is exempt from federal and Pennsylvania income taxes. However,


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in abnormal  market  conditions  if, in the judgment of the Manager,  tax-exempt
securities  satisfying the Fund's objectives can not be purchased,  the Fund may
make  temporary  investments  in securities the interest on which is exempt only
from  federal  income  tax,  such as  securities  issued  by states  other  than
Pennsylvania  ,  or is  exempt  only  from  Pennsylvania  income  tax,  such  as
securities issued by the U.S.  Government (such as bills,  notes and bonds), its
agencies, instrumentalities or authorities. Moreover, under such conditions, the
Fund may make temporary  investments in fixed-income  securities the interest on
which is not exempt from  either  federal or  Pennsylvania  income  taxes.  Such
investments  will be  substantially  in  highly-rated  corporate debt securities
(rated AA--, or better, by S&P or Aa3, or better, by Moody's),  prime commercial
paper (rated  A-1+/A-1 by S&P or P-1 by Moody's) and  certificates of deposit of
Acceptable  Banking   Institutions,   as  defined  under  "Seligman  New  Jersey
Tax-Exempt Fund,  Inc."  Investments in certificates of deposit of foreign banks
and foreign  branches of U.S.  banks may involve  certain  risks,  as  described
above.
    

     Although the underlying value and quality of particular  securities will be
considered in selecting  investments for the Fund, capital appreciation will not
be a factor. However, the Fund may sell securities held in its portfolio and, as
a result, realize capital gain or loss, in order to eliminate unsafe investments
and  investments  not  consistent  with the  preservation  of the capital or tax
status  of the  Fund;  honor  redemption  orders;  meet  anticipated  redemption
requirements  and negate gains from  discount  purchases;  reinvest the earnings
from portfolio  securities in like securities;  or defray normal  administration
expenses.

     The Fund is authorized to purchase standby  commitments;  however, the Fund
has no present intention of investing in such securities.

Seligman Tax-Exempt Fund Series, Inc.

     The Tax-Exempt Fund is a non-diversified,  open-end  management  investment
company, as defined in the 1940 Act, incorporated in Maryland on August 8, 1983.
The Tax-Exempt  Fund consists of a National  Series and twelve state Series,  as
described  below.  The  Tax-Exempt  Fund State Series offer  investments  in the
following states:

         Colorado                           Minnesota
         Georgia                            Missouri
         Louisiana                          New York
         Maryland                           Ohio
         Massachusetts                      Oregon
         Michigan                           South Carolina

     National  Series seeks to maximize  income exempt from federal income taxes
to the extent  consistent with  preservation  of capital and with  consideration
given to  opportunities  for capital gain. Under normal market  conditions,  the
National Series  attempts to invest 100%, and as a matter of fundamental  policy
will  invest at least  80%,  of the value of its net  assets  in  securities  of
states,  territories  and  possessions  of the United States and the District of
Columbia, and their political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities,  the
interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. There can be no assurance
that the Series will be able to meet its investment objective.

   
     Tax-Exempt  Fund State  Series  each seek to  maximize  income  exempt from
federal income taxes and from the personal income taxes of its designated  state
to the extent  consistent with  preservation  of capital and with  consideration
given to  opportunities  for capital gain.  Each State Series attempts to invest
100%, and as a matter of  fundamental  policy invests at least 80%, of the value
of its net assets in  securities  the  interest on which is exempt from  federal
income taxes and from the personal  income taxes of the designated  state.  Each
State Series may also invest in  tax-exempt  securities  of issuers  outside its
designated  state if such  securities  bear interest that is exempt from federal
income taxes and  personal  income  taxes of the state.  If, in abnormal  market
conditions, in the judgment of the Manager, tax-exempt securities satisfying the
investment  objective of any of the State Series are not  available or for other
defensive  purposes,  such State Series may temporarily  invest up to 20% of the
value of its net assets in  instruments  the  interest  on which is exempt  from
federal income taxes, but not State personal income taxes. Such securities would
include  those  set  forth  under  "Tax-Exempt  Securities"  above,  that  would
    


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otherwise  meet the Series'  objective.  There can be no assurance that a Series
will be able to meet its investment objective.
    

     Each  State  Series  and  the  National   Series  are  expected  to  invest
principally,  without percentage limitations,  in tax-exempt securities that are
rated investment grade on the date of investment. Each Series also may invest in
unrated tax-exempt  securities if, based upon credit analysis by the Manager, it
is believed that such securities are of comparable  quality to investment  grade
securities.

   
     In unusual  circumstances,  the Tax-Exempt Fund may invest up to 20% of the
value of its net assets on a temporary  basis in  fixed-income  securities,  the
interest on which is subject to federal,  state or local income tax, pending the
investment  or  reinvestment  in  tax-exempt  securities of proceeds of sales of
shares or sales of portfolio  securities  or in order to avoid the  necessity of
liquidating  portfolio investments to meet redemptions of shares by investors or
where market  conditions due to rising  interest rates or other adverse  factors
warrant  temporary  investing for  defensive  purposes.  Investments  in taxable
securities will be substantially in securities  issued or guaranteed by the U.S.
Government (such as bills, notes and bonds), its agencies,  instrumentalities or
authorities;  highly-rated  corporate debt securities  (rated AA-, or better, by
S&P or Aa3, or better,  by Moody's);  prime  commercial paper (rated A-1+/A-1 by
S&P or P-1 by  Moody's)  and  certificates  of  deposit  of  Acceptable  Banking
Institutions,  as defined under  "Seligman  New Jersey  Tax-Exempt  Fund,  Inc."
Investments in certificates of deposit of foreign banks and foreign  branches of
U.S. banks may involve certain risks, as described above.
    

Seligman Tax-Exempt Series Trust

     The Tax-Exempt Trust is a non-diversified  open-end  management  investment
company,  organized  as an  unincorporated  business  trust  under  the  laws of
Massachusetts  on July 27, 1984. The Tax-Exempt Trust consists of Seligman North
Carolina  Tax-Exempt  Series,   Seligman  Florida  Tax-Exempt  Series,  Seligman
California   Tax-Exempt  Quality  Series  and  Seligman  California   Tax-Exempt
High-Yield Series.

   
     Seligman North Carolina Tax-Exempt Series (the "North Carolina Series") and
Seligman Florida  Tax-Exempt Series (the "Florida Series") each seek high income
exempt from federal income taxes (and with respect to the North Carolina Series,
North Carolina  personal income taxes)  consistent with  preservation of capital
and with  consideration  given to capital gain by investing in North Carolina or
Florida tax-exempt  securities,  as applicable,  and investment grade commercial
paper rated within the two highest rating categories, on the date of investment.
Each  Series also may invest in unrated  tax-exempt  securities  if,  based upon
credit analysis by the Manager and under the supervision of the Trustees,  it is
believed  that such  securities  are of comparable  quality to investment  grade
securities.  There can be no  assurance  that a Series  will be able to meet its
investment objective.

     Each Series will  attempt to invest  100%,  and as a matter of  fundamental
policy  will  invest  at least  80%,  of the  value of its net  assets  in North
Carolina or Florida tax-exempt securities, as applicable,  the interest on which
is exempt from federal taxes and, if applicable,  North Carolina personal taxes.
However, in abnormal market conditions if, in the judgment of the Manager, North
Carolina or Florida tax-exempt  securities  satisfying the Series' objective may
not be  purchased,  the  Tax-Exempt  Trust  may make  temporary  investments  in
securities  issued by states  other than North  Carolina or  Florida.  Moreover,
under such  conditions and for defensive  purposes,  a Series may make temporary
investments in high-quality securities, the interest on which is not exempt from
federal income tax or, if applicable, North Carolina personal taxes. Investments
in taxable  securities will be substantially in securities  issued or guaranteed
by the  U.S.  Government  (such  as  bills,  notes  and  bonds),  its  agencies,
instrumentalities or authorities;  highly-rated corporate debt securities (rated
AA--, or better, by S&P or Aa3, or better,  by Moody's);  prime commercial paper
(rated  A-1+/A-1  by S&P or P-1 by  Moody's)  and  certificates  of  deposit  of
Acceptable  Banking   Institutions,   as  defined  under  "Seligman  New  Jersey
Tax-Exempt Fund,  Inc."  Investments in certificates of deposit of foreign banks
and foreign  branches of U.S.  banks may involve  certain  risks,  as  described
above.
    

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     Each Series is permitted to purchase project notes and standby commitments;
however,  neither  Series  has  any  present  intention  of  investing  in  such
securities.

     Seligman  California  Tax-Exempt  Quality Series (the  "California  Quality
Series")  seeks  high  income  exempt  from  federal  income  taxes and from the
personal income taxes of California  consistent with preservation of capital and
with consideration  given to capital gain by investing in California  tax-exempt
securities  that on the date of investment are within the three highest  ratings
of  Moody's  (Aaa,  Aa, A for  bonds;  MIG1,  MIG2,  MIG3,  for  notes;  P-1 for
commercial  paper) or S&P (AAA,  AA, A for bonds;  SP-1,  SP-2 for notes;  A-1+,
A-1/A-2 for commercial  paper). The Series also may invest in unrated California
tax-exempt  securities  if,  based upon credit  analysis by the  Manager,  it is
believed that such securities are of comparable  quality to the rated securities
in which the series may invest.  The  securities  held by the Series  ordinarily
will have  maturities in excess of one year.  There can be no assurance that the
Series will be able to meet its investment objective.

   
     Seligman   California   Tax-Exempt   High-Yield   Series  (the  "California
High-Yield  Series")  seeks the maximum  income exempt from federal income taxes
and from the personal income taxes of California consistent with preservation of
capital and with consideration  given to capital gain by investing in California
tax-exempt securities that on the date of investment are rated within the medium
to lower rating categories by Moody's (Baa or lower for bonds; MIG3 or lower for
notes; P-2 or lower for commercial paper) or S&P (BBB or lower for bonds; A-2 or
lower for  commercial  paper).  The  Series  may  invest in  unrated  California
tax-exempt  securities  if,  based upon credit  analysis by the  Manager,  it is
believed that such  securities  are of comparable  quality to securities  with a
medium or low credit rating.  The Securities held by the Series  ordinarily will
have maturities in excess of one year. There can be no assurance that the Series
will be able to meet its investment objective.

     The  securities  in which this Series  invests  generally  involve  greater
volatility of price and risk of loss of principal and income than  securities in
higher rating  categories.  Shares of this Series are appropriate only for those
investors  who can bear the risk  inherent  in seeking  the  highest  tax-exempt
yields.
    

     During the fiscal  year  ended  September  30,  1995 the  weighted  average
ratings of the California tax-exempt long-term securities held by the California
High-Yield Series were as follows:

                                                          Percentage of Total
                           S&P/Moody's Ratings                Investments
                           -------------------                -----------
   
          AAA/Aaa ..............................................   14%
          AA/Aa ................................................    7%
          A/A ..................................................   25%
          BBB/Baa ..............................................   13%
          BB/Ba ................................................   --
          B/B ..................................................   --
          CCC/Caa ..............................................   --
          Unrated ..............................................   40%
    

     California  tax-exempt  securities in the fourth rating category of Moody's
and S&P,  although  commonly  referred  to as  investment  grade,  may have some
speculative characteristics that may affect the issuer's ability to pay interest
and repay  principal.  California tax- exempt  securities rated below the fourth
category  are subject to greater risk of loss of  principal  and  interest  than
higher-rated securities,  as they are predominantly  speculative with respect to
the issuer's ability to pay interest and repay principal.  California tax-exempt
securities rated below BBB by S&P or Baa by Moody's are also more susceptible to
price  volatility  due to general  economic  conditions  and changes in interest
rates.  Since  tax-exempt  securities  are  purchased  from and sold to dealers,
prices at which  these  securities  are sold will be  affected  by the degree of
interest  of  dealers  to bid for  them.  In  certain  markets,  dealers  may be
unwilling  to make bids for the  securities  of certain  issuers that the seller
considers  reasonable.  Furthermore,  because the net asset value of the Series'
shares  reflects  the degree of  willingness  of  dealers to bid for  California
tax-exempt securities, the price of the Series' shares may be subject to greater
fluctuation.

     Moody's and S&P's ratings are generally  accepted  measures of credit risk.
They are, however,  subject to certain  limitations.  The rating of an issuer is
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future  conditions.  Ratings also are not updated  continuously.  For a detailed
description  of  the  ratings,  see  Appendix  A to  the  Series'  Statement  of
Additional Information.

     The Manager  attempts to minimize  the risks to the Series  inherent in the
investment in lower-rated  California  tax-exempt securities through analysis of
the  particular  issuer and  security,  trends in  interest  rates and local and
general economic conditions, diversification and when appropriate by investing a
substantial  portion of the Series' assets in California  tax-exempt  securities
rated in the fourth rating category or higher.

   
     Each of California  Quality  Series and California  High-Yield  Series will
attempt to invest  100%,  and as a matter of  fundamental  policy will invest at
least 80%, of the value of its net assets in securities the interest on which is
exempt from federal and California  personal income taxes.  However, in abnormal
market  conditions  if, in the  judgment of the Manager,  tax-exempt  securities
satisfying a Series' objective may not be purchased, a Series may make temporary
investments  in  securities  the  interest on which is exempt only from  federal
income tax, such as securities issued by states other than California. Moreover,
under such conditions,  a Series may make temporary  investments in high-quality
securities the interest on which is not exempt from either federal or California
personal income taxes.  Investments in taxable  securities will be substantially
in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S.  Government (such as bills, notes
and  bonds),  its  agencies,  instrumentalities  or  authorities;   highly-rated
corporate debt securities  (rated AA--, or better,  by S&P or Aa3, or better, by
Moody's);  prime  commercial paper (rated A-1+/A-1 by S&P or P-1 by Moody's) and
certificates  of deposit of Acceptable  Banking  Institutions,  as defined above
under "Seligman New Jersey Tax-Exempt Fund, Inc." Investments in certificates of
deposit of foreign banks and foreign  branches of U.S. banks may involve certain
risks, as described above.
    

     Furthermore,  when economic or market  conditions  warrant,  the California
High-Yield Series may assume a temporary defensive position and invest up to 25%
of the value of its net assets in California  tax-exempt securities rated within
the three highest rating  categories of Moody's or S&P. The securities which the
Series will hold under this  circumstance  may have  maturities of less than one
year.

     Each of the California Quality Series and the California  High-Yield Series
may enter  into  stand-by  commitments.  Under a stand-by  commitment,  a Series
obligates a dealer to repurchase at the Series' option specified securities at a
specified price. The exercise of a stand-by commitment is subject to the ability
of the  dealer to make  payment  on  demand.  A Series  would  acquire  stand-by
commitments  solely  to  facilitate  portfolio  liquidity  and not  for  trading
purposes. Prior to investing in stand-by commitments the Tax-Exempt Trust, if it
deems necessary  based upon the advice of counsel,  will apply to the Securities
and Exchange  Commission for an exemptive order relating to such commitments and
the  valuation  thereof.  There  can be no  assurance  that the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission will provide such authorization.

     The price which a Series would pay for tax-exempt  securities with stand-by
commitments  generally  would be higher than the price which  otherwise would be
paid  for  the  tax-exempt   securities  alone.  A  Series  will  only  purchase
obligations   with   stand-by   commitments   from  sellers  the  Manager  deems
creditworthy.

     Stand-by  commitments with respect to portfolio securities of a Series with
maturities of less than 60 days which are separate from the underlying portfolio
securities are not assigned a value. The cost of any such stand-by commitment is
carried as an unrealized loss from the time of purchase until it is exercised or
expires.  Stand-by  commitments with respect to portfolio securities of a Series
with  maturities  of 60 days or more  which  are  separate  from the  underlying
portfolio  securities and the underlying portfolio securities are valued at fair
value as determined in accordance  with  procedures  established by the Board of
Trustees.  The Board of Trustees would, in connection with the  determination of
the value of such a  stand-by  commitment,  consider  among  other  factors  the
creditworthiness of the writer of the stand-by  commitment,  the duration of the
stand-by commitment, the dates on which or the periods during which the stand-by
commitment  may be exercised and the  applicable  rules and  regulations  of the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

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General

     Each Fund, as a non-diversified  investment  company, is not limited by the
1940  Act  as to the  proportion  of  its  assets  that  it  may  invest  in the
obligations  of a single  issuer.  However,  each  Series  will  comply with the
diversification  requirements of the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
and has therefore  adopted an investment  restriction,  which may not be changed
without  shareholder  vote (except for the New Jersey  Fund),  prohibiting  each
Series  from  purchasing  with  respect  to 50% of the  value of the  respective
Series' total assets,  securities of any issuer if immediately  thereafter  more
than 5% of such Series' total assets would be invested in the  securities of any
single issuer.  Furthermore,  as a matter of policy, with respect to 75% of each
Series'  assets,  the  respective  Series may not purchase any revenue  bonds if
thereafter  more than 5% of such  Series'  assets  would be  invested in revenue
bonds of a single issuer.  This policy is not  fundamental and may be changed by
the Directors or Trustees,  as applicable,  without shareholder approval. In the
view of the Manager, the above restriction and policy reduce the risk that might
otherwise be  associated  with an  investment  in a  non-diversified  investment
company.

     As a matter of policy, the Directors or Trustees,  as applicable,  will not
change a  Series'  investment  objective  without  a vote of a  majority  of the
outstanding  voting  security of that  Series.  Under the 1940 Act, a "vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities" of a Series means the affirmative
vote of the lesser of (1) more than 50% of the outstanding  shares of the Series
or (2)  67% or more of the  shares  of the  Series  present  at a  shareholder's
meeting if more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Series are represented
at the meeting in person or by proxy.

     A more detailed list of each Series' investment policies,  including a list
of those restrictions or investment  activities that cannot be changed without a
vote of a majority of the outstanding  voting  securities of a Series appears in
the Series' Statement of Additional Information.
    
       

     Investment  grade bonds and notes are within the four highest credit rating
categories,  and  investment  grade  commercial  paper is within the two highest
credit rating  categories,  of Moody's (Aaa, Aa, A, Baa for bonds; MIG 1, MIG 2,
MIG 3, MIG 4 for notes;  P-1--P-2 for commercial  paper) or S&P (AAA, AA, A, BBB
for bonds;  SP-1--SP-2 for notes; A-1+, A-1/A-2 for commercial paper).  Although
bonds and notes rated in the fourth credit rating category are commonly referred
to  as  investment  grade  they  may  have  speculative  characteristics.   Such
characteristics  may under  certain  circumstances  lead to a greater  degree of
market  fluctuations  in the  value  of such  securities  than do  higher  rated
tax-exempt  securities  of similar  maturities.  A detailed  discussion  of such
characteristics  and  circumstances and their effect upon each Series appears in
the  Statements  of  Additional   Information  under  the  heading   "Investment
Objectives,  Policies  And  Risks."  A  description  of the  credit  ratings  is
contained in Appendix A to the Statements of Additional Information.

   
     Illiquid  Securities.  Each Series may invest up to 15% of the value of its
net assets in  illiquid  securities  including  "restricted  securities",  i.e.,
securities that must be registered  under the Securities Act of 1933 before they
may be  offered  or sold to the  public or  securities  that may be sold only in
privately  negotiated   transactions  and  certain  participation  interests  in
domestic banks. The Funds may, however,  invest without regard to the limitation
on illiquid  securities in lease  obligations  which the Manager,  in accordance
with guidelines that have been adopted by the Board of Directors or Trustees, as
applicable,  and  subject to their  supervision,  determines  to be liquid.  The
Manager will deem lease obligations liquid if they are publicly offered and have
received  an  investment  grade  rating of Baa or better by  Moody's,  or BBB or
better by S&P. Unrated lease obligations (or those below investment grade, where
applicable)  will be  considered  liquid if the  obligations  come to the market
through an underwritten  public offering and at least two dealers are willing to
give  competitive  bids.  The  Manager  must,  among  other  things,  review the
creditworthiness of the municipality obligated to make payment under the unrated
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factors as the  existence of a rating or credit  enhancement  such as insurance,
the  frequency of trades or quotes for the  obligation  and the  willingness  of
dealers to make a market in the obligation.

   
     When lssued Securities. Each Series may purchase tax-exempt securities on a
"when  issued"  basis,  which  means  that  delivery  of and  payment  for  such
securities  normally  take place  within 45 days  after the date of the  buyer's
purchase commitment. The payment obligation and the interest rate on when-issued
securities are each fixed at the time the purchase  commitment is made, although
no interest  accrues to a purchaser  prior to the  settlement of the purchase of
the  securities.  As a result the yields  obtained  and the market value on such
securities may be higher or lower on the date when the  instruments are actually
delivered to the buyer. A Series will generally  purchase a tax-exempt  security
sold on a when  issued  basis  with the  intention  of  actually  acquiring  the
securities  on the  settlement  date.  Any gain  realized  from any such sale of
securities will be subject to federal and state taxes.
    

     A separate account  consisting of cash or high-grade liquid debt securities
equal to the amount of outstanding  purchase commitments is established with the
Funds' Custodian in connection with any purchase of when issued securities.  The
account is marked to market daily,  with  additional  cash or liquid  high-grade
debt securities added when necessary.  A Series meets its respective  obligation
to purchase  when-issued  securities  from  outstanding  cash balances,  sale of
securities held in the separate  account,  sale of other securities or, although
they  would  not  normally  expect  to do so,  from the sale of the  when-issued
securities themselves (which may have a greater or lesser value than the Series'
payment obligations).

   
     Variable and Floating  Rate  Obligations.  The  interest  rates  payable on
certain  securities in which a Series may invest are not fixed and may fluctuate
based  upon  changes  in  market  rates.  The  interest  rate on  variable  rate
obligations  is  adjusted  at   predesignated   periods  and  on  floating  rate
obligations  whenever  there is a change in the market rate of interest on which
the floating rate is based.
    

     The interest  rate is set as a specific  percentage  of a  designated  base
rate,  such as the rate on a Treasury  Bond or Bill or the prime rate at a major
commercial bank. Such a bond generally provides that a Series can demand payment
of the bond upon  seven  days'  notice at an  amount  equal to par plus  accrued
interest,  which amount, in unusual circumstances,  may be more or less than the
amount a Series paid for the bond.

     The  maturity  of  floating  or  variable   rate   obligations   (including
participation  interests  therein)  is deemed to be the longer of (i) the notice
period required before a Series is entitled to receive payment of the obligation
upon demand or (ii) the period  remaining until the  obligation's  next interest
rate  adjustment.  If not redeemed by a Series through the demand  feature,  the
obligations  mature on a specified  date which may range up to thirty years from
the date of issuance.

   
     Participation  Interests.  From time to time,  a Series may  purchase  from
banks participation  interests in all or part of specific holdings of tax-exempt
securities.  Each  participation  interest is backed by an irrevocable letter of
credit  or  guarantee  of the  selling  bank.  Participation  interests  will be
purchased only if, in the opinion of counsel,  interest income on such interests
will be tax-exempt when distributed as dividends to shareholders of a Series.

     Borrowing.  Each  Series  may  borrow  money  only from  banks and only for
temporary  or  emergency  purposes  (but  not  for  the  purchase  of  portfolio
securities)  in an amount not in excess of 10% of the value of its total  assets
at the time the borrowing is made (not including the amount borrowed). Permitted
borrowings  may be secured or unsecured.  A Series will not purchase  additional
portfolio  securities if such Series has outstanding  borrowings in excess of 5%
of the value of its total assets.
    

MANAGEMENT SERVICES

   
     The Manager.  The Board of Directors or Trustees,  as applicable,  provides
broad  supervision  over  the  affairs  of the  Funds.  Pursuant  to  Management
Agreements  approved by the Directors or Trustees and the  shareholders  of each
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administers  its business and other  affairs.  The address of the Manager is 100
Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017.

     In addition to serving the Funds, the Manager serves as manager of thirteen
other investment companies which, together with the Funds, make up the "Seligman
Group." The thirteen other companies are Seligman Capital Fund,  Inc.,  Seligman
Cash  Management  Fund,  Inc.,   Seligman  Common  Stock  Fund,  Inc.,  Seligman
Communications  and  Information  Fund,  Inc.,  Seligman  Frontier  Fund,  Inc.,
Seligman  Growth  Fund,  Inc.,  Seligman  Henderson  Global Fund  Series,  Inc.,
Seligman  High  Income  Fund  Series,   Seligman  Income  Fund,  Inc.,  Seligman
Portfolios,  Inc.,  Seligman  Quality  Municipal  Fund,  Inc.,  Seligman  Select
Municipal Fund, Inc. and  Tri-Continental  Corporation.  The aggregate assets of
the Seligman  Group were  approximately  $11.1 billion at December 31, 1995. The
Manager  also  provides  investment  management  or  advice  to  individual  and
institutional accounts having a value of approximately $4.1 billion.
    

     Mr. William C. Morris is Chairman and President of the Manager and Chairman
of the Board  and Chief  Executive  Officer  of each  Fund.  Mr.  Morris  owns a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Manager.

     The Manager also provides  senior  management  for Seligman  Data Corp.,  a
wholly owned subsidiary of certain  investment  companies in the Seligman Group,
which  performs,  at cost,  certain  recordkeep-ing  functions  for  each  Fund,
maintains the records of shareholder  investment  accounts and provides  related
services.

     The  Manager is  entitled  to receive a  management  fee for its  services,
calculated  daily and payable  monthly,  equal to .50% of the average  daily net
assets of the  Series  on an annual  basis.  The  Manager  has from time to time
voluntarily  waived a portion of its  management fee with respect to one or more
of the Series.  Each Fund pays all its expenses  other than those assumed by the
Manager;  expenses are allocated  among the Series of the Tax-Exempt Fund and of
the Tax-Exempt  Trust in a manner  determined by the Directors or Trustees to be
fair and  equitable.  The  management  fee paid by each  Series  expressed  as a
percentage  of  average  daily net  assets of that  Series is  presented  in the
following table for the fiscal year ended September 30,1995.  Total expenses for
each Series'  Class A and D shares,  expressed as an  annualized  percentage  of
average daily net assets, are also presented in the following table for the year
ended September 30, 1995.

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                                                           Annualized Expense
                                      Management Fee Rate       Ratios for
                                      for the year ended      the year ended
           Series                           9/30/95               9/30/95
           ------                     ------------------- ---------------------
                                                          Class A       Class D
                                                          -------       -------
     New Jersey ................             .45%*         1.01%         1.89%
     Pennsylvania ..............             .50%          1.21%         2.23%
     National ..................             .50%           .86%         1.95%
     Colorado ..................             .50%           .93%         2.02%
     Georgia ...................             .45%*          .91%         1.90%
     Louisiana .................             .50%           .89%         1.91%
     Maryland ..................             .50%           .96%         2.02%
     Massachusetts .............             .50%           .86%         1.95%
     Michigan ..................             .50%           .87%         2.01%
     Minnesota .................             .50%           .87%         1.85%
     Missouri ..................             .45%*          .88%         1.98%
     New York ..................             .50%           .88%         1.96%
     Ohio ......................             .50%           .84%         1.93%
     Oregon ....................             .45%*          .86%         1.83%
     South Carolina ............             .50%           .88%         1.85%
     California
       High-Yield ..............             .50%           .90%         1.91%
     California Quality ........             .50%           .89%         1.88%
     Florida ...................             .19%*          .72%         1.66%
     North Carolina ............             .14%*          .82%         1.64%

 * During the year ended  September  30, 1995 the  Manager,  at its  discretion,
   waived a portion of its fees from the Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New Jersey,
   North Carolina and Oregon Series.

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     Portfolio  Manager.  Thomas G. Moles,  Vice President and Senior  Portfolio
Manager of each of the Funds,  is a Managing  Director of J. & W. Seligman & Co.
Incorporated,  as well as  President  and Senior  Portfolio  Manager of Seligman
Select Municipal Fund and Seligman Quality Municipal Fund. He is responsible for
approximately $1.9 billion in tax-exempt  securities.  Mr. Moles, with more than
23 years of experience,  has  spearheaded  Seligman's  tax-exempt  efforts since
joining the Manager in 1983.

     The Manager's discussion of each Fund's performance as well as a line graph
illustrating  comparative  performance information between each Series of a Fund
and the Lehman  Brothers  Municipal  Bond Index is  included  in the  respective
    

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Fund's  fiscal 1995 Annual  Report to  shareholders.  Copies of a Fund's  Annual
Report may be obtained,  without charge,  by calling or writing the Funds at the
telephone numbers or address listed on the cover page of this Prospectus.

     Portfolio Transactions. Fixed income securities are generally traded on the
over-the-counter  market on a "net" basis without a stated  commission,  through
dealers acting for their own account and not as brokers.  Prices paid to dealers
will generally  include a "spread",  i.e., the difference  between the prices at
which a dealer is willing to purchase or to sell the  security at that time.  In
underwritten offerings, securities are purchased at a fixed price which includes
an amount of compensation to the underwriter.
    

     The  Management  Agreements  recognize  that in the  purchase  and  sale of
portfolio  securities,  the  Manager  will  seek the most  favorable  price  and
execution,  and,  consistent  with that policy,  may give  consideration  to the
research, statistical and other services furnished by dealers to the Manager for
its use in connection with its services to the Funds as well as other clients.

   
     Consistent  with  the  rules  of the  National  Association  of  Securities
Dealers,  Inc.  and subject to seeking the most  favorable  price and  execution
available and such other  policies as the  Directors or Trustees may  determine,
the Manager may  consider  sales of shares of the Funds (and,  under  applicable
laws,  of the other  Seligman  Mutual  Funds) as a factor  in the  selection  of
dealers to execute portfolio transactions for the Funds.
    

     Portfolio  Turnover.  A change in securities held by any Series is known as
"portfolio  turnover"  and may  involve  the  payment  by such  Series of dealer
spreads or underwriting  commissions and other transactions costs on the sale of
the  securities  as  well  as on the  reinvestment  of  the  proceeds  in  other
securities.  While  it is the  policy  of each  Series  to hold  securities  for
investment,  changes  will be made from time to time when the  Manager  believes
such changes will strengthen the Series'  portfolio.  The portfolio  turnover of
any Series is not expected to exceed 100%. 

PURCHASE OF SHARES

   
     Seligman Financial  Services,  Inc. ("SFSI"),  an affiliate of the Manager,
acts as  general  distributor  of the  Funds'  shares.  Its  address is 100 Park
Avenue, New York, NY 10017.
    

     Each  Series  issues  two  classes  of  shares:  Class A shares are sold to
investors  choosing the initial sales load  alternative;  and Class D shares are
sold to investors choosing no initial sales load, a higher  distribution fee and
a CDSL on redemptions within one year of purchase. See "Alternative Distribution
System" above.

     Shares of the Series may be  purchased  through any  authorized  investment
dealer.  All  orders  will be  executed  at the net asset  value per share  next
computed  after  receipt  of the  purchase  order  plus,  in the case of Class A
shares, a sales load which, except for shares purchased under one of the reduced
sales  load  plans,  will  vary  with the size of the  purchase  as shown in the
schedule under "Class A shares-Initial Sales Load" below.

   
     THE MINIMUM AMOUNT FOR INITIAL INVESTMENT IS $1,000; SUBSEQUENT INVESTMENTS
MUST BE IN THE MINIMUM  AMOUNT OF $100 FOR EACH SERIES (EXCEPT FOR INVESTMENT OF
DIVIDENDS AND CAPITAL GAIN DISTRIBUTIONS). THE FUNDS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO RETURN
INVESTMENTS THAT DO NOT SATISFY THESE MINIMUMS. EXCEPTIONS TO THESE MINIMUMS ARE
AVAILABLE FOR ACCOUNTS BEING ESTABLISHED CONCURRENTLY WITH THE INVEST-A-CHECK(R)
SERVICE OR THE  SELIGMAN(SM)  TIME  HORIZON(SM)  STRATEGY,  AN ASSET  ALLOCATION
PROGRAM.

     Orders  received by an  authorized  dealer before the close of the New York
Stock Exchange ("NYSE") (normally, 4:00 p.m. New York City time) and accepted by
SFSI before the close of business (5:00 p.m. New York City time) on the same day
will be executed at the  Series' net asset value  determined  as of the close of
the NYSE on that day plus, in the case of Class A shares,  the applicable  sales
load.  Orders  accepted by dealers  after the close of the NYSE,  or received by
SFSI after the close of  business,  will be  executed  at the  Series' net asset
value next determined plus, in the case of Class A shares,  the applicable sales
load. The authorized  dealer through which the shareholder  purchases  shares is
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     Payment  for  dealer  purchases  may be made by check  or by wire.  To wire
payments,  dealer  orders  must first be placed  through  SFSI's  order desk and
assigned a purchase  confirmation  number.  Funds in payment of the purchase may
then be wired to  Mellon  Bank,  N.A.,  ABA  #043000261,  A/C  (Name of Fund and
Series) (A or D), A/C  #107-1011.  WIRE  TRANSFERS  MUST  INCLUDE  THE  PURCHASE
CONFIRMATION NUMBER AND CLIENT ACCOUNT REGISTRATION AND ACCOUNT NUMBER.  Persons
other than dealers who wish to wire payment should  contact  Seligman Data Corp.
for  specific  wire  instructions.  Although  the Funds  make no charge for this
service, the transmitting bank may impose a wire service fee.

   
     Current shareholders may purchase additional shares at any time through any
authorized  dealer or by sending a check  payable to  "Seligman  Group of Funds"
directly to Seligman Data Corp., P.O. Box 3936, New York, NY 10008-3936.  Checks
for  investment  must be in U.S.  dollars  drawn on a domestic  bank.  The check
should  include the  shareholder's  name,  address,  account number and class of
shares.  If a shareholder  does not provide the required  information,  Seligman
Data Corp. will seek further clarification and may be forced to return the check
to the shareholder. Orders sent directly to Seligman Data Corp. will be executed
at the net asset value next determined  after the order is accepted plus, in the
case of Class A shares, the applicable sales load.

     Seligman Data Corp. will charge a $10.00 processing fee for checks returned
to it  marked  "unpaid."  This  charge  may be  debited  from the  shareholder's
account.  For the protection of the Funds and their shareholders,  no redemption
proceeds will be remitted to a shareholder  with respect to shares  purchased by
check  (unless  certified)  until the Fund  receives  notice  that the check has
cleared,  which  may be up to 15 days  from the  credit  of such  shares  to the
shareholder's account.

     Valuation.  The net asset value of a Series' shares is determined each day,
Monday through Friday, as of the close of the NYSE (normally, 4:00 p.m. New York
City time),  on each day that the NYSE is open.  Net asset  value is  calculated
separately  for each class of a Series.  Tax-exempt  securities  and  short-term
holdings  maturing in more than 60 days are valued based on quotations  provided
by an independent pricing service,  approved by the Directors or Trustees, or in
the absence  thereof,  at fair value as determined in accordance with procedures
approved by the Directors or Trustees.  Short-term  holdings maturing in 60 days
or less are generally valued at amortized cost. Taxable securities are valued at
market value, or in the absence thereof,  fair value as determined in accordance
with procedures approved by the Directors or Trustees.
    

     Class A Shares -- Initial  Sales  Load.  Class A shares  are  subject to an
initial  sales load which  varies with the size of the  purchase as shown in the
following schedule, and an annual service fee of up to .25% of the average daily
net asset value of Class A shares. See "Administration, Shareholder Services and
Distribution Plan" below.

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                      Class A Shares -- Sales Load Schedule

                                            Sales Load as a
                                             Percentage of             Regular
                                        ------------------------        Dealer
                                                      Net Amount       Discount
                                                       Invested        as a % of
                                        Offering      (Net Asset       Offering
        Amount of Purchase                Price          Value)          Price
        ------------------                -----          ------          -----
     Less than     $   50,000             4.75%          4.99%           4.25%
     $  50,000-        99,999             4.00           4.17            3.50
       100,000-       249,999             3.50           3.63            3.00
       250,000-       499,999             2.50           2.56            2.25
       500,000-       999,999             2.00           2.04            1.75
     1,000,000-     3,999,999             1.00           1.01             .90
     4,000,000-      or more*                0              0               0

 * Dealers may receive a fee of .15% on sales made without a sales load.

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     Referral Fee. SFSI shall pay  broker/dealers,  from its own  resources,  an
additional  fee in  respect  of  certain  investments  in Class A shares  of the
Seligman Mutual Funds by an "eligible  employee  benefit plan" (as defined below
under   "Special   Programs")   which  are   attributable   to  the   particular
broker/dealer.  The  shares  eligible  for the fee are those on which an initial
front-end sales load was not paid because either (i) the participating  eligible
employee  benefit plan has at least $1 million  invested in the Seligman  Mutual
Funds or (ii) the participating  employer has at least 50 eligible  employees to
whom  such  plan is made  available.  The  fee,  which  is  paid  monthly,  is a
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length of time the shares  have been  invested  in a Seligman  Mutual  Fund,  as
follows: for shares held up to 1 year, .50% per annum; for shares held more than
1 year up to 2 years,  .25% per  annum;  for  shares  held  from 2 years up to 5
years, .10% per annum; and nothing thereafter.
    

     Reduced Sales Loads.  Reductions in sales loads apply to purchases of Class
A shares by a "single person," including an individual, members of a family unit
comprising husband,  wife and minor children purchasing securities for their own
account,  or a trustee  or other  fiduciary  purchasing  for a single  fiduciary
account or single trust.  Purchases  made by a trustee or other  fiduciary for a
fiduciary  account may not be aggregated  with  purchases  made on behalf of any
other fiduciary or individual account.

   
     o Volume Discounts are provided if the total amount being invested in Class
A shares  of a Series  alone,  or in any  combination  of  shares  of the  other
Seligman Mutual Funds that are sold with a front-end sales load,  reaches levels
indicated in the above sales load schedule.

     o The Right of Accumulation  allows an investor to combine the amount being
invested in Class A shares of the other Seligman  Mutual Funds sold with a sales
load with the total net asset value of shares of those Funds  already owned that
were sold with a sales load and the total net asset  value of shares of Seligman
Cash  Management  Fund that were acquired by an investor  through an exchange of
shares of  another  Seligman  Mutual  Fund on which  there  was a sales  load to
determine  reduced sales loads in accordance  with the sales load  schedule.  An
investor or a dealer purchasing shares on behalf of an investor must indicate if
the  investor  has  existing  accounts  when making  investments  or opening new
accounts.

     o A Letter of Intent  allows an investor to purchase  Class A shares over a
13-month period at reduced sales loads, based upon the total amount the investor
intends  to  purchase  plus the  total  net  asset  value of shares of the other
Seligman  Mutual  Funds  already  owned that were sold with a sales load and the
total net  asset  value of shares of  Seligman  Cash  Management  Fund that were
acquired  by the  investor  through an  exchange  of shares of another  Seligman
Mutual Fund on which there was a sales load. An investor or a dealer  purchasing
shares on behalf of an investor  must  indicate  if the  investor  has  existing
accounts when making  investments or opening new accounts.  For more information
concerning terms of Letters of Intent, see "Terms and Conditions" on page 51.

     Special Programs. Each Series may sell Class A shares at net asset value to
present and retired directors,  trustees, officers, employees and their spouses,
(and  family  members  of the  foregoing)  of the  Funds,  the other  investment
companies in the Seligman Group, the Manager and other companies affiliated with
the Manager. Family members are defined to include lineal descendants and lineal
ancestors,  siblings  (and  their  spouses  and  children)  and any  company  or
organization controlled by any of the foregoing.  Such sales also may be made to
employee  benefit plans and thrift plans for such persons and to any  investment
advisory,  custodial, trust or other fiduciary account managed or advised by the
Manager or any affiliate.

     Class A shares also may be issued  without a sales load in connection  with
the acquisition of cash and securities owned by other  investment  companies and
personal holding companies; to any registered unit investment trust which is the
issuer of periodic  payment  plan  certificates,  the net  proceeds of which are
invested in Series shares; to separate accounts established and maintained by an
insurance company which are exempt from  registration  under Section 3(c)(11) of
the 1940 Act; to registered representatives and employees (and their spouses and
minor  children)  of any  dealer  that  has a  sales  agreement  with  SFSI;  to
shareholders  of mutual funds with  objectives  similar to a Series who purchase
shares with redemption  proceeds of such funds; to financial  institution  trust
departments;   to   registered   investment   advisers   exercising   investment
discretionary  authority  with  respect to the  purchase  of Series  shares,  or
pursuant to sponsored arrangements with organizations which make recommendations
to or permit group  solicitation  of, its employees,  members or participants in
connection with the purchase of shares of the Series;  and to "eligible employee
benefit plans" (i) which have at least $1 million invested in the Seligman Group
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whom such plan is made available and, regardless of the number of employees,  if
such plan is established and maintained by any dealer that has a sales agreement
with SFSI.  "Eligible  employee  benefit  plan"  means any plan or  arrangement,
whether or not tax  qualified,  which  provides  for the  purchase  of a Series'
shares.  Sales of shares to such plans must be made in connection with a payroll
deduction  system of plan funding or other system  acceptable  to Seligman  Data
Corp.

     Section 403(b) plans sponsored by public  educational  institutions are not
eligible for net asset value purchases based on the aggregate investment made by
the plan or  number  of  eligible  employees.  Participants  in such  plans  are
eligible for reduced sales loads based solely on their individual investments.
    

     Class D Shares.  Class D shares are sold without an initial  sales load but
are  subject  to a CDSL if the shares are  redeemed  within one year,  an annual
distribution fee of up to .75 of 1% and an annual service fee of up to .25 of 1%
of the average daily net asset value of the Class D shares.  SFSI will make a 1%
payment to dealers in respect of purchases of Class D shares.

     A CDSL will be  imposed  on any  redemption  of Class D shares  which  were
purchased  during the preceding twelve months;  however,  no such charge will be
imposed on shares acquired  through the investment of dividends or distributions
from any Class D shares within the Seligman  Group.  The amount of any CDSL will
be paid to and retained by SFSI.

     To  minimize  the  application  of CDSL to a  redemption,  shares  acquired
pursuant to the investment of dividends and distributions (which are not subject
to a CDSL) will be redeemed  first;  followed by shares  purchased  at least one
year prior to the redemption.  Shares held for the longest period of time within
the  applicable one year period will then be redeemed.  Additionally,  for those
shares determined to be subject to the CDSL, the application of the 1% CDSL will
be made to the current net asset value or original purchase price,  whichever is
less.

     For example,  assume an investor purchased 100 shares in January at a price
of $10.00 per share.  During the first year, 5 additional  shares were  acquired
through investment of dividends and  distributions.  In January of the following
year, an  additional 50 shares are purchased at a price of $12.00 per share.  In
March of that year,  the investor  chooses to redeem  $1,500.00 from the account
which now holds 155 shares with a total value of  $1,898.75  ($12.25 per share).
The CDSL for this transaction would be calculated as follows:

  Total shares to be redeemed
    (122.449 @ $12.25) as follows:                                    $1,500.00
                                                                      =========

Dividend/Distribution shares
    (5 @ $12.25)                                                      $   61.25

Shares over 1 year old
    (100 @ $12.25)                                                     1,225.00

Shares less than 1 year old subject to
    CDSL (17.449 @ $12.25)                                               213.75
                                                                      ---------

  Gross proceeds of redemption                                        $1,500.00

  Less CDSL (17.449 shares @ $12.00 =
    $209.39 x 1% = $2.09)                                                 (2.09)
                                                                      ---------

  Net proceeds of redemption                                          $1,497.91
                                                                      =========

  For federal  income tax purposes,  the amount of the CDSL will reduce the gain
or  increase  the loss,  as the case may be,  on the  amount  recognized  on the
redemption of shares.

     The CDSL will be waived or reduced in the following instances:

   
     (a) on redemptions  following the death or disability of a shareholder,  as
defined in section  72(m)(7) of the Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as amended
(the "Code");  (b) in connection with (i)  distributions  from retirement  plans
qualified  under section 401(a) of the Code when such  redemptions are necessary
to make distributions to plan participants  (such payments include,  but are not
limited to death,  disability,  retirement,  or  separation  of  service),  (ii)
distributions from a custodial account under section 403(b)(7) of the Code or an
individual retirement account ("IRA") due to death, disability, or attainment of
age 591/2, and (iii) a tax-free return of an excess  contribution to an IRA; (c)
in whole or in part,  in  connection  with  shares  sold to current  and retired
Directors or Trustees of the Funds;  (d) in whole or in part, in connection with
shares sold to any state,  county, or city or any  instrumentality,  department,
authority,  or agency thereof, which is prohibited by applicable investment laws
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of any registered  investment  management company;  (e) pursuant to an automatic
cash withdrawal service; (f) in connection with the redemption of Class D shares
of a Fund if it is combined with another mutual fund in the Seligman  Group,  or
another similar reorganization transaction;  and (g) in connection with a Fund's
right to redeem or  liquidate  an  account  that holds  below a certain  minimum
number or dollar amount of shares (currently $500).

     If, with  respect to a  redemption  of any Class D shares sold by a dealer,
the CDSL is waived  because the  redemption  qualifies for a waiver as set forth
above,  the dealer shall remit to SFSI  promptly  upon notice an amount equal to
the 1% payment or a portion of the 1% payment paid on such shares.

   
     SFSI may from time to time assist dealers by, among other things, providing
sales  literature  to, and holding  informational  programs  for the benefit of,
dealers'  registered  representatives.  Dealers may limit the  participation  of
registered  representatives  in such  informational  programs  by means of sales
incentive  programs  which may  require  the sale of minimum  dollar  amounts of
shares of the Seligman  Mutual Funds.  SFSI may from time to time pay a bonus or
other  incentive to dealers that sell shares of the Seligman  Mutual  Funds.  In
some  instances,  these  bonuses or  incentives  may be offered  only to certain
dealers  which  employ a  registered  representative  who has sold or may sell a
significant amount of shares of a Fund and/or certain other mutual funds managed
by the Manager during a specified  period of time. Such bonus or other incentive
may take the form of payment for travel expenses, including lodging, incurred in
connection with trips taken by qualifying registered representatives and members
of their  families to places  within or outside the United  States.  The cost to
SFSI of such  promotional  activities and payments shall be consistent  with the
rules of the  National  Association  of  Securities  Dealers,  Inc.,  as then in
effect.
    

TELEPHONE TRANSACTIONS

   
     A shareholder with telephone transaction privileges,  and the shareholder's
broker-dealer  representative,  will have the  ability to effect  the  following
transactions via telephone:  (i) redemption of a Fund's shares, (ii) exchange of
Fund  shares for shares of  another  Seligman  Mutual  Fund,  (iii)  change of a
dividend and/or capital gain  distribution  option,  and (iv) change of address.
All telephone  transactions  are effected  through  Seligman Data Corp. at (800)
221-2450.

     For investors who purchase  shares by completing  and submitting an Account
Application  (except those accounts registered as trusts (unless the trustee and
sole beneficiary are the same person),  corporations or group retirement plans):
Unless an election is made otherwise on the Account  Application,  a shareholder
and the  shareholder's  broker-dealer  of record,  as  designated on the Account
Application, will automatically receive telephone transaction privileges.

     For  investors  who  purchase  shares  through a  broker-dealer:  Telephone
services for a shareholder and the shareholder's  representative  may be elected
by  completing  a   supplemental   election   application   available  from  the
broker-dealer of record.

     For accounts  registered as trusts (unless the trustee and sole beneficiary
are the same person), corporations or group retirement plans: Telephone services
are not available.

     All funds with the same account number (i.e.,  registered exactly the same)
as an existing account,  including any new fund in which the shareholder invests
in the future,  will  automatically  include telephone  services if the existing
account has telephone  services.  Telephone  services may also be elected at any
time on a supplemental application.

     For accounts registered jointly (such as joint tenancies, tenants in common
and community  property  registrations),  each owner, by accepting or requesting
telephone  transaction  services,  authorizes each of the other owners to effect
telephone transactions on his or her behalf.

     During times of drastic  economic or market  changes,  a shareholder or the
shareholder's  representative may experience  difficulty in contacting  Seligman
Data Corp.  to request a  redemption  or exchange of shares of a Fund.  In these
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exchange  procedures.  Use of these other redemption or exchange procedures will
result  in your  redemption  request  being  processed  at a later  time than if
telephone  transactions  had been  used,  and a  Series'  net  asset  value  may
fluctuate during such periods.

   
     Each Fund and Seligman  Data Corp.  will employ  reasonable  procedures  to
confirm that  instructions  communicated  by telephone  are genuine.  These will
include:  recording all telephone calls requesting  account activity,  requiring
that the caller provide certain requested personal and/or account information at
the time of the call for the purpose of establishing the caller's identity,  and
sending a written  confirmation of redemptions,  exchanges or address changes to
the address of record each time activity is initiated by  telephone.  As long as
each Fund and Seligman Data Corp. follow instructions  communicated by telephone
that  were  reasonably  believed  to be  genuine  at the time of their  receipt,
neither  they nor any of their  affiliates  will be  liable  for any loss to the
shareholder caused by an unauthorized transaction.  Shareholders, of course, may
refuse or cancel telephone transaction services. In any instance where a Fund or
Seligman Data Corp. is not reasonably  satisfied that  instructions  received by
telephone  are genuine,  the  requested  transaction  will not be executed,  and
neither they nor any of their affiliates will be liable for any losses which may
occur due to a delay in implementing the transaction. If a Fund or Seligman Data
Corp.  does not follow the procedures  described  above, a Fund or Seligman Data
Corp.  may  be  liable  for  any  losses  due  to   unauthorized  or  fraudulent
instructions.  Telephone  services must be effected through a representative  of
Seligman Data Corp.,  i.e.,  requests may not be communicated  via Seligman Data
Corp.'s  automated  telephone  answering  system.   Telephone  services  may  be
terminated by a shareholder at any time by sending a written request to Seligman
Data Corp.  Written  acknowledgment of termination of telephone services will be
sent to the shareholder at the address of record.
    

REDEMPTION OF SHARES

   
     Regular Redemption Procedure.  A shareholder may redeem shares held in book
credit form  without  charge  (except the CDSL,  if  applicable)  at any time BY
SENDING A WRITTEN REQUEST to Seligman Data Corp., 100 Park Avenue,  New York, NY
10017.  The  redemption  request must be signed by all persons in whose name the
shares are  registered.  A  shareholder  may redeem  shares that are not in book
credit form, by  surrendering  certificates  in proper form to the same address.
Certificates  should be sent by  registered  mail.  Share  certificates  must be
endorsed for transfer or  accompanied  by an endorsed  stock power signed by all
shareowners exactly as their name(s) appear(s) on the account registration.  The
shareholder's  letter of  instruction or endorsed stock power should specify the
name of the Series,  the  account  number,  class of shares (A or D),  number of
shares or dollar  amount to be  redeemed.  The Funds cannot  accept  conditional
redemption requests. If the redemption proceeds are (i) $50,000 or more, (ii) to
be paid to  someone  other than the  shareholder  of record  (regardless  of the
amount) or (iii) to be mailed to other than the address of record (regardless of
the amount),  the  signature(s) of the  shareholder(s)  must be guaranteed by an
eligible  financial  institution  including,  but not limited to, the following:
banks, trust companies,  credit unions,  securities brokers and dealers, savings
and loan  associations and participants in the Securities  Transfer  Association
Medallion Program (STAMP),  the Stock Exchanges  Medallion Program (SEMP) or the
New York Stock Exchange  Medallion  Signature Program (MSP). A Fund reserves the
right to reject a signature guarantee where it is believed that the Fund will be
placed at risk by  accepting  such  guarantee.  A  signature  guarantee  is also
necessary in order to change the account registration.  Notarization by a notary
public is not an acceptable  signature guarantee.  ADDITIONAL  DOCUMENTATION MAY
ALSO BE  REQUIRED  BY  SELIGMAN  DATA  CORP.  IN THE  EVENT OF A  REDEMPTION  BY
CORPORATIONS,  EXECUTORS,  ADMINISTRATORS,  TRUSTEES OR CUSTODIANS.  FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO NECESSARY  REDEMPTION  REQUIREMENTS,  PLEASE CONTACT
THE SHAREHOLDER  SERVICES  DEPARTMENT OF SELIGMAN DATA CORP. FOR ASSISTANCE.  In
the case of Class A shares, and in the case of Class D shares redeemed after one
year, a shareholder  will receive the net asset value per share next  determined
after receipt of a request in good order.  If Class D shares are redeemed within
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next determined  after receipt of a request in good order,  less a CDSL of 1% as
described under "Purchase Of Shares -- Class D Shares" above.

   
     A shareholder may also "sell" shares to a Fund through an investment dealer
and, in that way, be certain,  providing  the order is timely,  of receiving the
net asset value  established  at the end of the day on which the dealer is given
the repurchase  order (less any applicable  CDSL in the case of Class D shares).
The Funds  make no charge  for this  transaction,  but the  dealer  may charge a
service fee.  "Sell" or repurchase  orders  received  from an authorized  dealer
before the close of the NYSE and received by SFSI, the repurchase agent,  before
the close of  business  on the same day will be  executed at the net asset value
per share  determined at the close of the NYSE on that day, less any  applicable
CDSL.  Repurchase orders received from authorized dealers after the close of the
NYSE or not received by SFSI prior to the close of business, will be executed at
the net asset value  determined  as of the close of the NYSE on the next trading
day,  less any  applicable  CDSL.  Shares held in a "street name" account with a
broker/dealer may be sold to a Fund only through a broker/dealer.
    

     Check Redemption Service. The Check Redemption Service allows a shareholder
of Class A shares who owns or purchases shares in a Series worth $25,000 or more
to request Seligman Data Corp. to provide  redemption  checks to be drawn on the
account  associated  with the Series in which the  shareholder  is invested,  in
amounts of $500 or more.  The  shareholder  may elect to use this Service on the
Account  Application or by later written  request to Seligman Data Corp.  Shares
for which  certificates  have been issued will not be available  for  redemption
under this Service.  Dividends  continue to be earned through the date preceding
the date the check clears for payment.  Use of this Service is subject to Mellon
Bank, N.A. rules and regulations covering checking accounts. Separate checkbooks
will be furnished for each Series.

   
     There is no  charge  for use of  checks.  When  honoring  a check  that was
processed for payment,  Mellon Bank,  N.A. will cause a Series to redeem exactly
enough  full and  fractional  shares  from an account to cover the amount of the
check. If shares are owned jointly,  redemption checks will need to be signed by
all  persons,   unless  otherwise   elected  under  Section  6  of  the  Account
Application, in which case a single signature will be acceptable.

     In view of daily  fluctuations in share value,  the  shareholder  should be
certain  that the amount of shares in the account is  sufficient  in a Series to
cover the amount of checks written on that Series. If insufficient shares are in
the account, the check will be returned marked  "insufficient  funds." THE FUNDS
WILL NOT REDEEM SHARES OF ONE SERIES TO COVER A CHECK WRITTEN ON ANOTHER SERIES.
SELIGMAN DATA CORP. WILL CHARGE A $10.00 PROCESSING FEE FOR ANY CHECK REDEMPTION
DRAFT  RETURNED  MARKED  "UNPAID."  THIS CHARGE MAY BE DEBITED  FROM THE ACCOUNT
AGAINST WHICH THE CHECK WAS DRAWN.
    

     Check Redemption books cannot be reordered unless the shareholder's account
has a value of  $25,000 or more and  Seligman  Data Corp.  has a  certified  tax
identification number on file.

   
     Cancelled checks will be returned to a shareholder under separate cover the
month after they clear.  The Check  Redemption  Service may be terminated at any
time by a Fund or Mellon Bank,  N.A. See "Terms and  Conditions"  on page 51 for
further information.  The Check Redemption Service is not available with respect
to Class D shares.

     FOR THE  PROTECTION OF THE FUNDS AND THEIR  SHAREHOLDERS,  NO PROCEEDS OF A
CHECK  REDEMPTION  WILL BE  REMITTED  TO A  SHAREHOLDER  WITH  RESPECT TO SHARES
PURCHASED BY CHECK (UNLESS  CERTIFIED)  UNTIL  SELIGMAN DATA CORP.  HAS RECEIVED
NOTICE THAT THE CHECK HAS CLEARED, WHICH MAY BE UP TO 15 DAYS FROM THE CREDIT OF
SUCH SHARES TO THE SHAREHOLDER'S ACCOUNT.

     Telephone  Redemptions.  Telephone redemptions of uncertificated shares may
be made  once per day,  in an  amount  of up to  $50,000.  Telephone  redemption
requests must be received by Seligman Data Corp. at (800) 221-2450  between 8:30
a.m. and 4:00 p.m. New York City time, on any business day and will be processed
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not be accepted within 30 days following an address  change.  Each Fund reserves
the right to suspend or terminate its telephone  redemption  service at any time
without notice.

     For more information  about telephone  redemptions,  and the  circumstances
under which shareholders may bear the risk of loss for a fraudulent transaction,
see "Telephone Transactions" above.

     General.  With respect to shares redeemed, a check for the proceeds will be
sent to the  shareholder's  address of record  within seven  calendar days after
acceptance  of the  redemption  order  and  will be made  payable  to all of the
registered owners on the account.  With respect to shares  repurchased,  a check
for the proceeds will be sent to the  investment  dealer  within seven  calendar
days after  acceptance of the  repurchase  order and will be made payable to the
investment  dealer. The Funds will not permit redemptions of shares with respect
to shares  purchased by check (unless  certified)  until Seligman Data Corp. has
received notice that the check has cleared,  which may be up to 15 days from the
credit of such shares to the shareholder's account. The proceeds of a redemption
or repurchase may be more or less than the shareholder's cost.

     The Funds reserves the right to redeem shares owned by a shareholder  whose
investment  in a Series has a value of less than the  minimum  specified  by the
Fund's  Directors or Trustees which is presently $500.  Shareholders  are sent a
notice  before such  redemption  is  processed  stating  that the value of their
investment is less than the  specified  minimum and that they have sixty days to
make an additional investment.
    

Reinstatement Privilege

   
     If a  shareholder  redeems  Class A shares and then  decides  not to redeem
them,  or to shift the  investment  to one of the other  Series or to one of the
other Seligman Mutual Funds, a shareholder  may, within 120 calendar days of the
date of  redemption,  use all or any part of the proceeds of the  redemption  to
reinstate,  free of sales load,  all or any part of the  investment in shares of
such  Series or in shares of any of the other  Series of the Funds or any of the
other  Seligman  Mutual Funds.  If a shareholder  redeems Class D shares and the
redemption was subject to a CDSL, the  shareholder  may reinstate the investment
in shares of the same  class of the Series or any of the other  Seligman  Mutual
Funds within 120 calendar  days of the date of  redemption  and receive a credit
for the CDSL paid. Such investment will be reinstated at the net asset value per
share  established  as of the  close  of the  NYSE  on the day  the  request  is
accepted. Seligman Data Corp. must be informed that the purchase is a reinstated
investment.  REINSTATED  SHARES  MUST BE  REGISTERED  EXACTLY AND BE OF THE SAME
CLASS AS THE SHARES PREVIOUSLY REDEEMED.
    

     Generally,  exercise  of the  Reinstatement  Privilege  does not  alter the
federal  income tax status of any capital  gain  realized on a sale of a Series'
shares,  but to the extent  that any shares are sold at a loss and the  proceeds
are  reinvested in shares of the same Series some or all of the loss will not be
allowed  as  a  deduction,   depending  upon  the  percentage  of  the  proceeds
reinvested.

ADMINISTRATION, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES AND DISTRIBUTION PLAN

   
     Under an  Administration,  Shareholder  Services and Distribution Plan (the
"Plan"),  each  Series  may pay to SFSI,  the  Funds'  general  distributor,  an
administration,  shareholder  services and  distribution  fee in respect of each
Series' Class A and Class D shares. Payments under the Plan may include, but are
not limited to: (i) compensation to securities  dealers and other  organizations
("Service  Organizations") for providing distribution assistance with respect to
assets  invested in a Series,  (ii)  compensation to Service  Organizations  for
providing administration, accounting and other shareholder services with respect
to Series'  shareholders,  and (iii)  otherwise  promoting the sale of shares of
each Series,  including  paying for the  preparation  of  advertising  and sales
literature and the printing and distribution of such  promotional  materials and
prospectuses  to  prospective  investors and defraying  SFSl's costs incurred in
connection  with its marketing  efforts with respect to shares of a Series.  The
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own resources,  which may include the  management fee that the Manager  receives
from each Series.

   
     Under its Plan,  each Series  reimburses SFSI for its expenses with respect
to Class A shares at an annual rate of up to .25% of the average daily net asset
value of a Series' Class A shares. It is expected that the proceeds from the fee
in  respect  of Class A shares  will be used  primarily  to  compensate  Service
Organizations which enter into agreements with SFSI. Such Service  Organizations
will  receive  from  SFSI a  continuing  fee of up to .25% on an  annual  basis,
payable  quarterly,  of the average daily net assets of a Series' Class A shares
attributable  to the  particular  Service  Organization  for providing  personal
service and/or the  maintenance of  shareholder  accounts.  The fee payable from
time to time is,  within such limit,  determined by the Directors or Trustees of
the Funds.

     The Plan as it relates to the Class A shares of the New  Jersey  Fund,  was
first approved by the Directors on January 12, 1988 and by the  shareholders  on
December  16,  1988.  The  Plan  as it  relates  to the  Class A  shares  of the
Pennsylvania  Fund,  was first  approved by the Trustees on June 10, 1986 and by
the shareholders on April 23, 1987. The Plan as it relates to the Class A shares
of the California High-Yield Series and the California Quality Series, was first
approved by the  Trustees on July 21, 1992 and by the  shareholders  on November
23,  1992.  The Plan as it relates to the Class A shares of the Florida  Series,
was first approved by the Trustees on June 21, 1990 and by the  shareholders  on
December 7, 1990. The Plan as it relates to Class A shares of the North Carolina
Series,  was  first  approved  by the  Trustees  on  June  21,  1990  and by the
shareholders on April 11, 1991. Each Plan as it relates to Class A shares of the
other Series,  was first  approved by the Directors or Trustees on July 21, 1992
and by the  shareholders  of each Series on  November  23,  1992.  The Plans are
reviewed by the Directors or Trustees  annually.  The total amounts paid for the
year ended September 30, 1995 in respect of each Series' Class A shares' average
daily net assets pursuant to the Plans were as follows:


                                                                         % of
                                                                       Average
        Series                                                        Net Assets
        ------                                                        ----------
     New Jersey ....................................................      .22%
     Pennsylvania ..................................................      .22
     National ......................................................      .09
     Colorado ......................................................      .09
     Georgia .......................................................      .10
     Louisiana .....................................................      .10
     Maryland ......................................................      .09
     Massachusetts .................................................      .10
     Michigan ......................................................      .10
     Minnesota .....................................................      .10
     Missouri ......................................................      .09
     New York ......................................................      .08
     Ohio ..........................................................      .10
     Oregon ........................................................      .10
     South Carolina ................................................      .10
     California High-Yield .........................................      .10
     California Quality ............................................      .10
     Florida .......................................................      .24
     North Carolina ................................................      .24
    

  Under its Plan,  each Series  reimburses SFSI for its expenses with respect to
Class D shares  at an  annual  rate of up to 1% of the  average  daily net asset
value of the Class D shares.  Proceeds from a Series' Class D  distribution  fee
are used  primarily to  compensate  Service  Organizations  for  administration,
shareholder services and distribution  assistance (including a continuing fee of
up to .25% on an annual basis of the average  daily net asset value of a Series'
Class D shares  attributable to particular  Service  Organizations for providing
personal  services  and/or the  maintenance  of  shareholder  accounts) and will
initially  be used by SFSI to defray the expense of the 1% payment to be made by
it to  Service  Organizations  at the time of the sale of  Class D  shares.  The
amounts  expended by SFSI in any one year upon the  initial  purchase of Class D
shares  may exceed  the  amounts  received  by it from Plan  payments  retained.
Expenses of administration,  shareholder  services and distribution of a Series'
Class D shares in one fiscal  year may be paid from a Series'  Class D Plan fees
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was  approved by the  Directors  or  Trustees  on  November  18, 1993 and became
effective  February 1, 1994.  Each Plan is reviewed by the Directors or Trustees
annually.  The total  amount  paid for the year ended  September  30,  1995,  in
respect of each Series' Class D shares  pursuant to the Plan was 1.00% per annum
of each Series' average daily net assets of the Class D shares.

     Seligman Services,  Inc. ("SSI"), an affiliate of the Manager, is a limited
purpose  broker/dealer.  SSI acts as  broker/dealer  of record  for  shareholder
accounts  that do not have a  designated  broker/dealer  of record and  receives
compensation  from a Series pursuant to its Plan for providing  personal service
and account maintenance to such accounts and other distribution services.
    

EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE

   
     A shareholder may, without charge,  exchange at net asset value any part or
all of an investment  in a Series for shares of another  Series or for shares of
the other mutual funds in the Seligman  Group.  Exchanges may be made by mail or
by telephone if the shareholder has telephone services.

     Class A shares may be exchanged only for Class A shares, and Class D shares
may be exchanged  only for Class D shares,  of another  Series or another mutual
fund in the Seligman Group.  All exchanges will be made on the basis of relative
net asset value.

     If Class D shares  that are  subject  to a CDSL are  exchanged  for Class D
shares of another  Series or fund,  for purposes of  assessing  the CDSL payable
upon  disposition of the exchanged  Class D shares,  the one year holding period
shall be reduced by the holding period of the original Class D shares.

     Aside from the Series described in this Prospectus, the mutual funds in the
Seligman Group available under the Exchange Privilege are:

     o Seligman  Capital Fund,  Inc.:  seeks  aggressive  capital  appreciation.
Current income is not an objective.

     o Seligman Cash Management Fund, Inc.: invests in high quality money market
instruments. Shares are sold at net asset value.

     o Seligman  Common Stock Fund,  Inc.:  seeks  favorable  current income and
long-term  growth of both income and capital value without  exposing  capital to
undue risk.
    
       
   
     o Seligman  Communications and Information Fund, Inc.: invests in shares of
companies in the  communications,  information and related industries to produce
capital gain. Income is not an objective.

     o Seligman  Frontier Fund,  Inc.: seeks to produce growth in capital value,
income may be considered  but will only be  incidental to the fund's  investment
objective.

     o Seligman Growth Fund, Inc.: seeks longer-term growth in capital value and
an increase in future income.

     o Seligman  Henderson  Global Fund Series,  Inc.:  consists of the Seligman
Henderson  Global  Growth  Opportunities  Fund,  the Seligman  Henderson  Global
Smaller  Companies Fund, the Seligman  Henderson Global  Technology Fund and the
Seligman  Henderson  International  Fund all of  which  seek  long-term  capital
appreciation  primarily  through  investing  in  companies  either  globally  or
internationally.
    

     o Seligman High Income Fund Series:  seeks high current income by investing
in debt securities.  The Fund consists of the U.S. Government  Securities Series
and the High-Yield Bond Series.

   
     o Seligman Income Fund, Inc.: seeks high current income and the possibility
of improvement of future income and capital value.

     All  permitted  exchanges  will be based  on the net  asset  values  of the
respective  funds  determined  at the close of the NYSE on that  day.  Telephone
requests for exchanges must be received between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. New York
City time on any business day, by Seligman Data Corp. at (800) 221-2450 and will
be  processed as of the close of business on that day.  The  registration  of an
account into which an exchange is made must be identical to the  registration of
the account from which shares are exchanged.  When establishing a new account by
an exchange of shares,  the shares being exchanged must have a value of at least
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being made. The method of receiving  distributions,  unless otherwise indicated,
will be  carried  over to the new  fund  account,  as will  telephone  services.
Account services,  such as  Invest-A-Check(R)  Service,  Directed  Dividends and
Automatic  Cash  Withdrawal  Service,  will not be carried  over to the new fund
account unless  specifically  requested and permitted by the new fund.  Exchange
orders may be placed to effect an  exchange of a specific  number of shares,  an
exchange  of shares  equal to a specific  dollar  amount or an  exchange  of all
shares held. Shares for which certificates have been issued may not be exchanged
via  telephone  and may be exchanged  only upon  receipt of an exchange  request
together  with  certificates  representing  shares to be  exchanged  in form for
transfer.

     Telephone  exchanges are only available to shareholders  whose accounts are
registered  individually  or jointly.  The terms of the exchange offer described
herein  may be  modified  at any time;  and not all of the  mutual  funds in the
Seligman  Group are  available  to residents  of all states.  Before  making any
exchange,  contact your authorized  investment  dealer or Seligman Data Corp. to
obtain prospectuses of any of the Seligman Mutual Funds.

     A broker/dealer  representative  will be able to effect exchanges on behalf
of a  shareholder  only if the  shareholder  has  telephone  services  or if the
broker/dealer has entered into a Telephone  Exchange Agreement with SFSI wherein
the broker/dealer  must agree to indemnify SFSI and the Seligman Group of Mutual
Funds from any loss or liability incurred as a result of acceptance of telephone
exchange orders.  Written confirmation of all exchanges will be forwarded to the
shareholder  to  whom  the  exchanged  shares  are  registered  and a  duplicate
confirmation will be sent to the broker/dealer of record listed on the account.

     SFSI  reserves  the right to reject any  telephone  exchange  request.  Any
rejected telephone exchange order may be processed by mail. For more information
about telephone  exchanges,  which,  unless objected to, are assigned to certain
shareholders  automatically,  and the circumstances under which shareholders may
bear the risk of loss for a fraudulent transaction, see "Telephone Transactions"
above.
    

     Exchanges  of shares are sales and may result in a gain or loss for federal
and state income tax purposes.

FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT TRANSACTIONS IN THE FUNDS

     Because excessive trading (including  short-term,  "market timing" trading)
can hurt a Series'  performance,  a Fund, on behalf of a Series,  may refuse any
exchange  (1) from any  shareholder  account  from  which  there  have  been two
exchanges in the preceding three month period, or (2) where the exchanged shares
equal in value the lesser of $1,000,000 or 1% of the Series' net assets.  A Fund
may also refuse any exchange or purchase order from any  shareholder  account if
the  shareholder  or the  shareholder's  broker/dealer  has  been  advised  that
previous patterns of purchases and redemptions or exchanges have been considered
excessive.  Accounts under common ownership or control, including those with the
same  taxpayer  ID number  and those  administered  so as to redeem or  purchase
shares based upon certain  predetermined  market indicators,  will be considered
one account for this  purpose.  Additionally,  each Fund  reserves  the right to
refuse any order for the purchase of shares.

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

   
     Each Series intends to declare  dividends of net  investment  income daily.
Dividends  are paid on the 17th day of each month.  If the 17th day of the month
falls on a weekend or holiday on which the NYSE is closed,  the dividend will be
distributed on the previous  business day.  Payments vary in amount depending on
income received from portfolio securities,  expenses of operation and the number
of days in the period.
    

     Shares will begin earning  dividends on the day on which a Series  receives
payment and shares are issued.  Shares  continue to earn  dividends  through the
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     Each Series distributes  substantially all of any taxable net long-term and
short-term  gain realized on  investments to  shareholders  at least annually in
accordance  with  requirements  under  the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as
amended, and other applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.

   
     Shareholders   may  elect:   (1)  to  receive  both   dividends   and  gain
distributions in shares; (2) to receive dividends in cash and gain distributions
in shares;  (3) to receive both dividends and gain distributions in cash. In the
case of  prototype  retirement  plans,  dividends  and  gain  distributions  are
reinvested in additional shares.  Unless another election is made, dividends and
gain  distributions  will be credited  to  shareholder  accounts  in  additional
shares.  Class D shares  acquired  through a dividend or gain  distribution  and
credited  to  the  account  are  not  subject  to a  CDSL.  Dividends  and  gain
distributions  paid in shares are invested at the net asset value on the payable
date.  Shareholders  may elect to change their  dividend  and gain  distribution
options by writing  Seligman  Data Corp.  at the address  listed  below.  If the
shareholder has telephone  services,  changes may also be telephoned to Seligman
Data Corp.  between 8:30 a.m.  and 6:00 p.m.  New York City time,  by either the
shareholder or the broker/dealer of record on the account. For information about
telephone  services,  see  "Telephone  Transactions."  These  elections  must be
received by Seligman  Data Corp.  at least five business days before the payable
date,  otherwise  payment will be made in accordance  with the current option on
the shareholder's account.

     The per share  dividends  from net  investment  income on a Series' Class D
shares will be lower than the per share dividends on a Series' Class A shares as
a result of the higher  distribution  fee  applicable  with respect to a Series'
Class D shares.  Per share  dividends  of the two  classes  may also differ as a
result of differing class expenses, if any.  Distributions of net capital gains,
if any, will be paid in the same amount for Class A and Class D shares.
    

     Shareholders exchanging into another mutual fund in the Seligman Group will
continue to receive dividends and gains as elected prior to such exchange unless
otherwise specified.

TAXES

Federal Income Taxes

   
     Each  Series  intends to  continue  to qualify  as a  regulated  investment
company under the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").  Thus
qualified,  each  Series  will be  relieved  of  federal  income  tax on  income
distributed  to  shareholders  provided  that it  distributes  each  year to its
shareholders  at  least  90% of its net  investment  income  and net  short-term
capital gains, if any.
    

     If, at the close of each quarter of its taxable  year, at least 50% of each
Series' total assets is invested in  obligations  exempt from federal income tax
the Series will be eligible to pay dividends that are excludable by shareholders
from gross income for federal income tax purposes ("exempt interest dividends").
The total amount of exempt  interest  dividends paid by a Series to shareholders
with  respect  to any  taxable  year  cannot  exceed  the  amount  of  federally
tax-exempt  interest  received  by a Series  during  the year less any  expenses
allocable to such interest.

   
     Distributions  of net  capital  gain,  i.e.,  the  excess of net  long-term
capital gains over net short-term capital losses ("capital gain  distributions")
are taxable to  shareholders  as long-term  capital  gain,  whether  received in
shares or cash,  regardless  of how long a  shareholder  has held  shares in the
Series, except that the portion of net capital gains representing accrued market
discount on tax-exempt obligations acquired after April 30, 1993 will be taxable
as ordinary income.  Individual  shareholders  will be subject to federal income
tax on net  capital  gains  at a  maximum  rate of 28%.  Net  capital  gain of a
corporate   shareholder   is  taxed  at  the  same  rate  as  ordinary   income.
Distributions from a Series' other investment income (other than exempt interest
dividends) or from net realized  short-term gain will be taxable to shareholders
as  ordinary  income,   whether  received  in  cash  or  in  additional  shares.
Distributions  will  not,  generally,  be  eligible  for the  dividends-received
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additional  shares  issued by a Series will be treated  for  federal  income tax
purposes as having received a distribution in an amount equal to the fair market
value on the date of distribution of the shares received.

   
     Interest on indebtedness  incurred or continued to purchase or carry shares
of any Series  will not be  deductible  for federal  income tax  purposes to the
extent that the Series' distributions are exempt from federal income tax.

     Any gain or loss  realized  upon a sale or redemption of shares of a Series
by a shareholder who is not a dealer in securities  generally will be treated as
a  long-term  capital  gain or loss if the  shares  have been held for more than
twelve months and otherwise as a short-term  capital gain or loss.  However,  if
shares on which a long-term  capital  gain  distribution  has been  received are
subsequently  sold or redeemed  and such shares have been held for six months or
less, any loss realized will be treated as long-term  capital loss to the extent
that it offsets the  long-term  capital gain  distribution.  Moreover,  any loss
realized by a shareholder upon the sale of shares of a Series held six months or
less will be disallowed to the extent of any exempt-interest  dividends received
by the shareholders  with respect to such shares.  In addition,  no loss will be
allowed  on the sale or other  disposition  of shares of a Series  if,  within a
period  beginning 30 days before the date of such sale or disposition and ending
30 days  after  such  date,  the  holder  acquires  (such  as  through  dividend
reinvestment)  securities that are substantially  identical to the shares of the
Series.
    

     In  determining  gain  or loss on  shares  of a  Series  that  are  sold or
exchanged within 90 days after acquisition,  a shareholder generally will not be
permitted to include in the tax basis attributable to such shares the sales load
incurred in acquiring such shares to the extent of any  subsequent  reduction of
the sales load by reason of the Exchange or Reinstatement Privilege offered by a
Fund.  Any sales load not taken into  account  in  determining  the tax basis of
shares sold or exchanged  within 90 days after  acquisition will be added to the
shareholder's  tax basis in the shares  acquired  pursuant  to the  Exchange  or
Reinstatement Privilege.

     Shareholders are urged to consult their tax advisers  concerning the effect
of  federal  income  taxes in their  individual  circumstances.  In  particular,
persons who may be  "substantial  users" (or  "related  persons" of  substantial
users)  of  facilities  financed  by  industrial  development  bonds or  private
activity bonds should consult their tax advisers before purchasing shares of any
Series.

     UNLESS A  SHAREHOLDER  INCLUDES A TAXPAYER  IDENTIFICATION  NUMBER  (SOCIAL
SECURITY NUMBER FOR  INDIVIDUALS) ON THE ACCOUNT  APPLICATION AND CERTIFIES THAT
SUCH SHAREHOLDER IS NOT SUBJECT TO BACKUP WITHHOLDING,  EACH FUND IS REQUIRED TO
WITHHOLD AND REMIT TO THE U.S.  TREASURY A PORTION OF  NON-EXEMPT  DISTRIBUTIONS
AND OTHER REPORTABLE PAYMENTS TO THE SHAREHOLDER. THE RATE OF BACKUP WITHHOLDING
IS 31%. SHAREHOLDERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT, UNDER REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED BY THE
INTERNAL  REVENUE  SERVICE,  A FUND  MAY BE FINED  UP TO $50  ANNUALLY  FOR EACH
ACCOUNT FOR WHICH A CERTIFIED TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS NOT PROVIDED. IN
THE EVENT THAT SUCH A FINE IS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO ANY UNCERTIFIED ACCOUNT IN
ANY YEAR, A CORRESPONDING CHARGE MAY BE MADE AGAINST THAT ACCOUNT.

California Taxes

     In the opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell,  counsel to the Funds, provided that
at the end of each  quarter of its taxable year at least 50% of the total assets
of the California  Quality or California  High-Yield Series consist of federally
tax-exempt obligations of the State of California and its political subdivisions
("California Tax-Exempt  Securities"),  shareholders of each such Series who are
subject  to  California  State  taxation  on  dividends  will not be  subject to
California  personal income taxes on dividends from that Series  attributable to
interest  received by each such Series on  California  Tax-Exempt  Securities as
well as on certain other federally tax-exempt  obligations the interest on which
is  exempt  from  California  personal  income  taxes.  To the  extent  that the
distributions  are derived  from other  income,  including  long- or  short-term
capital gains, such  distributions  will not be exempt from California  personal


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income  taxation,  and,  further to the extent  that they  constitute  long-term
capital gain dividends they will be taxed as long-term gain to a shareholder.
    

     Interest on indebtedness  incurred or continued to purchase or carry shares
of the California Quality or California High Yield Series will not be deductible
for  California  personal  income  tax  purposes  to  the  extent  such  Series'
distributions are exempt from California personal income tax.

     Prospective  investors  should be aware that an  investment in these Series
may not be suitable for persons who are not residents of the State of California
or who do not receive income subject to income taxes of the State.

Colorado Taxes

   
     In the opinion of Ireland,  Stapleton,  Pryor & Pascoe,  P.C., Colorado tax
counsel to the Tax-Exempt Fund,  individuals,  trusts,  estates and corporations
who are  holders  of the  Colorado  Series and who are  subject to the  Colorado
income  tax will not be  subject  to  Colorado  income  tax on  Colorado  Series
dividends  to the extent  that such  distributions  qualify  as  exempt-interest
dividends of a regulated investment company under Section 852(b)(5) of the Code,
which are derived from interest  income  received by the Colorado  Series on (a)
obligations  of the State of Colorado or its  political  subdivisions  which are
issued on or after May 1,1980,  and if issued  before May 1,1980,  to the extent
such interest is specifically  exempt from income taxation under the laws of the
State of Colorado authorizing the issuance of such obligations,  (b) obligations
of the  United  States or its  possessions  to the  extent  included  in federal
taxable  income,  or (c) obligations of territories or possessions of the United
States to the extent  federal law  exempts  interest  on such  obligations  from
taxation by the states.  To the extent that Colorado  Series  distributions  are
attributable to sources not described in the preceding sentence, such as long or
short-term  capital gains, such  distributions  will not be exempt from Colorado
income tax.  There are no municipal  income taxes in Colorado.  As  intangibles,
shares in the Colorado Series are exempt from Colorado property taxes.
    

     Except during temporary  defensive  periods or when acceptable  investments
are  unavailable  to the Colorado  Series,  at least 80% of the value of the net
assets of the Colorado Series will be maintained in debt  obligations  which are
exempt from federal income tax and Colorado income tax.

     The Colorado Series will notify its  shareholders  within 60 days after the
close of the year as to the  interest  derived  from  Colorado  obligations  and
exempt from the Colorado income tax.

Florida Taxes

   
     Florida does not  presently  impose an income tax on  individuals  and thus
individual shareholders of the Florida Series will not be subject to any Florida
state income tax on  distributions  received from the Florida  Series.  However,
Florida  imposes an  intangible  personal  property tax on shares of the Florida
Series owned by a Florida  resident on January 1 of each year unless such shares
qualify for an  exemption  from that tax.  The  Tax-Exempt  Trust has received a
Technical  Assistance  Advisement  from the  State  of  Florida,  Department  of
Revenue,  to the effect  that shares of the  Florida  Series  owned by a Florida
resident will be exempt from the intangible personal property tax so long as the
Florida Series' portfolio  includes on January 1 of each year only assets,  such
as Florida  Tax-Exempt  Securities  and U.S.  Government  securities,  which are
exempt from the Florida intangible personal property tax. Corporate shareholders
may be subject to Florida  income  taxes  depending on the portion of the income
related to the Florida  Series that is  allocable  to Florida  under  applicable
Florida law.
    

Georgia Taxes

     In the  opinion of King & Spalding,  Georgia tax counsel to the  Tax-Exempt
Fund, under existing Georgia law, shareholders of the Georgia Series will not be
subject to  Georgia  income  taxes on  dividends  with  respect to shares of the
Georgia Series to the extent that such distributions represent  "exempt-interest
dividends"   for  federal   income  tax  purposes  that  are   attributable   to
interest-bearing  obligations  issued by or on behalf of the State of Georgia or
its political  subdivisions,  or by the  governments  of Puerto Rico, the Virgin


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Islands or Guam  (collectively,  "Georgia  Obligations"),  which are held by the
Georgia Series.  Dividends,  if any, derived from capital gains or other sources
generally  will be taxable to  shareholders  of the  Georgia  Series for Georgia
income tax purposes.  For purposes of the Georgia intangibles tax, shares of the
Georgia  Series are taxable to  shareholders  who are  otherwise  subject to the
Georgia intangibles tax.

     Except during temporary  defensive  periods or when acceptable  investments
are  unavailable  to the  Georgia  Series,  at least 80% of the value of the net
assets of the Georgia  Series will be maintained in debt  obligations  which are
exempt from federal income tax and Georgia income taxes.

     The Georgia  Series will notify its  shareholders  within 60 days after the
close of the year as to the interest derived from Georgia Obligations and exempt
from Georgia income taxes.

Louisiana Taxes

     In the opinion of Liskow & Lewis,  Louisiana tax counsel to the  Tax-Exempt
Fund,  based upon a private  ruling  obtained from the  Louisiana  Department of
Revenue and Taxation (the "Department"),  and subject to the current policies of
the Department, shareholders of the Louisiana Series who are either corporations
or  individuals  and  residents of the State of Louisiana  and who are otherwise
subject to Louisiana  income tax will not be subject to Louisiana  income tax on
Louisiana Series dividends to the extent that such dividends are attributable to
interest on tax-exempt obligations of the State of Louisiana or its political or
governmental  subdivisions,  its governmental agencies or instrumentalities.  To
the extent  that  distributions  on the  Louisiana  Series are  attributable  to
sources   other  than  those   described  in  the   preceding   sentence,   such
distributions,  including but not limited to,  long-term or  short-term  capital
gains, will not be exempt from Louisiana income tax.

     Non-resident individuals maintaining their domicile other than in the State
of  Louisiana  will not be subject to  Louisiana  income tax on their  Louisiana
Series dividends.

     Except during temporary  defensive  periods or when acceptable  investments
are  unavailable to the Louisiana  Series,  the Tax-Exempt Fund will maintain at
least  80% of the  value  of the net  assets  of the  Louisiana  Series  in debt
obligations  which are exempt from federal  income tax and exempt from Louisiana
income tax.

     The Louisiana Series will notify its shareholders  within 60 days after the
close of the year as to the interest  derived  from  Louisiana  obligations  and
exempt from Louisiana income tax.

Maryland Taxes

     In the opinion of Venable, Baetjer and Howard, LLP, Maryland tax counsel to
the Tax-Exempt Fund, as long as dividends paid by the Maryland Series qualify as
interest  excludable  under  Section  103 of the  Code and the  Maryland  Series
qualifies as a "regulated  investment  company"  under the Code,  the portion of
exempt-interest  dividends  that  represents  interest  received by the Maryland
Series  on  obligations  (a) of  Maryland  or  its  political  subdivisions  and
authorities,  or  (b)  of  the  United  States  or  an  authority,   commission,
instrumentality,  possession or territory of the United  States,  will be exempt
from Maryland  state and local income taxes when  allocated or  distributed to a
shareholder of the Maryland Series.

     Gain  realized by the  Maryland  Series from the sale or exchange of a bond
issued by Maryland  or a political  subdivision  of  Maryland,  or of the United
States or an authority,  commission or instrumentality of the United States will
not be subject to Maryland state and local income taxes.

     To the extent that distributions of the Maryland Series are attributable to
sources other than those described in the preceding sentences,  such as interest
received  by the  Maryland  Series on  obligations  issued by states  other than
Maryland,  income  earned  on  repurchase  contracts,  or  gains  realized  by a
shareholder  upon a  redemption  or  exchange of Maryland  Series  shares,  such
distributions will be subject to Maryland state and local income taxes.

     Income earned on certain private  activity bonds will constitute a Maryland
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     Interest on indebtedness  incurred or continued (directly or indirectly) by
a shareholder of the Maryland Series to purchase or carry shares of the Maryland
Series will not be deductible  for Maryland  state and local income tax purposes
to the extent such interest is allocable to exempt-interest dividends.

     Except during temporary  defensive  periods or when acceptable  investments
are  unavailable  to the Maryland  Series,  at least 80% of the value of the net
assets of the Maryland Series will be maintained in debt  obligations  which are
exempt  from  federal  income tax and are exempt from  Maryland  state and local
income taxes.

     The Maryland Series will notify its  shareholders  within 60 days after the
close of the year as to the  interest  derived  from  Maryland  obligations  and
exempt from Maryland state and local income taxes.

Massachusetts Taxes

     In the  opinion  of  Palmer  &  Dodge,  Massachusetts  tax  counsel  to the
Tax-Exempt Fund,  assuming that the Tax-Exempt Fund gives the notices  described
at the end of this section,  holders of the Massachusetts Series who are subject
to  the  Massachusetts  personal  income  tax  will  not  be  subject  to tax on
distributions   from  the   Massachusetts   Series  to  the  extent  that  these
distributions  qualify as  exempt-interest  dividends of a regulated  investment
company under Section  852(b)(5) of the Code which are directly  attributable to
interest  on  obligations  issued  by the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  its
instrumentalities  or its political  subdivisions or by the government of Puerto
Rico or by its authority,  by the government of Guam or by its authority,  or by
the   government  of  the  Virgin   Islands  or  its  authority   (collectively,
"Massachusetts  Obligations").  Except to the extent  excluded as capital  gain,
distributions of income to  Massachusetts  holders of the  Massachusetts  Series
that are  attributable  to sources  other than those  described in the preceding
sentence will be includable  in the  Massachusetts  income of the holders of the
Massachusetts  Series.  Distributions  will not be  subject to tax to the extent
that  they  qualify  as  capital  gain  dividends  which  are   attributable  to
obligations issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,  its  instrumentalities
or political  subdivisions under any provision of law which exempts capital gain
on the  obligation  from  Massachusetts  income  taxation.  Distributions  which
qualify as capital gain  dividends  under Section  852(b)(3)(C)  of the Code and
which  are  includable  in  Federal  gross  income  will  be  includable  in the
Massachusetts income of a holder of the Massachusetts Series as capital gain.

     Massachusetts   Series  dividends  are  not  excluded  in  determining  the
Massachusetts excise tax on corporations.

     Except during temporary  defensive  periods or when acceptable  investments
are unavailable to the Massachusetts  Series,  the Tax-Exempt Fund will maintain
at least 80% of the value of the net assets of the Massachusetts  Series in debt
obligations which are exempt from federal income tax and Massachusetts  personal
income tax.

     The Massachusetts  Series will notify its shareholders within 60 days after
the  close  of the  year as to the  interest  and  capital  gains  derived  from
Massachusetts Obligations and exempt from Massachusetts personal income tax.

Michigan Taxes

     In the opinion of Dickinson,  Wright,  Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman,  Michigan
tax  counsel to the  Tax-Exempt  Fund,  holders of the  Michigan  Series who are
subject to the Michigan income tax or single business tax will not be subject to
the Michigan income tax or single  business tax on Michigan Series  dividends to
the extent that such  distributions  qualify as  exempt-interest  dividends of a
regulated  investment  company  under  Section  852(b)(5)  of the Code which are
attributable to interest on tax-exempt  obligations of the State of Michigan, or
its  political  or  governmental  subdivisions,  its  governmental  agencies  or
instrumentalities  (as well as certain other federally  tax-exempt  obligations,
the interest on which is exempt from Michigan tax, such as, for example, certain
obligations  of Puerto  Rico)  (collectively,  "Michigan  Obligations").  To the
extent that  distributions  on the Michigan  Series are  attributable to sources
other  than those  described  in the  preceding  sentence,  such  distributions,
including,  but not limited to, long or short-term  capital  gains,  will not be
exempt from Michigan income tax or single business tax. The Michigan  Department


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of Treasury has issued a bulletin stating that holders of interests in regulated
investment  companies  who are subject to the Michigan  intangibles  tax will be
exempt from the tax to the extent that the investment portfolio consists of U.S.
obligations  and  obligations  of the  State  of  Michigan  or of its  political
subdivisions.  In addition,  Michigan  Series shares owned by certain  financial
institutions or by certain other persons subject to the Michigan single business
tax  are  not  subject  to the  Michigan  intangibles  tax.  To the  extent  the
distributions  on the  Michigan  Series are not subject to Michigan  income tax,
they are not subject to the uniform city income tax imposed by certain  Michigan
cities.

     Except during temporary  defensive  periods or when acceptable  investments
are  unavailable  to the Michigan  Series,  at least 80% of the value of the net
assets of the Michigan Series will be maintained in debt  obligations  which are
exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income and single business taxes.

     The Michigan Series will notify its  shareholders  within 60 days after the
close of the year as to the  interest  derived  from  Michigan  Obligations  and
exempt from Michigan income tax.

Minnesota Taxes

   
     In  the  opinion  of  Faegre  &  Benson   Professional   Limited  Liability
Partnership,  Minnesota tax counsel to the  Tax-Exempt  Fund,  provided that the
Minnesota Series qualifies as a "regulated  investment  company" under the Code,
and  subject to the  discussion  in the  paragraph  below,  shareholders  of the
Minnesota Series who are individuals,  estates, or trusts and who are subject to
the regular  Minnesota  personal  income tax will not be subject to such regular
Minnesota   tax  on  Minnesota   Series   dividends  to  the  extent  that  such
distributions  qualify as  exempt-interest  dividends of a regulated  investment
company  under  Section  852(b)(5) of the Code which are derived  from  interest
income on tax-exempt obligations of the State of Minnesota,  or its political or
governmental    subdivisions,    municipalities,    governmental   agencies   or
instrumentalities ("Minnesota Sources"). The foregoing will apply, however, only
if the portion of the exempt-interest dividends from such Minnesota Sources that
is  paid to all  shareholders  represents  95% or  more  of the  exempt-interest
dividends that are paid by the Minnesota Series. If the 95% test is not met, all
exempt-interest  dividends that are paid by the Minnesota Series will be subject
to the regular  Minnesota  personal  income tax. Even if the 95% test is met, to
the extent that exempt-interest  dividends that are paid by the Minnesota Series
are not derived from the Minnesota  Sources  described in the first  sentence of
this paragraph, such dividends will be subject to the regular Minnesota personal
income tax. Other distributions of the Minnesota Series, including distributions
from net short-term and long-term  capital gains,  are generally not exempt from
the regular Minnesota personal income tax.

     Legislation enacted in 1995 provides that it is the intent of the Minnesota
legislature that interest income on obligations of Minnesota governmental units,
including   obligations  of  the  Minnesota   Sources   described   above,   and
exempt-interest  dividends  that  are  derived  from  interest  income  on  such
obligations,  be included in the net income of individuals,  estates, and trusts
for  Minnesota  income tax  purposes  if it is  judicially  determined  that the
exemption  by  Minnesota  of such  interest  or such  exempt-interest  dividends
unlawfully  discriminates against interstate commerce because interest income on
obligations of governmental  issuers located in other states, or exempt-interest
dividends derived from such obligations,  is so included. This provision applies
to  taxable  years that begin  during or after the  calendar  year in which such
judicial decision becomes final, regardless or the date on which the obligations
were issued,  and other  remedies apply for previous  taxable years.  The United
States Supreme Court recently denied  certiorari in an Ohio case which upheld an
exemption for interest income on obligations of Ohio governmental  issuers, even
though  interest  income on obligations of non-Ohio  governmental  issuers,  was
subject to tax.  However,  it cannot be predicted whether a similar case will be
brought in Minnesota or elsewhere, or what the outcome of such case would be.
    

     Minnesota  presently  imposes an  alternative  minimum tax on  individuals,
estates,  and  trusts  that  is  based,  in  part,  on such  taxpayers'  federal


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alternative minimum taxable income, which includes federal tax preference items.
The Code provides that interest on specified private activity bonds is a federal
tax  preference  item,  and  that an  exempt-interest  dividend  of a  regulated
investment  company  constitutes a federal tax preference  item to the extent of
its  proportionate  share  of the  interest  on  such  private  activity  bonds.
Accordingly,  exempt-interest  dividends that are  attributable  to such private
activity bond interest,  even though they are derived from the Minnesota Sources
described  above,  will be  included  in the  base  upon  which  such  Minnesota
alternative  minimum  tax is  computed.  In  addition,  the  entire  portion  of
exempt-interest  dividends  that is  received by such  shareholders  and that is
derived from sources other than the Minnesota  Sources  described  above is also
subject to the Minnesota  alternative minimum tax. Further,  should the 95% test
that is  described  above fail to be met, all of the  exempt-interest  dividends
that are paid by the Minnesota  Series,  including all of those that are derived
from the Minnesota  Sources  described  above,  will be subject to the Minnesota
alternative minimum tax, in the case of shareholders of the Minnesota Series who
are individuals, estates or trusts.
    

     Subject to certain  limitations  that are set forth in the Minnesota rules,
Minnesota  Series  dividends,  if any, that are derived from interest on certain
United  States  obligations  are not subject to the regular  Minnesota  personal
income tax or the Minnesota alternative minimum tax, in the case of shareholders
of the Minnesota Series who are individuals, estates, or trusts.

     Minnesota Series distributions,  including  exempt-interest  dividends, are
not excluded in determining the Minnesota  franchise tax on corporations that is
measured by taxable income and alternative  minimum  taxable  income.  Minnesota
Series  distributions  may  also be  taken  into  account  in  certain  cases in
determining the minimum fee that is imposed on corporations, S corporations, and
partnerships.

   
     Except during temporary  defensive  periods or when acceptable  investments
are  unavailable to the Minnesota  Series,  at least 80% of the value of the net
assets of the Minnesota Series will be maintained in debt obligations  which are
exempt  from the  federal  income tax and the  Minnesota  personal  income  tax,
subject to the discussion  above.  The Minnesota  Series will invest so that the
95% test described above is met.

     The Minnesota Series will notify its shareholders  within 30 days after the
close of the year as to the interest  derived  from  Minnesota  obligations  and
exempt from the Minnesota personal income tax, subject to the discussion above.
    

Missouri Taxes

   
     In the opinion of Bryan Cave LLP,  Missouri  tax counsel to the  Tax-Exempt
Fund,  dividends  distributed to individual  shareholders of the Missouri Series
will be exempt from the Missouri  personal  income tax imposed by Chapter 143 of
the  Missouri  Revised  Statutes  to the extent that such  dividends  qualify as
exempt  interest  dividends  of a regulated  investment  company  under  Section
852(b)(5) of the Code and are derived from interest on  obligations of the State
of Missouri or any of its political  subdivisions  or authorities or obligations
issued  by  the  government  of  Puerto  Rico  or its  authority  (collectively,
"Missouri Obligations"). Capital gain dividends, as defined in Section 852(b)(3)
of the Code,  distributable by the Fund to individual  resident  shareholders of
the Missouri Series,  to the extent includable in federal adjusted gross income,
will be subject to Missouri income  taxation.  Shares in the Missouri Series are
not subject to Missouri personal property taxes.

     Dividends paid by the Missouri  Series,  if any, that do not qualify as tax
exempt  dividends  under  Section  852 (b)(5) of the Code,  will be exempt  from
Missouri  income tax only to the extent that such  dividends  are  derived  from
interest on certain  U.S.  obligations  that the State of Missouri is  expressly
prohibited from taxing under the laws of the United States.  The portion of such
dividends  that is not  subject  to  taxation  by the State of  Missouri  may be
reduced by interest,  or other expenses, in excess of $500 paid or incurred by a
shareholder  in any taxable  year to purchase  or carry  shares of the  Missouri
Series of the  Tax-exempt  Fund or other  investments  producing  income that is
includable in federal gross income, but exempt from Missouri income tax.
    



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     Except during temporary  defensive  periods or when acceptable  investments
are  unavailable  to the Missouri  Series,  at least 80% of the value of the net
assets of the Missouri Series will be maintained in debt  obligations  which are
exempt from federal income tax and Missouri personal income tax.

     The Missouri Series will notify its  shareholders  within 60 days after the
close of the year as to the  interest  derived  from  Missouri  Obligations  and
exempt from the Missouri personal income tax.

New Jersey Taxes

   
     In the opinion of McCarter & English,  New Jersey counsel to the New Jersey
Fund, income  distributions  paid from a "qualified  investment fund" are exempt
from  the  New  Jersey  personal  income  tax,  to the  extent  attributable  to
tax-exempt  obligations  specified  by New Jersey  law.  As defined in  N.J.S.A.
54A:6-14.1, a "qualified investment fund" is any investment or trust company, or
series of such  investment  company or trust  registered with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission,  which for the calendar  year in which a  distribution  is
paid,  has  (i)  no  investments   other  than   interest-bearing   obligations,
obligations  issued  at  a  discount,   and  cash  and  cash  items,   including
receivables, and financial options, futures, forward contracts, or other similar
financial  instruments  related  to  interest-bearing  obligations,  obligations
issued at a discount or bond indices related  thereto (such  financial  options,
etc. being referred to herein as "Financial Instruments"), and (ii) which has at
least 80% of the aggregate  principal amount of all its  investments,  excluding
Financial Instruments,  to the extent such instruments are authorized by section
851(b) of the Code,  cash and cash  items,  including  receivables,  invested in
obligations  issued by New Jersey, or in obligations that are free from state or
local taxation  under New Jersey and federal laws such as obligations  issued by
the  governments  of  Puerto  Rico,  Guam  or the  Virgin  Islands  ("Tax-Exempt
Securities").  Interest  income and gains  realized  by the New Jersey Fund upon
disposition of obligations and distributed to the  shareholders  are exempt from
the New Jersey  personal  income tax to the extent  attributable  to  Tax-Exempt
Securities.  Gains  resulting  from the  redemption or sale of shares of the New
Jersey Fund would also be exempt from the New Jersey personal income tax.
    

     The New Jersey personal income tax is not applicable to  corporations.  For
all corporations subject to the New Jersey Corporation Business Tax, interest on
Tax-Exempt  Securities  is included  in the net income tax base for  purposes of
computing  the  corporation  business  tax.  Furthermore,   any  gain  upon  the
redemption or sale of shares by a corporate  shareholder is also included in the
net income tax base for purposes of computing the Corporation Business Tax.

     The New  Jersey  Fund  will  notify  shareholders  by  February  15 of each
calendar year as to the amounts of all such  dividends and  distributions  which
are exempt from federal income taxes and New Jersey  personal income tax and the
amounts,  if any, which are subject to such taxes.  Shareholders  are,  however,
urged to consult with their own tax  advisors as to the federal,  state or local
tax consequences in their specific circumstances.

     Prospective  investors  should  be  aware  that  an  investment  in a state
tax-exempt  fund may not be  suitable  for  persons  who do not  receive  income
subject to income taxes of such state.

New York State and City Taxes

   
     In the  opinion of Sullivan &  Cromwell,  counsel to the Funds,  holders of
shares of the New York  Series who are subject to New York State and City tax on
dividends  will not be subject to New York State and City personal  income taxes
on New York Series  dividends to the extent that such  distributions  qualify as
exempt-interest  dividends  under  Section  852(b)(5) of the Code and  represent
interest income attributable to federally tax-exempt obligations of the State of
New York and its  political  subdivisions  (as well as certain  other  federally
tax-exempt  obligations  the interest on which is exempt from New York State and
City personal income taxes such as, for example,  certain  obligations of Puerto
Rico) (collectively,  "New York Obligations").  To the extent that distributions
    


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on the New  York  Series  are  derived  from  other  income,  including  long or
short-term  capital gains, such  distributions  will not be exempt from State or
City personal income taxes.

     Dividends on the New York Series are not excluded in  determining  New York
State or City franchise taxes on corporations and financial institutions.

     Except during temporary  defensive  periods or when acceptable  investments
are  unavailable to the New York Series,  the  Tax-Exempt  Fund will maintain at
least  80% of the  value  of the net  assets  of the  New  York  Series  in debt
obligations which are exempt from federal income tax and New York State and City
personal income taxes.

     The Series will notify its  shareholders  within 45 days after the close of
the year as to the interest  derived from New York  Obligations  and exempt from
New York State and City personal income taxes.

North Carolina Taxes

   
     In the opinion of Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes, P.A., tax counsel to the
North  Carolina  Series,   distributions  from  the  North  Carolina  Series  to
shareholders  subject to North  Carolina  income  taxes will not be taxable  for
North Carolina  income tax purposes to the extent the  distributions  either (i)
qualify as exempt-interest dividends of a regulated investment company under the
Code and are  attributable  to  interest on  obligations  issued by the State of
North Carolina and its political subdivisions or (ii) are dividends attributable
to  interest on direct  obligations  of the U.S.  government  and  agencies  and
possessions  of the United  States,  so long as in both cases the North Carolina
Series  provides a supporting  statement  to the  shareholders  designating  the
portion of the dividends of the North Carolina  Series  attributable to interest
on  obligations  issued  by the  State  of  North  Carolina  and  its  political
subdivisions  or direct  obligations  of the U.S.  government  and  agencies and
possessions of the United States. In the absence of such a statement,  the total
amount of the dividends will be taxable for North Carolina  income tax purposes.
Distributions attributable to other sources, including exempt-interest dividends
attributable  to interest on obligations of states other than North Carolina and
the political  subdivisions of such other states as well as capital gains,  will
be taxable for North Carolina income tax purposes.

     The North Carolina Series will notify its shareholders within 60 days after
the close of its taxable year as to the amount of dividends and distributions to
the  shareholders  of the North  Carolina  Series  which are  exempt  from North
Carolina  income taxes and the dollar amount,  if any, which is subject to North
Carolina income taxes.

     The North  Carolina tax on the value of  intangible  personal  property has
been repealed effective January 1, 1995.
    
       

Ohio Taxes

     In the  opinion  of  Squire,  Sanders &  Dempsey,  Ohio tax  counsel to the
Tax-Exempt Fund, holders of the Ohio Series who are subject to the Ohio personal
income tax, the net income base of the Ohio corporation franchise tax, or school
district or municipal  income taxes in Ohio will not be subject to such taxes on
dividend  distributions  with respect to shares of the Ohio Series to the extent
that such distributions are properly attributable to interest (including accrued
original issue  discount) on obligations  issued by or on behalf of the State of
Ohio, political  subdivisions thereof, or agencies or instrumentalities  thereof
("Ohio Obligations"), or by the government of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands or
Guam,  provided  that the  Ohio  Series  qualifies  as a  "regulated  investment
company"  for federal  income tax purposes and that at all times at least 50% of
the value of the total assets of the Ohio Series consists of Ohio Obligations or
similar  obligations  of other states or their  subdivisions.  It is assumed for
purposes of this discussion of Ohio taxes that these requirements are satisfied.
Shares of the Ohio  Series  will be  included  in a  corporation's  tax base for
purposes of computing the Ohio corporation franchise tax on the net worth basis.

     Dividends on shares of the Ohio Series that are  attributable  to gain from
the sale,  exchange or other  disposition of Ohio  Obligations  held by the Ohio
Series are not subject to the Ohio  personal  income tax, the net income base of
the Ohio corporation franchise tax, or school district or municipal income taxes
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     The Ohio Series is not subject to the Ohio personal income tax, Ohio school
district income taxes, the Ohio  corporation  franchise tax, or the Ohio dealers
in  intangibles  tax,  provided  that,  with  respect  to the  Ohio  corporation
franchise  tax and the Ohio  dealers in  intangibles  tax, the  Tax-Exempt  Fund
complies with certain reporting requirements.

     Except during temporary  defensive  periods or when acceptable  investments
are  unavailable to the Ohio Series,  the Tax-Exempt Fund will maintain at least
80% of the value of the net assets of the Ohio Series in debt obligations  which
are exempt from federal income tax and the Ohio personal  income tax and the net
income base of the Ohio corporation franchise tax.

     The Ohio Series will notify its shareholders within 60 days after the close
of the year as to the status for Ohio tax purposes of distributions with respect
to shares of the Ohio Series.

Oregon Taxes

     In the opinion of Schwabe,  Williamson  & Wyatt,  Oregon tax counsel to the
Tax-Exempt Fund, under present law, individual shareholders of the Oregon Series
will not be subject to Oregon  personal income taxes on  distributions  received
from the Oregon  Series to the extent  that such  distributions  (1)  qualify as
"exempt-interest  dividends"  under  Section  852 (b)(5) of the Code and (2) are
derived  from  interest  on  obligations  of the  State of  Oregon or any of its
political  subdivisions  or  authorities  or from interest on obligations of the
governments of Puerto Rico,  Guam,  the Virgin  Islands or the Northern  Mariana
Islands (collectively, "Oregon Obligations"). Other distributions, including any
long-term  and  short-term  capital  gains,  will  generally  not be exempt from
personal income taxes in Oregon.

     No portion of  distributions  from the Oregon Series are exempt from Oregon
excise tax on corporations. However, shares of the Oregon Series are not subject
to Oregon property tax.

     Except during temporary  defensive  periods or when acceptable  investments
are  unavailable  to the  Oregon  Series,  at least  80% of the value of the net
assets of the Oregon Series will be maintained in debt obligations, the interest
payments of which are exempt from federal income tax and Oregon  personal income
taxes.

     The Oregon  Series  will notify its  shareholders  within 60 days after the
close of the year as to the interest derived from Oregon  Obligations and exempt
from Oregon personal income taxes.

Pennsylvania Taxes

     In the  opinion of Ballard  Spahr  Andrews &  Ingersoll,  Pennsylvania  tax
counsel to the Pennsylvania  Fund,  individual  shareholders of the Pennsylvania
Fund who are subject to the Pennsylvania personal income tax will not be subject
to Pennsylvania  personal income tax on distributions from the Pennsylvania Fund
to the extent that such  distributions  are  attributable  to  interest  paid on
Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt Securities or U.S. Government obligations. Distributions
attributable to most other sources, including distributions attributable to gain
on the sale of such instruments,  will not be exempt from Pennsylvania  personal
income tax.

     The same  rules  apply  under the tax  imposed by the  Philadelphia  School
District  on the  unearned  income of  Philadelphia  residents,  except that all
capital gain distributions are exempt from the School District tax regardless of
the source from which they are paid.

     Corporate  shareholders who are subject to the  Pennsylvania  corporate net
income tax will not be subject to corporate net income tax on distributions from
the Pennsylvania  Fund that qualify as  "exempt-interest  dividends" for federal
income tax purposes or are derived from interest on U.S. Government obligations.

     Individual  shareholders  of the  Pennsylvania  Fund who are subject to the
Pennsylvania  personal  property tax will be exempt from  Pennsylvania  personal
property  tax on their  shares of the  Pennsylvania  Fund to the extent that the
Pennsylvania Fund portfolio consists of Pennsylvania  Tax-Exempt  Securities and
U.S. Government obligations on the annual assessment date.  Corporations are not
subject to Pennsylvania personal property taxes.

     Shareholders  will receive an annual  Statement of Account and  information
regarding the federal and  Pennsylvania  income tax status of all  distributions
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Pennsylvania shareholders regarding the portion of the value of their shares, if
any, subject to Pennsylvania personal property tax.

     Prospective   investors   should  be  aware  that  an   investment  in  the
Pennsylvania  Fund may not be suitable for persons who are not  residents of the
State of  Pennsylvania  or who do not receive  income subject to income taxes of
the State.

South Carolina Taxes

     In the  opinion  of  Sinkler & Boyd,  South  Carolina  tax  counsel  to the
Tax-Exempt  Fund,  shareholders  of the South Carolina Series who are subject to
South Carolina  individual or corporate income taxes will not be subject to such
taxes on South  Carolina  Series'  dividends  to the extent that such  dividends
qualify  as either  (1)  exempt-interest  dividends  of a  regulated  investment
company under Section  852(b)(5) of the Code, which are derived from interest on
tax-exempt  obligations  of the State of South  Carolina or any of its political
subdivisions  or on obligations of the Government of Puerto Rico that are exempt
from federal income tax; or (2) dividends  derived from interest or dividends on
obligations  of the  United  States and its  possessions  or on  obligations  or
securities of any  authority or commission  exempt from state income taxes under
the laws of the United States (collectively,  "South Carolina Obligations").  To
the extent that South Carolina Series'  distributions  are attributable to other
sources,  such as long or short-term  capital gains, such distributions will not
be exempt from South Carolina taxes.

     Except during temporary  defensive  periods or when acceptable  investments
are unavailable to the South Carolina  Series,  at least 80% of the value of the
net assets of the South Carolina  Series will be maintained in debt  obligations
which are exempt from federal income tax and South Carolina income tax.

     The South Carolina Series will notify its shareholders within 60-days after
the close of the year as to the interest derived from South Carolina Obligations
and exempt from South Carolina income taxes.

Other State and Local Taxes

     The exemption of interest on tax-exempt  securities  for federal income tax
purposes does not  necessarily  result in exemption under the income tax laws of
any state or city.  Except as noted above with  respect to a  particular  state,
distributions  from a Fund may be taxable to investors under state and local law
even though all or a part of such  distributions  may be derived from  federally
tax-exempt  sources or from obligations  which, if received  directly,  would be
exempt from such income tax. In some states, shareholders of the National Series
may be afforded  tax-exempt  treatment on  distributions  to the extent they are
derived  from  tax-exempt  securities  issued by that  state or its  localities.
Prospective  investors  should be aware that an  investment  in a certain  State
Series may not be suitable for persons who are not  residents of the  designated
state or who do not  receive  income  subject  to  income  taxes in that  state.
Shareholders should consult their own tax advisers.

SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION

   
     Shareholders will be sent semi-annual reports regarding their Fund. General
information   about  the  Funds  may  be  requested  by  writing  the  Corporate
Communications/Investor   Relations   Department,   J.  &  W.   Seligman  &  Co.
Incorporated,  100 Park Avenue,  New York, NY 10017 or telephoning the Corporate
Communications/   Investor  Relations  Department  toll-free  by  dialing  (800)
221-7844 from all continental United States,  except New York, or (212) 850-1864
in New  York  State  and the  Greater  New York  City  area.  Information  about
shareholder accounts may be requested by writing Shareholder Services,  Seligman
Data Corp.,  at the same  address or by  toll-free  telephone  by dialing  (800)
221-2450  from  all  continental  United  States.  Seligman  Data  Corp.  may be
telephoned  Monday through Friday (except  holidays),  between the hours of 8:30
a.m.  and 6:00 p.m.  New York City time and calls will be  answered by a service
representative. 24-HOUR AUTOMATED TELEPHONE ACCESS IS AVAILABLE BY DIALING (800)
622-4597 ON A TOUCHTONE  PHONE WHICH PROVIDES  INSTANT  ACCESS TO PRICE,  YIELD,
ACCOUNT BALANCE,  MOST RECENT  TRANSACTION AND OTHER  INFORMATION.  IN ADDITION,
ACCOUNT  STATEMENTS,  FORM  1099-DIV AND  CHECKBOOKS  CAN BE ORDERED.  TO INSURE
PROMPT DELIVERY OF CHECKS,  ACCOUNT STATEMENTS AND OTHER  INFORMATION,  SELIGMAN
DATA CORP.,  SHOULD BE NOTIFIED  IMMEDIATELY  IN WRITING OF ANY ADDRESS  CHANGE.
    


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ADDRESS  CHANGES MAY BE TELEPHONED TO SELIGMAN DATA CORP. IF THE SHAREHOLDER HAS
TELEPHONE  SERVICES.   FOR  MORE  INFORMATION  ABOUT  TELEPHONE  SERVICES,   SEE
"TELEPHONE TRANSACTIONS" ABOVE.
    

     Account   Services.   Shareholders  are  sent   confirmation  of  financial
transactions.

     Other investor services are available. These include:

   
     o  Invest-A-Check(R)  enables a shareholder to authorize checks to be drawn
     on a regular checking account at regular monthly intervals in fixed amounts
     of $100 or more per fund, or regular  quarterly  intervals in fixed amounts
     of $250 or more per fund, to purchase  shares.  Accounts may be established
     concurrently  with the  Invest-A-Check(R)  Service  with a $100  minimum in
     conjunction  with the  monthly  investment  option,  or a $250  minimum  in
     conjunction with the quarterly  investment option.  Accounts established in
     conjunction  with the  Invest-A-Check(R)  Service must be  accompanied by a
     minimum  initial  investment of $100.  (See "Terms and  Conditions" on page
     51).

     o Automatic  Dollar-Cost-Averaging Service permits a shareholder of Class A
     shares of Seligman Cash Management Fund to exchange a specified  amount, at
     regular  monthly  intervals in fixed  amounts of $100 or more per fund,  or
     regular  quarterly  intervals of $250 or more per fund, into Class A shares
     of any  other  Seligman  Mutual  Fund,  registered  in the same  name.  The
     shareholder's  Cash  Management Fund account must have a dollar value of at
     least $5,000 at the  initiation of the service.  Exchanges  will be made at
     the public offering price.

     o Dividends From Other Investments permits a shareholder to order dividends
     payable  on  shares  of  other  companies  to be  paid to and  invested  in
     additional  shares of the Series.  (Dividend checks must meet or exceed the
     required  minimum purchase amount and include the  shareholder's  name, the
     name of the Series and the class of shares in which the investment is to be
     made and the shareholder's account number.)
    

     o Automatic CD Transfer Service permits a shareholder to instruct a bank to
     invest the proceeds of a maturing  bank  certificate  of deposit  ("CD") in
     shares of any designated Seligman Mutual Fund. Shareholders who wish to use
     this service,  should contact Seligman Data Corp. or a broker to obtain the
     necessary documentation.  Banks may charge a penalty on CD assets withdrawn
     prior to  maturity.  Accordingly,  it will not  normally  be  advisable  to
     liquidate a CD before its maturity.

   
     o Automatic Cash Withdrawal  Service permits payments at regular  intervals
     to be made to a  shareholder  who owns or  purchases  Class A shares  worth
     $5,000 or more held as book credits. Holders of Class D shares may elect to
     use this  service  with  respect to shares that have been held for at least
     one year. (See "Terms and Conditions" on page 51).

     o Directed  Dividends  allows a  shareholder  to pay  dividends  to another
     person or to direct the  payment  of such  dividends  to  another  Seligman
     Mutual Fund for purchase at net asset value. Dividends on Class A and Class
     D shares  may be  directed  only to  shares  of the same  class of  another
     Seligman Mutual Fund.

     o Overnight  Delivery to service  shareholder  requests is available  for a
     $15.00 fee which may be debited from a shareholder's account, if requested.

     o Copies of Account  Statements  will be sent to each  shareholder  free of
     charge for the current year and most recent prior year.  Copies of year-end
     statements  for prior years are available for a fee of $10.00 per year, per
     account,  with a maximum  charge of $150 per  account.  Statement  requests
     should be forwarded, along with a check, to Seligman Data Corp.

ADVERTISING A SERIES' PERFORMANCE

     From time to time, a Series advertises its "yield," "tax equivalent yield,"
"average  annual total  return" and "total  return," each of which is calculated
separately for each Series' Class A and Class D shares.  THESE FIGURES ARE BASED
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"yield" of a Series'  class refers to the income  generated by an  investment in
the Series over a 30-day period.  This income is then "annualized." That is, the
amount of income  generated  by the  investment  during  that  30-day  period is
assumed to be generated  each 30-day period for twelve periods and is shown as a
percentage  of the  investment.  The  income  earned on the  investment  is also
assumed  to be  reinvested  at the end of the  sixth  30-day  period.  The  "tax
equivalent yield" is calculated  similarly to the "yield," except that the yield
is increased  using a stated  income tax rate to  demonstrate  the taxable yield
necessary to produce an after-tax yield  equivalent to the Series.  The "average
annual total return" is the annual rate required for the initial payment to grow
to the amount  which would be received at the end of the  specified  period (one
year, five years, and ten years or since the inception of the Series), i.e., the
average  annual  compound  rate of return,  assuming  the payment of the maximum
sales  load,  if  any,  when  the   investment  was  first  made  and  that  all
distributions  and dividends by the Series were  reinvested on the  reinvestment
dates  during  the  period.   "Total  return"  is  calculated  with  these  same
assumptions  and shows the  aggregate  return on an investment in a class over a
specified  period (one year,  five years and ten years or since the inception of
the Series).  Class A total return and average  annual total return  quoted from
time to time are not adjusted for periods prior to commencement dates,  December
27, 1990, in the case of the Florida Series, and January 1, 1993, in the case of
the California High-Yield Series,  California Quality Series, and each Series of
the Tax-Exempt  Fund, for the annual  administration,  shareholder  services and
distribution fee. Such fee, if reflected,  would reduce the performance  quoted.
The waiver by the  Manager  of its fees and  reimbursement  of certain  expenses
during certain periods (as set forth under "Financial  Highlights" herein) would
positively affect the performance results quoted.

   
     From time to time,  reference  may be made in  advertising  or  promotional
material to mutual fund rankings  prepared by Lipper  Analytical  Service,  Inc.
("Lipper"),  an independent  reporting  service that monitors the performance of
mutual funds.  Lipper ranks funds in various  categories  by making  comparative
calculations using total return. Each Series may quote its Lipper ranking in the
Municipal Bond Fund category or the Single State Municipal Bond Fund category or
its Lipper  ranking  for all  municipal  bond  funds  monitored  by  Lipper.  In
addition,  each class of a Series may  compare  its total  return over a certain
period with the average  performance of all funds in these Lipper categories for
the same period.  In calculating the total return of a Series' Class A and Class
D  shares,   the  Lipper  analysis  assumes  investment  of  all  dividends  and
distributions  paid but does not take into account  applicable  sales  loads.  A
Series may also refer in  advertisements,  or in other  promotional  material to
articles,  comments,  listings  and  columns in the  financial  and other  press
pertaining to a Series' performance.  Examples of such financial and other press
publications  include  Barron's,  Business Week,  CDA/Wiesenberger  Mutual Funds
Investment  Report,  Christian Science Monitor,  Financial  Planning,  Financial
Times,  Financial  World,  Forbes,  Fortune,  Individual  Investor,   Investment
Advisor,  Investors  Business  Daily,  Kiplinger's,  Los  Angeles  Times,  MONEY
Magazine, Morningstar, Inc., Pensions and Investments, Smart Money, The New York
Times,  The  Wall  Street  Journal,  USA  Today,  U.S.  News and  World  Report,
Washington Post, Worth Magazine and Your Money.
    

ORGANIZATION AND CAPITALIZATION

     Each Fund is a non-diversified,  open-end management investment company, as
defined in the 1940 Act.  The New Jersey  Fund was  incorporated  in Maryland on
March 13, 1987. The Pennsylvania Fund was organized as an  unincorporated  trust
under the laws of the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  by a Declaration of Trust
dated May 13, 1986. The Tax-Exempt  Fund was  incorporated in Maryland on August
8, 1983. The Tax-Exempt Trust was established under the laws of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts by a Declaration of Trust dated July 27, 1984.

     The  Directors  or  Trustees  of the Funds  have  authority  to create  and
classify  shares of capital  stock or  beneficial  interest in separate  Series,
without  further  action  by  shareholders.  The  Declarations  of  Trust of the
Pennsylvania  Fund and the  Tax-Exempt  Trust  permit the  Trustees  to issue an
unlimited  number  of full and  fractional  shares  of  beneficial  interest  in


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separate Series. To date, shares of thirteen Series of the Tax-Exempt Fund, four
Series of the Tax-Exempt Trust, one Series of the New Jersey Fund and one Series
of the  Pennsylvania  Fund have been  authorized,  which shares  constitute  the
interests in the Series  described  herein.  Further  series may be added in the
future. Each of the Series' capital stock or shares of beneficial interest has a
par value of $.001 per share and is divided into two classes. Each share of each
Series' Class A and Class D common stock or beneficial interest,  as applicable,
is equal as to earnings,  assets and voting  privileges,  except that each class
bears its own  separate  distribution  and,  potentially,  certain  other  class
expenses and has  exclusive  voting rights with respect to any matter to which a
separate vote of any class is required by the 1940 Act or applicable  state law.
The 1940 Act requires that where more than one class exists,  each class must be
preferred over all other classes in respect of assets specifically  allocated to
such class. In accordance with the Articles of  Incorporation  or Declaration of
Trust of each  Fund,  the Board of  Directors  or  Trustees  may  authorize  the
creation of additional classes of common stock or beneficial  interest with such
characteristics  as are  permitted  by Rule 18f-3 under the 1940 Act. All shares
have noncumulative voting rights for the election of directors. Each outstanding
share is fully paid and non-assessable,  and each is freely transferable.  There
are no liquidation, conversion or preemptive rights.
    

     It  is  the  intention  of  the  Funds  not  to  hold  Annual  Meetings  of
Shareholders.   The   Directors  or  Trustees  may  call  Special   Meetings  of
Shareholders  for action by shareholder vote as may be required by the 1940 Act,
or a Fund's  Declaration of Trust or Articles of Incorporation.  Pursuant to the
1940 Act,  shareholders have to approve the adoption of any management contract,
distribution   plan  and  any  changes  in  fundamental   investment   policies.
Shareholders  also  have the  right to call a meeting  of  shareholders  for the
purpose of voting on the removal of one or more Directors or Trustees.

   
     The shareholders of a Massachusetts  business trust (the Tax-Exempt  Trust)
or  a  Pennsylvania  trust  (the  Pennsylvania   Fund),   could,  under  certain
circumstances,  be  held  personally  liable  as  partners  of its  obligations.
However,  the  Declaration  of Trust  of each of the  Tax-Exempt  Trust  and the
Pennsylvania Fund,  contains an express disclaimer of shareholder  liability for
acts or  obligations  of the Trusts and also  provides for  indemnification  and
reimbursement  of  expenses  out of the  Trusts,  or  Series  thereof,  for  any
shareholder  held  personally  liable for  obligations  of the Trust,  or Series
thereof.

     There is a possibility that one Fund might be liable for any  misstatement,
inaccuracy,  or incomplete  disclosure in this  Prospectus  concerning any other
Fund  contained  herein.  Based on the  advice of  counsel,  however,  the Funds
believe that the potential liability of each Fund with respect to the disclosure
in this Prospectus extends only to the disclosure relating to such Fund.
    


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                              TERMS AND CONDITIONS

                           General Account Information

     Investments will be made in as many shares of a Series, including fractions
to the third  decimal  place,  as can be purchased at the net asset value plus a
sales  load,  if  applicable,  at the close of  business  on the day  payment is
received.  If your  check  received  in  payment  of a  purchase  of  shares  is
dishonored  for any reason,  Seligman Data Corp. may cancel the purchase and may
also  redeem  additional  shares,  if any,  held in your  account  in an  amount
sufficient  to reimburse the Fund for any loss it may have incurred and charge a
$10.00 return check fee.  Shareholders  will receive  dividends from  investment
income and any  distributions  from gain realized on investments in shares or in
cash according to the option  elected.  Dividend and gain options may be changed
by notifying Seligman Data Corp. in writing at least five business days prior to
the  payable  date.  Stock  certificates  will not be issued  unless  requested.
Replacement stock certificates will be subject to a surety fee.

                            Invest-A-Check(R) Service

   
     The  Invest-A-Check(R)  Service  is  available  to  all  shareholders.  The
application is subject to acceptance by the shareholder's bank and Seligman Data
Corp.  Checks  in the  amount  specified  will  be  drawn  automatically  on the
shareholder's bank on the fifth day of each month unless otherwise specified (or
on the  prior  business  day if such  day of the  month  falls on a  weekend  or
holiday) in which an investment is scheduled and invested at the public offering
price at the close of business on the same date.  After the initial  investment,
the value of shares held in your Account must equal not less than two  regularly
scheduled  investments.  If a check is not honored by the shareholder's bank, or
if the value of shares held falls below the required  minimum,  the Service will
be suspended.  In the event that a check is returned marked  "unpaid,"  Seligman
Data Corp.  will cancel the purchase,  redeem shares held in your account for an
amount  sufficient  to reimburse a Series for any loss it may have incurred as a
result,  and charge a $10.00  return check fee. This fee may be debited from the
shareholder's   account.   Service  will  be  reinstated  upon  written  request
indicating that the cause of interruption has been corrected. The Service may be
terminated  by the  shareholder  or Seligman  Data Corp.  at any time by written
notice.  The shareholder agrees to hold the Funds and their agents free from all
liability  which may result  from acts done in good faith and  pursuant to these
terms. Instructions for establishing  Invest-A-Check(R) Service are given on the
Account  Application.  In the event the shareholder  exchanges all of the shares
from one Seligman Mutual Fund to another,  the shareholder must re-apply for the
Invest-A-Check(R)  Service in the  Seligman  Mutual Fund into which the exchange
was made. In the event of a partial exchange, the Invest-A-Check(R) Service will
be continued,  subject to the above conditions,  in the Seligman Fund from which
the  exchange  was  made.   Accounts   established  in   conjunction   with  the
Invest-A-Check(R) service must be accompanied by a minimum initial investment of
$100.
    

                        Automatic Cash Withdrawal Service

   
     Automatic Cash Withdrawal  Service is available to Class A shareholders and
to Class D  shareholders  with  respect  to Class D shares  held for one year or
more.  A  sufficient  number of full and  fractional  shares will be redeemed to
provide the amount required for a scheduled payment. Redemptions will be made at
the asset value at the close of business on the specific day  designated  by the
shareholder  of each month (or on the prior  business  day if the day  specified
falls on a weekend  or  holiday).  The  shareholder  may  change  the  amount of
scheduled  payments or may suspend  payments by written  notice to Seligman Data
Corp.  at  least  ten  days  prior to the  effective  date of such a  change  or
suspension.  The Service may be terminated by the  shareholder  or Seligman Data
Corp.  at any  time  by  written  notice.  It  will be  terminated  upon  proper
notification  of the death or legal  incapacity  of the  shareholder.  Continued
payments  in excess of  dividend  income  invested  will  reduce and  ultimately
exhaust capital. Withdrawals, concurrent with purchases of shares of this or any
other investment company,  will be disadvantageous to you because of the payment
of duplicative sales loads, if applicable. For this reason, additional purchases
of Fund shares are discouraged when the Withdrawal Service is in effect.
    

                     Letter of Intent -- Class A Shares Only

   
     Seligman Financial Services, Inc. will hold in escrow shares equal to 5% of
the minimum  purchase  amount  specified.  Dividends  and  distributions  on the
escrowed shares will be paid to the shareholder or credited to the shareholder's
account.   Upon  completion  of  the  specified   minimum  purchase  within  the
thirteen-month  period,  all  shares  held in escrow  will be  deposited  in the
shareholder's  account or  delivered to the  shareholder.  The  shareholder  may
include the total asset value of shares of the Seligman Mutual Funds (on which a
sales  load was  paid)  owned as of the date of a Letter of  Intent  toward  the
completion of the Letter. If the total amount invested within the thirteen-month
period  does not equal or exceed the  specified  minimum  purchase,  you will be
requested  to pay the  difference  between the amount of the sales load paid and
the amount of the sales load  applicable to the total  purchase made. If, within
20 days  following  the  mailing  of a written  request,  you have not paid this
additional sales load to Seligman Financial Services,  Inc., sufficient escrowed
shares  will be  redeemed  for  payment of the  additional  sales  load.  Shares
remaining in escrow  after this  payment  will be released to the  shareholder's
account.  The intended  purchase  amount may be increased at any time during the
thirteen-month  period  by  filing a  revised  Agreement  for the  same  period,
provided that your Dealer  furnishes  evidence that an amount  representing  the
reduction in sales load under the new  Agreement,  which  becomes  applicable on
purchases  already  made under the original  Agreement,  will be refunded to the
shareholder and that the required additional escrowed shares are being furnished
by the shareholder.
    

     Shares of Seligman Cash  Management  Fund, Inc. which have been acquired by
an exchange of shares of another  Seligman Mutual Fund on which there is a sales
load may be taken into account in completing a Letter of Intent, or for Right of
Accumulation.  However,  shares  of the Cash  Management  Fund  which  have been
purchased  directly may not be used for purposes of  determining  reduced  sales
loads on additional purchases of the other Seligman Mutual Funds.

                 Check Redemption Service -- Class A Shares Only

   
     If shares are held in joint names, all shareholders  must sign Section 6 of
the Account Application.  All checks will require all signatures unless a lesser
number is  indicated  on the face of the  application.  Accounts in the names of
corporations, trusts, partnerships, etc. must list all authorized signatories.
    

     In all  cases,  each  signature  guarantees  the  genuineness  of the other
signatures. Checks may not be drawn for less than $500.

   
     The shareholder  hereby  authorizes Mellon Bank, N.A. to honor checks drawn
by the  shareholder  and to  effect a  redemption  of  sufficient  shares in the
shareholder's account to cover payment of the check. Shares in one Series cannot
be redeemed to cover a check written on another Series.

     Mellon Bank, N.A. shall be liable only for its own negligence.  A Fund will
not be liable for any loss,  expense or cost  arising out of check  redemptions.
Each Fund reserves the right to change,  modify or terminate this service at any
time upon notification mailed to the address of record of the shareholder(s).
    

     SELIGMAN  DATA  CORP.  WILL  CHARGE A $10.00  PROCESSING  FEE FOR ANY CHECK
REDEMPTION  DRAFT  RETURNED  MARKED  "UNPAID." THIS CHARGE MAY BE DEBITED FROM A
SHAREHOLDER'S  ACCOUNT.  NO  REDEMPTION  OF SHARES  PURCHASED  BY CHECK  (UNLESS
CERTIFIED)  WILL BE PERMITTED  UNTIL THE FUND RECEIVES NOTICE THAT THE CHECK HAS
CLEARED  WHICH  MAY BE UP TO 15 DAYS  FROM  THE  CREDIT  OF  THOSE  SHARES  TO A
SHAREHOLDER'S ACCOUNT.

   
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Seligman New Jersey
Tax-Exempt Fund, Inc.

Seligman Pennsylvania
Tax-Exempt Fund Series

Seligman Tax-Exempt
Fund Series, Inc.

Seligman Tax-Exempt
Series Trust
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100 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

   
                                                                            Page
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Summary Of Series Expenses ................................................    3
Financial Highlights ......................................................    8
Alternative Distribution System ...........................................   16
Investment Objectives And Policies ........................................   17
Management Services .......................................................   24
Purchase Of Shares ........................................................   26
Telephone Transactions ....................................................   30
Redemption Of Shares ......................................................   31
Administration, Shareholder Services
  And Distribution Plan ...................................................   33
Exchange Privilege ........................................................   35
Further Information About
  Transactions In The Funds ...............................................   36
Dividends And Distributions ...............................................   36
Taxes .....................................................................   37
Shareholder Information ...................................................   47
Advertising A Series' Performance .........................................   48
Organization And Capitalization ...........................................   49
    

This  prospectus  does not  constitute  an  offering  in any state in which such
offering may not lawfully be made.

This  prospectus  is  intended to  constitute  an offer by each Fund only of the
securities  of which it is the issuer and is not intended to constitute an offer
by any Fund of the  securities  of any  other  Fund  whose  securities  are also
offered by this prospectus. No Fund intends to make any representation as to the
accuracy or completeness  of the disclosure in this  prospectus  relating to any
other Fund.

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Seligman New Jersey
Tax-Exempt Fund, Inc.

Seligman Pennsylvania
Tax-Exempt Fund Series

Seligman Tax-Exempt
Fund Series, Inc.

Seligman Tax-Exempt
Series Trust
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[PROMOTIONAL ARTWORK]

Prospectus

February 1, 1996


[LOGO]

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                       THE SELIGMAN GROUP OF FUNDS
                              ACCOUNT APPLICATION


Please make your investment check payable to the
"Seligman Group of Funds" and mail it
with this completed Application to:

Seligman Data Corp.                          TO OPEN A SELIGMAN IRA, SEP OR PENSION/
100 Park Avenue/2nd Floor                    PROFIT SHARING PLAN, A SEPARATE ADOPTION
New York, NY 10017                           AGREEMENT IS REQUIRED. PLEASE CALL
(800) 221-2450                               RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES FOR MORE
                                             INFORMATION AT (800) 445-1777.
1.   ACCOUNT REGISTRATION

     TYPE OF  ||INDIVIDUAL  ||MULTIPLE OWNERS   ||GIFT/TRANSFER TO MINOR   ||OTHER (Corporations, Trusts, Organizations,
     ACCOUNT    Use Line 1    Use Lines 1, 2 & 3  Use Line 4                 Use Line 5              Partnerships, etc.)
                 
     Multiple Owners will be registered as Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship.
     The first name and Social Security or Taxpayer ID Number on line 1, 4, or 5 below will be used for IRS reporting. 
     NAME (Minors cannot be legal owners)
     PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE

     1._______________________________________________________________     ___________________________   _________
                    First                Middle                 Last           Social Security Number    Birthdate
     2._______________________________________________________________     ___________________________   _________
                    First                Middle                 Last           Social Security Number    Birthdate
     3._______________________________________________________________     ___________________________   _________
                    First                Middle                 Last           Social Security Number    Birthdate
     4.______________________________, as custodian for ____________________ under the _______________
            Custodian (one only)                           Minor (one only)                 State

       Uniform Gift/Transfer to Minors Act_______________________________until age____________________   _________________
                                           Minor's Social Security Number          (Not more than 21)    Minor's Birthdate

     5._______________________________________________________________________   _____________________
        Name of Corporation or Other Entity. If a Trust, also complete below.     Taxpayer ID Number


     TYPE OF TRUST ACCOUNT:  ||Trust  ||Guardianship  ||Conservatorship  ||Estate   ||Other _________

     Trustee/Fiduciary Name__________________________________     Trust Date__________________________

     Trust Name ______________________________,for the benefit of (FBO)_______________________________

2.   MAILING ADDRESS

     ADDRESS                                          TELEPHONE

___________________________________________ (_______)__________________(_______)_________________
Street Address or P.O. Box                   Daytime                    Evening
___________________________________________ U.S. CITIZEN?  ||Yes  ||No  _________________________
City               State              Zip                                If no, indicate country

3.   INVESTMENT SELECTION

     Please indicate the dollar  amount(s) you would like to invest in the space
     provided below.  Minimum initial  investment is $1,000 per Fund ($2,500 for
     Seligman   Communications   and  Information   Fund)  except  for  accounts
     established  concurrently with the  Invest-A-Check(R)  Service (see section
     6-J. of this application). IF MORE THAN ONE FUND IS SELECTED, ACCOUNTS MUST
     HAVE IDENTICAL  REGISTRATIONS AND CLASS OF SHARES (except for Seligman Cash
     Management Fund).

     PLEASE  CHOOSE ONE: || Class A Shares || Class D Shares      MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO: SELIGMAN GROUP OF FUNDS
     $_____________  TOTAL AMOUNT, INVESTED AS FOLLOWS: 

     $_____________ Seligman Communications               $_____________ Seligman Common Stock Fund
                       and Information Fund               $_____________ Seligman Income Fund
     $_____________ Seligman Henderson                    $_____________ Seligman High-Yield Bond Fund
                       Global Technology Fund             $_____________ Seligman U.S. Government Securities Fund
     $_____________ Seligman Frontier Fund                $_____________ Seligman National Tax-Exempt Fund
     $_____________ Seligman Henderson Global             $_____________ Seligman Tax-Exempt Fund (choose one):
                       Smaller Companies Fund              CA-Qlty.||   FL||    MD||   MN||   NY||   OR||
     $_____________ Seligman Capital Fund                  CA-Hy.  ||   GA||    MA||   MO||   NC||   PA||
     $_____________ Seligman Henderson Global              CO      ||   LA||    MI||   NJ||   OH||   SC||
     $_____________    Growth Opportunities Fund
     $_____________ Seligman Growth Fund                   
     $_____________ Seligman Henderson
                       International Fund                 $_____________ Seligman Cash Management Fund (Class A only)

     
     NO REDEMPTION  PROCEEDS  WILL BE REMITTED TO A SHAREHOLDER  WITH RESPECT TO
     SHARES  PURCHASED BY CHECK  (UNLESS  CERTIFIED)  UNTIL  SELIGMAN DATA CORP.
     RECEIVES NOTICE THAT THE CHECK HAS CLEARED, WHICH MAY BE UP TO 15 DAYS FROM
     THE CREDIT OF THE SHARES TO THE SHAREHOLDER'S ACCOUNT.
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4.   SIGNATURE AND CERTIFICATION

     Under  penalties of perjury I certify that the number shown on this form is
     my correct Taxpayer Identification Number (Social Security Number) and that
     I am not  subject  to  backup  withholding  either  because I have not been
     notified that I am subject to backup  withholding  as a result of a failure
     to report all interest or dividends,  or the Internal  Revenue  Service has
     notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding. I certify to
     my legal  capacity  to  purchase  or redeem  shares of each Fund for my own
     Account,  or for  the  Account  of the  organization  named  below.  I have
     received  and  read  the  current  Prospectus  of each  Fund in  which I am
     investing and appoint  Seligman Data Corp. as my agent to act in accordance
     with my instructions herein.

     A. ________________________________________________________________________
        Date                                         Signature of Investor

     B. ________________________________________________________________________
        Date                                   Signature of Co-Investor, if any

5.   BROKER/DEALER OR FINANCIAL ADVISOR DESIGNATION

     ________________________________________     _____________________________
     Firm Name                                    Representative's Nam

     ________________________________________     _____________________________
     Branch Office Address                        Representative's ID Number

     ________________________________________     (______)_____________________
     City             State         Zip           Representative's Telephone Number

     ________________________________________
     Branch Number


6.   ACCOUNT OPTIONS AND SERVICES
________________________________________________________________________________
A. DIVIDENDS AND GAIN DISTRIBUTION OPTIONS
                    I choose the following options for each Fund listed:                OPTION
                                                                                         ------
                                                                                       1    2    3
                     Option 1. Dividends in shares, gain distributions in shares.      ||   ||   ||   FUND NAME
                     Option 2. Dividends in cash, gain distributions in shares.        ||   ||   ||   FUND NAME
                     Option 3. Dividends in cash, gain distributions in cash.          ||   ||   ||   FUND NAME
                     __________________________________________________________________________________________
                     NOTE:  IF NO ELECTION IS MADE, OPTION 1. WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE PUT INTO EFFECT.
                     All dividend and/or gain distributions taken in shares will be invested at net asset value.
                     __________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________
B. DIVIDEND DIRECTION OPTION
                     If you wish to have your dividend  payments made to another
                     party or Seligman Fund,  please  complete the following.  I
                     hereby authorize and request that my dividend payments from
                     the following Fund(s)

                     __________________      __________________       __________________ be made payable to:
                            Fund Name             Fund Name               Fund Name

                     Name______________________   Seligman Fund__________________

                     Address___________________   (If opening a new account, a minimum of $1,000 is required.)

                     City______________________   Account Number_________________

                     State, Zip________________   (For an existing account.)
________________________________________________________________________________
C. LETTER OF INTENT SERVICE (CLASS A ONLY)
                     I intend to purchase, although I am not obligated to do so,
                     additional  shares  of  Seligman  _________________________
                     Fund  within a 13-month  period  which,  together  with the
                     total asset value of shares owned, will aggregate at least:
                     ||$50,000  ||$100,000  ||$250,000  ||$500,000  ||$1,000,000  
                     ||$4,000,000
                     I AGREE TO THE ESCROW  PROVISION LISTED UNDER "TERMS AND CONDITIONS" 
                     IN THE BACK OF EACH PROSPECTUS.
________________________________________________________________________________
D. RIGHT OF ACCUMULATION (CLASS A ONLY)
                     Please  identify  any  additional  Seligman  Fund  accounts
                     eligible for the Right of Accumulation or to be used toward
                     completion of a Letter of Intent, and check applicable box:
                     || I am  a trustee  for the  following  accounts, which are
                     held  by  the same trust,  estate, or  under the terms of a
                     pension,  profit sharing or  other  employee  benefit trust
                     qualified  under section  401 of the Internal Revenue Code.
                     || In calculating my  holdings for Right of Accumulation or
                     Letter  of  Intent purposes, I  am including the  following
                     additional accounts which are registered  in my name, in my
                     spouse's  name, or  in  the name(s) of  my child(ren) under
                     the age of 21.

                     Name______________ Fund______________ Account#_____________

                     Name______________ Fund______________ Account#_____________

                     Name______________ Fund______________ Account#_____________
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________________________________________________________________________________
E. AUTOMATIC CASH WITHDRAWAL SERVICE
   (CLASS A, OR CLASS D ONLY AFTER CLASS D SHARES ARE HELD FOR ONE YEAR)

                     Please send a check for $_________  withdrawn from Seligman
                     ________________________  Fund,  beginning on the __ day of
                     ______  19__,  and  thereafter  on the __ day  specified of
                     every:

                     ||Month   ||3rd Month    ||6th Month    ||12th Month

                     Make payments to:   Name___________________________________

                                         Address________________________________

                                         City___________State________Zip________
                     Shares having a current  value at offering  price of $5,000
                     or  more  must  be held in the  account  at  initiation  of
                     Service, and all shares must be in "book credit" form.
________________________________________________________________________________
F. AUTOMATIC DOLLAR-COST-AVERAGING SERVICE

                     I authorize Seligman Data Corp. to withdraw $ _____________
                     (minimum:  $100 monthly or $250 quarterly) from my Seligman
                     Cash  Management  Fund  Class  A  account  ||  Monthly   or 
                     || Quarterly   to  purchase Class  A  shares  of   Seligman
                     ________________________________  Fund,  beginning  on  the
                     _____ day of  __________  19 ____.  Shares in the  Seligman
                     Cash  Management  Fund Class A account  must have a current
                     value of $5,000 at the initiation of Service and all shares
                     must be in "book credit" form.
________________________________________________________________________________
G. EXPEDITED REDEMPTION SERVICE, FOR SELIGMAN CASH MGMT. FUND ONLY
                     I hereby  authorize  Seligman Data Corp. to honor telephone
                     or  written   instructions   received  from  me  without  a
                     signature and believed by Seligman Data Corp. to be genuine
                     for  redemption.   Proceeds  will  be  wired  ONLY  to  the
                     commercial  bank listed below for credit to my account,  or
                     to my address of record. If Expedited Redemption Service is
                     elected,  no certificates for shares will be issued. I also
                     understand and agree to the risks and  procedures  outlined
                     for all telephone transactions set forth in section 6-H. of
                     this Application.

                     Investment by  ||Check  ______________________________________________________________________
                                    ||Wire     Name of Commercial Bank (Savings Bank May Not Be Used)

                     _________________________         ______________________        ______________________
                     Bank Account Name                 Bank Account No.              Bank Routing No.

                     _______________________________________________________________________________________
                     Address of Bank                      City                State              Zip Code

                     X________________________________      X____________________________________________
                      Signature of Investor     Date         Signature of Co-Investor, if any      Date
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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H. CHECK REDEMPTION SERVICE (CLASS A ONLY)
                     Available to shareholders who own or purchase shares having
                     a  value  of at  least  $25,000  invested  in  any  of  the
                     following:  Seligman  High-Yield Bond Fund, Seligman Income
                     Fund,  Seligman U.S.  Government  Securities  Fund, and any
                     Seligman  Tax-Exempt  Fund, or $2,000  invested in Seligman
                     Cash Management Fund. 

                     IF YOU WISH TO USE THIS SERVICE,  YOU MUST COMPLETE SECTION
                     4 AND THE SIGNATURE CARD BELOW.  SHAREHOLDERS ELECTING THIS
                     SERVICE  ARE  SUBJECT  TO THE  CONDITIONS  OF THE TERMS AND
                     CONDITIONS IN THE BACK OF EACH PROSPECTUS.
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     CHECK WRITING SIGNATURE CARD                        Authorized Signature(s)


  ___________________________________________   1.______________________________
   Name of Fund for Check Redemption Service

  ___________________________________________   2.______________________________
   Name of Fund for Check Redemption Service

  ___________________________________________   3.______________________________
   Name of Fund for Check Redemption Service

   __________________________________________   4.______________________________
   Account Number (If known)

   __________________________________________   
   Account Registration (Please Print)

   || Check here if only one signature is required on checks.
   || Check here if a combination of signatures is required and specify the number:___________________.

   ACCOUNTS  IN THE NAMES OF  CORPORATIONS,  TRUSTS,  PARTNERSHIPS,  ETC.,  MUST
   INDICATE  THE  LEGAL  TITLES  OF  ALL  AUTHORIZED  SIGNATORIES.  SHAREHOLDERS
   ELECTING THIS SERVICE ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND  CONDITIONS  LISTED IN THE
   PROSPECTUS.
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I. TELEPHONE SERVICE ELECTION
           AVAILABLE FOR ALL TYPES OF ACCOUNTS EXCEPT AS NOTED BELOW
                     Unless I check the box  below,  I  understand  that I or my
                     representative   may  place  the   following   requests  by
                     telephone:
                     o Redemptions up to $50,000   o Exchanges
                     o Address Changes             o Dividend and/or Capital 
                                                     Gain Distribution Option 
                                                     changes
                    || I DO NOT WANT TELEPHONE SERVICES FOR MYSELF OR MY 
                       REPRESENTATIVE NAMED IN SECTION 5 OF THIS APPLICATION

                                            AUTHORIZATION
                     I understand  that the telephone  services are optional and
                     that unless I checked the box above, I authorize the Funds,
                     all other  Seligman  Funds with the same account number and
                     registration  which I currently own or in which I invest in
                     the future,  and Seligman Data Corp.  ("SDC"),  to act upon
                     instructions  received  by  telephone  from me or any other
                     person (including the representative  named in section 5 of
                     this   application)   in  accordance  with  the  provisions
                     regarding  telephone  services  as set forth in the current
                     prospectus of each such Fund, as amended from time to time.
                     I understand that redemptions of  uncertificated  shares of
                     up to $50,000  will be sent only to my  account  address of
                     record, and only if such address has not changed within the
                     30 days preceding such request.

                     Any telephone instructions given in respect of this account
                     and any account  into which  exchanges  are made are hereby
                     ratified  and I agree that neither the Fund(s) nor SDC will
                     be liable  for any loss,  cost or expense  for acting  upon
                     such  telephone  instructions  reasonably  believed  to  be
                     genuine and in accordance with the procedures  described in
                     each  prospectus,  as  amended  from  time  to  time.  Such
                     procedures  include  recording of  telephone  instructions,
                     requesting  personal and/or account information to verify a
                     caller's  identity  and sending  written  confirmations  of
                     transactions.  As a result of this  policy,  I may bear the
                     risk  of  any  loss  due  to   unauthorized  or  fraudulent
                     telephone  instructions;  provided,  however,  that  if the
                     Fund(s) or SDC fail to employ such procedures,  the Fund(s)
                     and/or SDC may be liable.

                     Telephone services are not available for trusts (unless the
                     trustee  and  sole   beneficiary   are  the  same  person),
                     corporations  or  group  retirement  plans.  IRA  telephone
                     services will include only exchanges and address changes.


J. INVEST-A-CHECK(R) SERVICE
                     To start your Invest-A-Check(R) Service, fill out the "Bank
                     Authorization  to Honor  Pre-Authorized  Checks" below, and
                     forward it with an  unsigned  bank check from your  regular
                     checking account (marked "void", if you wish). 
                     ACCOUNTS   MAY  BE   ESTABLISHED   CONCURRENTLY   WITH  THE
                     INVEST-A-CHECK(R) SERVICE WITH A $100 MINIMUM ($200 minimum
                     for Seligman  Communications  and Information  Fund) IF THE
                     MONTHLY INVESTMENT OPTION IS CHOSEN, OR WITH A $250 MINIMUM
                     IF THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT OPTION IS CHOSEN.
                     Please arrange with my bank to draw  pre-authorized  checks
                     and invest the  following  dollar  amounts  (minimum:  $200
                     monthly or $500 quarterly for Seligman  Communications  and
                     Information  Fund $100  monthly or $250  quarterly  for all
                     other  Funds)  in  the  designated   Seligman   Fund(s)  as
                     indicated:
               
                     _______________  $_________   ||Monthly   ||Quarterly
                     Fund Name

                     ________________ $_________   ||Monthly   ||Quarterly
                     Fund Name

                     ________________ $_________   ||Monthly   ||Quarterly
                     Fund Name  
                     I  understand that my checks will be drawn on the fifth day
                     of the month, or  prior   business   day,  for  the  period
                     designated.  I have  completed the "Bank  Authorization  to
                     Honor Pre-Authorized  Checks" below and have read and agree
                     to   the   Terms   and   Conditions   applicable   to   the
                     Invest-A-Check(R)  Service as set forth in each  Prospectus
                     and as set forth below in the Bank Authorization.

                     X__________________________________________________________________
                     Signature of Investor  (Please also sign Bank Authorization below.)

                     X__________________________________________________________________
                     Signature of Co-Investor, if any

________________________________________________________________________________________
               BANK AUTHORIZATION TO HONOR PRE-AUTHORIZED CHECKS
________________________________________________________________________________________

To:_____________________________________________________________________________________
                                   (Name of Bank)
________________________________________________________________________________________
  Address of Bank or Branch (Street, City, State and Zip)

  Please honor pre-authorized checks drawn on my account by Seligman Data Corp.,
  100 Park Avenue,  New York, N.Y. 10017, to the order of the Fund(s) designated
  below:

  ____________________________________   $ ___________   ||Monthly   ||Quarterly
  Fund Name

  ____________________________________   $ ___________   ||Monthly   ||Quarterly
  Fund Name

  ____________________________________   $ ___________   ||Monthly   ||Quarterly
  Fund Name
  and charge them to my regular checking account.  Your authority to do so shall
  continue  until you  receive  written  notice  from me  revoking  it.  You may
  terminate your participation in this arrangement at any time by written notice
  to me. I agree that your  rights  with  respect to each  pre-authorized  check
  shall be the same as if it were a check  drawn  and  signed  by me. I  further
  agree  that  should  any such  check be  dishonored,  with or  without  cause,
  intentionally or inadvertently, you shall be under no liability whatsoever.

___________________________________   _________________________________________________
  Checking Account Number                Name(s) of Depositor(s) -- Please Print
                                     X__________________________________________________
                                      Signature(s) of Depositor(s) -- As Carried by Bank

                                     X__________________________________________________
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  To the Bank Designated above:
  Your  depositor(s)  named in the above form has instructed us to establish the
  Invest-A-Check(R) Service for his convenience. Under the terms of the Service,
  your depositor(s) has pre-authorized checks to be drawn against his account in
  a specific amount at regular intervals to the order of the designated Fund(s).
  Checks presented to you will be magnetic-ink  coded and will otherwise conform
  to   specifications  of  the  American  Bankers   Association.   

  A letter of indemnification  addressed to you and signed by Seligman Financial
  Services,  Inc.,  general  distributor of the Seligman  Mutual Funds,  appears
  below.

  If there is anything we can do to help you in giving  your  depositor(s)  this
  additional Service which he has requested, please let us know.

                                                             SELIGMAN DATA CORP.

                           INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
  To the Bank designated above:
  SELIGMAN FINANCIAL SERVICES,  INC.,  distributor of the shares of the Seligman
  Mutual Funds, hereby agrees:
  (1) To indemnify  and hold you  harmless  against any loss,  damage,  claim or
  suit, and any costs or expenses reasonably  incurred in connection  therewith,
  either (a) arising as a  consequence  of your actions in  connection  with the
  execution  and  issuance  of any  check  or  draft,  whether  or not  genuine,
  purporting  to be executed by Seligman  Data Corp.  and received by you in the
  regular  course of business for the purpose of payment,  or (b) resulting from
  the  dishonor  of  any  such  check  or  draft,  with  or  without  cause  and
  intentionally  or   inadvertently,   even  though  such  dishonor  results  in
  suspension or termination of the  Invest-A-Check(R)  Service pursuant to which
  such checks or drafts are drawn.  
  (2) To refund to you any amount  erroneously  paid by you on any such check or
  draft,  provided claim for any such payment is made within 12 months after the
  date of payment.
                       SELIGMAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
                                                           /S/Stephen J. Hodgdon
                                                                       President
________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                       
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                                   MANAGED BY
                              [J&W SELIGMAN LOGO]
                             J. & W. SELIGMAN & CO.
                                  INCORPORATED
                        Investment Managers and Advisors
                                ESTABLISHED 1864
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                      STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
                                February 1, 1996
                  SELIGMAN PENNSYLVANIA TAX-EXEMPT FUND SERIES
                                100 Park Avenue
                               New York, NY 10017
                    New York City Telephone: (212) 850-1864
                              Toll-Free Telephone:
                 (800) 221-2450 - all continental United States


     This Statement of Additional  Information  expands upon and supplements the
information  contained  in  the  current  Prospectus  of  Seligman  Pennsylvania
Tax-Exempt Fund Series, dated February 1, 1996. Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt
Fund  Series  currently  consists  of  one  series,  the  Seligman  Pennsylvania
Tax-Exempt Fund (the "Fund"). This Statement of Additional Information should be
read in  conjunction  with the  Prospectus,  which may be obtained by writing or
calling the Fund at the above address or telephone  numbers.  This  Statement of
Additional Information,  although not in itself a Prospectus, is incorporated by
reference into the Prospectus in its entirety.
    

     The Fund offers two classes of shares.  Class A shares may be  purchased at
net  asset  value  plus a sales  load of up to  4.75%.  Class  D  shares  may be
purchased at net asset value and are subject to a contingent deferred sales load
("CDSL") of 1% if redeemed within one year.

     Each share of Class A and Class D represents an identical legal interest in
the investment  portfolio of the Fund and has the same rights except for certain
class  expenses  and except that Class D shares bear a higher  distribution  fee
that  generally will cause the Class D shares to have a higher expense ratio and
pay lower dividends than Class A shares.  Each Class has exclusive voting rights
with respect to its distribution  plan.  Although holders of Class A and Class D
shares have identical legal rights,  the different  expenses borne by each Class
will result in different dividends. The two classes also have different exchange
privileges.

                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                            Page

   
Investment Objective, Policies and Risks...... 2
Investment Limitations........................ 5
Trustees and Officers......................... 6
Management and Expenses.......................10
Administration, Shareholder Services And
 Distribution Plan............................11
Portfolio Transactions........................12
Purchase And Redemption Of Fund Shares........12
Distribution Services.........................14
Taxes.........................................14
Valuation.....................................15
Performance Information.......................15
General Information...........................17
Special Considerations Regarding Investments
 In Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt Securities........18
Financial Statements..........................20
Appendix A....................................21
Appendix B....................................23
    

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                    INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE, POLICIES AND RISKS

   
     The Fund is a non-diversified  open-end  management  investment  company or
mutual  fund,  organized  as an  unincorporated  trust  under  the  laws  of the
Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  in 1986. The Fund seeks to provide income exempt
from federal and Pennsylvania income taxes.

     The Fund is expected to invest principally, without percentage limitations,
in tax-exempt  securities  which on the date of  investment  are within the four
highest ratings of Moody's Investors Service,  Inc. ("Moody's") (Aaa, Aa, A, Baa
for bonds;  MIG 1, MIG 2, MIG 3, MIG 4 for notes;  P-1 for commercial  paper) or
Standard & Poor's  Corporation  ("S&P") (AAA, AA, A, BBB for bonds; SP-1 - SP-2,
for notes; A-1+, A-1/A-2 for commercial paper).  Tax-Exempt  Securities rated in
these  categories  are commonly  referred to as investment  grade.  The Fund may
invest in tax-exempt  securities  which are not rated, or which do not fall into
the credit ratings noted above if, based upon credit analysis by the Manager, it
is believed that such  securities  are of  comparable  quality.  In  determining
suitability of investment in a lower rated or unrated security, the Manager will
take into  consideration  asset and debt  service  coverage,  the purpose of the
financing,  history of the issuer,  existence of other rated  securities  of the
issuer and other considerations as may be relevant,  including  comparability to
other issuers.
    

     Although  securities  rated in the  fourth  rating  category  are  commonly
referred to as investment  grade,  investment in such  securities  could involve
risks not usually  associated  with bonds  rated in the first three  categories.
Bonds  rated  BBB by S&P  are  more  likely  as a  result  of  adverse  economic
conditions  or  changing  circumstance  to  exhibit a weakened  capacity  to pay
interest and re-pay  principal than bonds in higher rating  categories and bonds
rated Baa by Moody's lack  outstanding  investment  characteristics  and in fact
have speculative  characteristics according to Moody's. Tax-exempt securities in
the fourth  rating  category of S&P or Moody's will  generally  provide a higher
yield than do higher rated tax-exempt securities of similar maturities; however,
they are  subject  to a greater  degree of  fluctuation  in value as a result of
changing  interest  rates  and  economic  conditions.  The  market  value of the
tax-exempt securities will also be affected by the degree of interest of dealers
to bid for them, and in certain  markets  dealers may be more unwilling to trade
tax-exempt  securities rated in the fourth rating  categories than in the higher
rating categories.

   
    A  description  of the rating  categories is contained in Appendix A to this
Statement.

    From time to time,  proposals have been  introduced  before Congress for the
purpose of  restricting  or  eliminating  the federal  income tax  exemption for
interest on tax-exempt  securities and for providing state and local governments
with federal credit assistance.  Reevaluation of the Fund's investment objective
and structure  might be necessary in the future due to market  conditions  which
may result from future changes in the tax laws.
    

Pennsylvania  Tax-Exempt Securities.  Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt Securities include
notes,  bonds and commercial paper issued by or on behalf of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania,  its political subdivisions,  agencies and instrumentalities,  the
interest  on which is, in the  opinion of counsel of the  issuers,  exempt  from
federal and Pennsylvania  income taxes.  Such securities are traded primarily in
an  over-the-counter  market.  The Fund may  invest  no more than 20% of its net
assets in certain private  activity bonds, the interest on which is treated as a
preference item for purposes of the alternative  minimum tax. See  "Pennsylvania
Tax-Exempt Securities" in the Prospectus.

   
    Under  the   Investment   Company  Act  of  1940  (the  "1940   Act"),   the
identification  of the issuer of tax-exempt  bonds,  notes or  commercial  paper
generally  depends on the terms and conditions of the obligation.  If the assets
and  revenues  of an  agency,  authority,  instrumentality  or  other  political
subdivision  are separate from those of the government  creating the subdivision
and the obligation is backed only by the assets and revenues of the subdivision,
such  subdivision is regarded as the sole issuer.  Similarly,  in the case of an
industrial  development  revenue bond or pollution  control revenue bond, if the
bond is backed only by the assets and revenues of the nongovernmental  user, the
nongovernmental  user is  regarded  as the sole  issuer.  If in either  case the
creating government or another entity guarantees an obligation,  the security is
treated  as an  issue  of such  guarantor  to the  extent  of the  value  of the
guarantee.
    


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    Tax-exempt  bonds are issued to obtain  funds for various  public  purposes,
including  the  construction  of a wide  range  of  public  facilities  such  as
airports, bridges, highways,  housing, hospitals, mass transportation,  schools,
streets, water and sewer works, and gas and electric utilities. Tax-exempt bonds
also may be issued in connection with the refunding of outstanding  obligations,
obtaining funds to lend to other public institutions,  and for general operating
expenses. Industrial development bonds, which are considered tax-exempt bonds if
the interest paid thereon is exempt from federal income tax, are issued by or on
behalf   of   public   authorities   to   obtain   funds  to   provide   various
privately-operated  facilities for business and manufacturing,  housing, sports,
pollution control, and for airport, mass transit, port and parking facilities.

    The  two  principal   classifications   of  tax-exempt  bonds  are  "general
obligation" and "revenue."  General obligation bonds are secured by the issuer's
pledge of its full faith,  credit and taxing  power for the payment of principal
and interest.  Revenue  bonds are payable only from the revenues  derived from a
particular  facility  or  class of  facilities  or from  the  proceeds  of other
specific revenue sources.  Although  industrial  development  bonds ("IDBs") are
issued by  municipal  authorities,  they are  generally  secured by the revenues
derived from  payments of the  industrial  user.  The payment of  principal  and
interest  on  IDBs  is  dependent  solely  on the  ability  of the  user  of the
facilities  financed  by the  bonds to meet its  financial  obligations  and the
pledge,  if any, of real and personal  property so financed as security for such
payment.

   
    Tax-Exempt notes generally are used to provide for short-term  capital needs
and generally have maturities of five years or less. Tax-Exempt notes include:
    

     1. Tax Anticipation Notes and Revenue  Anticipation Notes. Tax Anticipation
Notes and Revenue  Anticipation  Notes are issued to finance  short-term working
capital needs of political subdivisions.  Generally,  Tax Anticipation Notes are
issued in anticipation of various tax revenues,  such as income,  sales and real
property  taxes,  and are payable  from these  specific  future  taxes.  Revenue
Anticipation  Notes are  issued in  expectation  of  receipt  of other  kinds of
revenue, such as grant or project revenues. Usually political subdivisions issue
notes combining the qualities of both Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes.

     2. Bond Anticipation  Notes. Bond Anticipation  Notes are issued to provide
interim financing until long-term financing can be arranged.  In most cases, the
long-term bonds then provide the money for the repayment of the Notes.

     3.  Construction  Loan Notes.  Construction  Loan Notes are sold to provide
construction financing.  Permanent financing,  the proceeds of which are applied
to the payment of Construction Loan Notes, is sometimes provided by a commitment
by the Government National Mortgage  Association  ("GNMA") to purchase such loan
notes  accompanied  by a commitment  by the Federal  Housing  Administration  to
insure mortgage advances thereunder. In other instances,  permanent financing is
provided by commitments of banks to purchase the loan notes.

    Issues  of  Tax-Exempt  Commercial  Paper  typically  represent  short-term,
unsecured,  negotiable  promissory notes. In most cases,  Tax-Exempt  Commercial
Paper is backed by  letters  of  credit,  lending  agreements,  note  repurchase
agreements  or  other  credit  facility  agreements  offered  by  banks or other
institutions.

   
When-Issued  Securities.  The  Fund  may  purchase  tax-exempt  securities  on a
when-issued basis, in which case delivery and payment normally take place within
45 days after the date of the commitment to purchase. The payment obligation and
the interest rate that will be received on the  tax-exempt  securities  are each
fixed at the time the buyer enters into the  commitment.  Although the Fund will
only purchase a tax-exempt security on a when-issued basis with the intention of
actually acquiring the securities, the Fund may sell these securities before the
settlement date if it is deemed advisable.
    

    Tax-exempt  securities  purchased on a when-issued  basis and the securities
held in the Fund are subject to changes in market  value based upon the public's
perception  of  the  creditworthiness  of  the  issuer  and  changes,   real  or
anticipated,  in the level of interest  rates  (which will  generally  result in
similar changes in value,  i.e., both  experiencing  appreciation  when interest
rates decline and  depreciation  when interest  rates rise).  Therefore,  to the
extent the Fund remains  substantially  fully  invested at the same time that it
has  purchased  securities  on a  when-issued  basis,  there  will be a  greater
possibility  that the market value of the Fund's assets will vary.  Purchasing a
tax-exempt  security on a  when-issued  basis can involve a risk that the yields
available in the market when the  delivery  takes place may be higher than those
obtained on the security so purchased.


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     To the extent that the Fund purchases  securities on a when-issued basis, a
segregated  account  consisting of cash or liquid debt  securities  equal to the
amount of the when-issued commitments will be established with the Custodian and
marked to market daily,  with additional  cash or liquid debt  securities  added
when necessary. When the time comes to pay for when-issued securities,  the Fund
will meet its  respective  obligations  from then  available  cash,  the sale of
securities  held in the  segregated  account,  the sale of other  securities or,
although  it would not  normally  expect to do so,  the sale of the  when-issued
securities  themselves (which may have a value greater or lesser than the Fund's
payment  obligations).  Sale of securities to meet such obligations carries with
it a potential for the  realization  of capital gain. As noted  elsewhere in the
Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information,  any such gain is not exempt
from federal or from Pennsylvania income taxes.

   
Floating Rate and Variable Rate Securities.  The Fund may purchase floating rate
and  variable  rate  securities,   including  participation  interests  therein.
Investments  in floating or  variable  rate  securities  normally  will  involve
industrial  development or revenue bonds which provide that the rate of interest
is set as a specific  percentage of a designated  base rate, such as of rates on
Treasury Bonds or Bills or the prime rate of a major  commercial  bank, and that
the Fund can  demand  payment  of the  obligations  on short  notice at par plus
accrued interest, which amount may be more or less than the amount the Fund paid
for them.  Variable rate securities provide for a specified periodic  adjustment
in the interest rate, while floating rate securities have an interest rate which
changes  whenever  there is a  change  in the  designated  base  interest  rate.
Frequently  such  securities  are  secured by letters of credit or other  credit
support  arrangements  provided by banks. The quality of the underlying creditor
or of the bank,  as the case may be, must be  equivalent  to the  standards  set
forth with respect to taxable investments on page 5.

Stand-By  Commitments.  The Fund is authorized to acquire  stand-by  commitments
issued by banks with respect to securities it holds  although the Manager has no
present  intention of investing the assets of the Fund in stand-by  commitments.
These  commitments  would  obligate  the seller of the  stand-by  commitment  to
repurchase, at the Fund's option, specified securities at a specified price.
    

     The price which the Fund would pay for tax-exempt  securities with stand-by
commitments  generally  would be higher than the price which  otherwise would be
paid for the  municipal  securities  alone,  and the  Fund  would  use  stand-by
commitments solely to facilitate  portfolio  liquidity.  The stand-by commitment
generally  is for a shorter  term than the maturity of the security and does not
restrict in any way the Fund's right to dispose of or retain the security. There
is a risk that the seller of a stand-by commitment may not be able to repurchase
the security  upon the exercise of the right to resell by the Fund.  To minimize
such risks,  the Fund is presently  authorized to acquire  stand-by  commitments
solely from banks the  Manager  deems  creditworthy.  The  Trustees  may, in the
future,  consider  whether  the Fund  should be  permitted  to acquire  stand-by
commitments from dealers.  Prior to investing in stand-by commitments of dealers
the Fund, if it deems necessary based upon the advice of counsel,  will apply to
the Securities and Exchange  Commission for an exemptive  order relating to such
commitments  and the  valuation  thereof.  There  can be no  assurance  that the
Securities and Exchange Commission will issue such an order.

     Stand-by  commitments with respect to portfolio securities of the Fund with
maturities of less than 60 days which are separate from the underlying portfolio
securities are not assigned a value.  The cost of any such stand-by  commitments
is carried as an unrealized loss from the time of purchase until it is exercised
or expires.  Stand-by  commitments  with respect to portfolio  securities of the
Fund with  maturities of 60 days or more which are separate from the  underlying
portfolio  securities are valued at fair value as determined in accordance  with
procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees would, in
connection  with  the  determination  of value  of such a  stand-by  commitment,
consider among other factors the  creditworthiness of the writer of the stand-by
commitment,  the duration of the stand-by commitment,  the dates on which or the
periods during which the stand-by commitment may be exercised and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

   
Portfolio Turnover. Portfolio transactions will be undertaken only to accomplish
the  Fund's  objective  and not for the  purpose  of  realizing  capital  gains,
although capital gains may be realized on certain  portfolio  transactions.  For
example,  capital  gains may be  realized  when a  security  is sold (i) so that
another  security  can be  purchased  to obtain a higher  yield  (provided  that
capital is preserved or  enhanced),  (ii) to take  advantage of what the Manager
believes to be a temporary  disparity in the normal yield  relationship  between
the two  securities,  (iii) when the Manager  believes  that the  security to be
purchased is of a higher  quality than its rating or current  market value would
indicate,  or (iv) when the Manager anticipates a decline in value due to market
risk (a rise in interest rates) or credit risk.
    


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     A change in securities  held by the Fund is known as  "portfolio  turnover"
and may  involve  the  payment  by the Fund of dealer  spreads  or  underwriting
commissions,  and other transaction costs, on the sale of securities, as well on
the reinvestment of the proceeds in other  securities.  Portfolio  turnover rate
for a fiscal year is the ratio of the lesser of  purchases or sales of portfolio
securities  to  the  monthly  average  of the  value  of  portfolio  securities.
Securities whose maturity or expiration date at the time of acquisition were one
year or less are excluded from the calculation.  The portfolio turnover rates of
the Fund for the fiscal years ended  September  30, 1994 and September 30, 1995,
were 7.71% and 11.78%, respectively. The Fund's portfolio turnover rate will not
be a  limiting  factor  when the Fund  deems it  desirable  to sell or  purchase
securities.

   
Taxable  Investments.  Under normal market conditions,  the Fund will attempt to
invest  100% and as a matter of  fundamental  policy will invest at least 80% of
the value of its net assets in  securities  the interest on which is exempt from
federal and Pennsylvania  income taxes.  However, in abnormal market conditions,
if, in the judgment of the Manager,  the  tax-exempt  securities  satisfying the
Fund's  investment  objective may not be  purchased,  the Fund may for defensive
purposes  temporarily invest in instruments the interest on which is exempt from
federal income taxes, but not Pennsylvania  income taxes.  Such securities would
include instruments issued by states other than Pennsylvania and having the same
general  characteristics  as  those  described  under  "Pennsylvania  Tax-Exempt
Securities."
    

     The Fund may invest on a temporary  basis in fixed-income  securities,  the
interest on which is only exempt from Pennsylvania income taxes or is not exempt
from either  federal or  Pennsylvania  income taxes,  pending the  investment or
reinvestment in tax-exempt securities of proceeds of sales of shares or sales of
portfolio  securities,  in order to avoid the necessity of liquidating portfolio
investments to meet redemption of shares by investors or where market conditions
due to  rising  interest  rates  or  other  adverse  factors  warrant  temporary
investing for defensive purposes.  Such securities may include securities issued
or  guaranteed  by the U.S.  Government  (such as bills,  notes and bonds),  its
agencies,   instrumentalities  or  authorities;   highly-rated   corporate  debt
securities  (rated  AA-, or better,  by Standard & Poor's or Aa3, or better,  by
Moody's);  prime commercial paper (rated A-1+/A-1 by Standard & Poor's or P-1 by
Moody's); and certificates of deposit of the 100 largest domestic banks in terms
of assets which are subject to regulatory  supervision by the U.S. Government or
state  governments  and the 50  largest  foreign  banks in terms of assets  with
branches  or agencies  in the United  States.  Investments  in  certificates  of
deposit of foreign banks and foreign  branches of U.S. banks may involve certain
risks,  including different regulation,  use of different accounting procedures,
political or other economic developments, exchange controls, or possible seizure
or nationalization of foreign deposits.

                             INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS

    Under the Fund's  fundamental  policies,  which cannot be changed  except by
vote of a majority of the  outstanding  voting  securities of the Fund, the Fund
may not:

- - Borrow  money,  except  from  banks for  temporary  purposes  (such as meeting
  redemption requests or for extraordinary or emergency purposes but not for the
  purchase of portfolio  securities) in an amount not to exceed 10% of the value
  of its total  assets at the time the  borrowing  is made  (not  including  the
  amount borrowed).  The Fund will not purchase additional  portfolio securities
  if the Fund has  outstanding  borrowings  in  excess of 5% of the value of its
  total assets;

- - Mortgage or pledge any of its assets, except  to  secure  permitted borrowings
  noted above;

- - Invest  more than 25% of total  assets at  market  value in any one  industry;
  except that tax-exempt  securities and securities of the U.S. Government,  its
  agencies and  instrumentalities are not considered an industry for purposes of
  this limitation.

- - As to 50% of the value of its total assets,  purchase securities of any issuer
  if immediately  thereafter  more than 5% of total assets at market value would
  be invested in the securities of any issuer (except that this  limitation does
  not apply to obligations  issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by
  the U.S. Government or its agencies or instrumentalities);

- - Invest  in  securities  issued  by  other  investment  companies,   except  in
  connection with a merger, consolidation, acquisition or reorganization;

- - Purchase  or hold any  real  estate,  except  that  the  Fund  may  invest  in
  securities  secured by real estate or  interests  therein or issued by persons
  (other  than real  estate  investment  trusts)  which  deal in real  estate or
  interests therein;


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- - Purchase or hold the securities of any issuer,  if to its knowledge,  trustees
  or officers of the Fund individually owning beneficially more than 0.5% of the
  securities  of  that  issuer  own  in  the  aggregate  more  than  5% of  such
  securities;

- - Write or purchase put, call,  straddle or spread options;  purchase securities
  on margin or sell "short";  or  underwrite  the  securities of other  issuers,
  except  that the Fund may be  deemed an  underwriter  in  connection  with the
  purchase and sale of portfolio securities;

- - Purchase or sell commodities or commodity contracts including futures
  contracts; or

- - Make loans,  except to the extent that the  purchase of notes,  bonds or other
  evidences of indebtedness or deposits with banks may be considered loans.

    As a matter of policy,  with respect to 75% of the Fund's assets, no revenue
bond will be purchased by the Fund if as a result of such  purchase more than 5%
of the Fund's  assets would be invested in the  securities  of a single  issuer.
This  policy is not  fundamental  and may be  changed  by the  Trustees  without
shareholder approval.

   
    Under  the  1940  Act a  "vote  of a  majority  of  the  outstanding  voting
securities"  of the Fund  means the  affirmative  vote of the lesser of (1) more
than 50% of the outstanding  shares of the Fund or (2) 67% or more of the shares
of  the  Fund  present  at a  shareholders'  meeting  if  more  than  50% of the
outstanding  shares of the Fund are  represented  at the meeting in person or by
proxy.

                             TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

    Trustees and officers of the Fund,  together  with  information  as to their
principal business  occupations during the past five years are shown below. Each
Trustee who is an  "interested  person" of the Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act,
is indicated by an asterisk. Unless otherwise indicated, their addresses are 100
Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017.

WILLIAM C. MORRIS*    Trustee,  Chairman of the Board,  Chief Executive  Officer
         (57)         and Chairman of the Executive Committee
                                        
                      Managing  Director,   Chairman  and  President,  J.  &  W.
                      Seligman  &  Co.  Incorporated,  investment  managers  and
                      advisors; and Seligman Advisors, Inc., advisors;  Chairman
                      and  Chief  Executive  Officer,   the  Seligman  Group  of
                      Investment   Companies;   Chairman,   Seligman   Financial
                      Services,  Inc.,  distributor;  Seligman  Holdings,  Inc.,
                      holding company;  Seligman Services, Inc.,  broker/dealer;
                      and Carbo Ceramics Inc., ceramic proppants for oil and gas
                      industry;   Director  or  Trustee,  Seligman  Data  Corp.,
                      shareholder  service  agent;   Daniel  Industries,   Inc.,
                      manufacturer of oil and gas metering equipment; Kerr-McGee
                      Corporation,   diversified   energy  company;   and  Sarah
                      Lawrence  College;  and a Member of the Board of Governors
                      of the Investment Company Institute;  formerly,  Chairman,
                      J. & W. Seligman Trust Company, trust company and Seligman
                      Securities, Inc., broker/dealer.

BRIAN T. ZINO*        Trustee, President and Member of the Executive Committee
         (43)                           
                      Director   and   Managing   Director   (formerly,    Chief
                      Administrative and Financial Officer),  J. & W. Seligman &
                      Co.  Incorporated,  investment managers and advisors;  and
                      Seligman Advisors, Inc. advisors; Director or Trustee, the
                      Seligman  Group of Investment  Companies;  President,  the
                      Seligman Group of Investment  Companies,  except  Seligman
                      Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. and Seligman Select Municipal
                      Fund,  Inc.;  Chairman,  Seligman Data Corp.,  shareholder
                      service  agent;  Director,  Seligman  Financial  Services,
                      Inc., distributor; Seligman Services, Inc., broker/dealer;
                      Senior Vice President,  Seligman  Henderson Co., advisors;
                      formerly,   Director  and  Secretary,  Chuo  Trust  -  JWS
                      Advisors,  Inc., advisors;  and Director, J. & W. Seligman
                      Trust  Company,  trust  company and  Seligman  Securities,
                      Inc., broker/dealer.
    


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RONALD T. SCHROEDER*  Trustee and Member of the Executive Committee
         (48)         
                      Director,  Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer,
                      Institutional,  J.  &  W.  Seligman  &  Co.  Incorporated,
                      investment  managers and advisors;  and Seligman Advisors,
                      Inc., advisors; Director or Trustee, the Seligman Group of
                      Investment Companies;  Director,  Seligman Holdings, Inc.,
                      holding  company;   Seligman  Financial  Services,   Inc.,
                      distributor;   Seligman  Henderson  Co.,   advisors;   and
                      Seligman   Services,   Inc.,   broker/dealer;    formerly,
                      President,  the Seligman  Group of  Investment  Companies,
                      except Seligman Quality  Municipal Fund, Inc. and Seligman
                      Select  Municipal  Fund,  Inc.;  and  Director,  J.  &  W.
                      Seligman  Trust  Company,  trust  company;  Seligman  Data
                      Corp., shareholder service agent; and Seligman Securities,
                      Inc., broker/dealer.

FRED E. BROWN*        Trustee
         (82)
                      Director  and   Consultant,   J.  &  W.   Seligman  &  Co.
                      Incorporated,  investment managers and advisors;  Director
                      or Trustee,  the Seligman  Group of Investment  Companies;
                      Seligman Financial Services,  Inc., distributor;  Seligman
                      Services, Inc.,  broker/dealer;  Trudeau Institute,  Inc.,
                      non-profit biomedical research  organization;  Lake Placid
                      Center  for the  Arts,  cultural  organization;  and  Lake
                      Placid   Education   Foundation,   education   foundation;
                      formerly,  Director, J. & W. Seligman Trust Company, trust
                      company; and Seligman Securities, Inc., broker/dealer.

JOHN R. GALVIN        Trustee
         (66)
                      Dean,  Fletcher  School  of Law  and  Diplomacy  at  Tufts
                      University;  Director or Trustee,  the  Seligman  Group of
                      Investment Companies;  Chairman of the American Council on
                      Germany; a Governor of the Center for Creative Leadership;
                      Director  of  USLIFE,  insurance;  National  Committee  on
                      U.S.-China Relations,  National Defense University and the
                      Institute for Defense Analysis;  and Consultant of Thomson
                      CSF,  electronics.   Formerly,   Ambassador,   U.S.  State
                      Department;  Distinguished  Policy  Analyst  at Ohio State
                      University  and Olin  Distinguished  Professor of National
                      Security  Studies at the United States  Military  Academy.
                      From June,  1987 to June,  1992, he was the Supreme Allied
                      Commander,  Europe  and  the  Commander-in-Chief,   United
                      States European Command.
                      Tufts University, Packard Avenue, Medford, MA 02155

ALICE S. ILCHMAN      Trustee
         (60)
                      President,  Sarah Lawrence  College;  Director or Trustee,
                      the Seligman Group of Investment Companies;  Chairman, The
                      Rockefeller   Foundation,   charitable   foundation;   and
                      Director,  NYNEX, telephone company; and the Committee for
                      Economic  Development;   formerly,   Trustee,  The  Markle
                      Foundation,   philanthropic  organization;  and  Director,
                      International  Research and Exchange  Board,  intellectual
                      exchanges.  
                      Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York 10708
    


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FRANK A. McPHERSON    Trustee
         (62)

                      Chairman  of  the  Board  and  Chief  Executive   Officer,
                      Kerr-McGee Corporation,  energy and chemicals; Director or
                      Trustee,  the  Seligman  Group  of  Investment  Companies;
                      Director of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, consumer products,
                      Bank  of  Oklahoma  Holding  Company,  American  Petroleum
                      Institute,  Oklahoma  City  Chamber of  Commerce,  Baptist
                      Medical   Center,   Oklahoma   Chapter   of   the   Nature
                      Conservancy,  Oklahoma  Medical  Research  Foundation  and
                      United Way  Advisory  Board;  Chairman  of  Oklahoma  City
                      Public  Schools  Foundation;  and  Member of the  Business
                      Roundtable and National Petroleum  Council.
                      123 Robert S. Kerr Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73102

JOHN E. MEROW*        Trustee
         (66)

                      Chairman  and Senior  Partner,  Sullivan &  Cromwell,  law
                      firm;   Director  or  Trustee,   the  Seligman   Group  of
                      Investment  Companies;  The  Municipal  Art Society of New
                      York; Commonwealth Aluminum Corporation,  the U.S. Council
                      for  International   Business  and  the  U.S.-New  Zealand
                      Council; Chairman, American Australian Association; Member
                      of the  American  Law  Institute  and  Council  on Foreign
                      Relations;  Member of the Board of  Governors  of  Foreign
                      Policy Association and New York Hospital.
                      125 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004

BETSY S. MICHEL       Trustee
         (53)
                      Attorney;  Director  or  Trustee,  the  Seligman  Group of
                      Investment   Companies   and   National   Association   of
                      Independent Schools (Boston),  education;  Chairman of the
                      Board of Trustees of St. George's School (Newport, RI).
                      St. Bernard's Road, Gladstone, NJ 07934

JAMES C. PITNEY       Trustee
         (69)
                      Partner,  Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch, law firm; Director
                      or Trustee, the Seligman Group of Investment Companies and
                      Public Service  Enterprise  Group,  public  utility.
                      Park Avenue at Morris County,  P.O. Box 1945,  Morristown,
                      NJ 07962-1945

JAMES Q. RIORDAN      Trustee
         (68)
                      Director,  Various Corporations;  Director or Trustee, the
                      Seligman  Group  of  Investment  Companies;  The  Brooklyn
                      Museum; The Brooklyn Union Gas Company;  The Committee for
                      Economic  Development;  Dow Jones & Co.  Inc.  and  Public
                      Broadcasting Service; formerly,  Co-Chairman of the Policy
                      Council of the Tax Foundation; Director and Vice Chairman,
                      Mobil   Corporation;   Director  and  President,   Bekaert
                      Corporation;  and Director,  Tesoro  Petroleum  Companies,
                      Inc. 
                      675 Third Avenue, Suite 3004, New York, NY 10017

ROBERT L. SHAFER      Trustee
         (63)
                      Director,  Various Corporations;  Director or Trustee, the
                      Seligman  Group  of  Investment   Companies;   and  USLIFE
                      Corporation,  life  insurance.
                      235 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017
    


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JAMES N. WHITSON      Trustee

                      (60) Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and
                      Director, Sammons Enterprises,  Inc., Director or Trustee,
                      the Seligman Group of Investment  Companies,  Red Man Pipe
                      and Supply Company and C-SPAN.  
                      300 Crescent Court, Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75202

THOMAS G. MOLES       Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager
         (53)                           
                      Director, Managing Director, (formerly, Vice President and
                      Portfolio Manager),  J. & W. Seligman & Co.  Incorporated,
                      investment  managers  and  advisors;  Vice  President  and
                      Portfolio   Manager,   three  other  open-end   investment
                      companies  in  the  Seligman   Family  of  Mutual   Funds;
                      President  and   Portfolio   Manager,   Seligman   Quality
                      Municipal Fund,  Inc. and Seligman Select  Municipal Fund,
                      Inc., closed-end investment companies;  Director, Seligman
                      Financial Services, Inc., distributor;  Seligman Services,
                      Inc.,  broker/dealer;  and J. & W. Seligman Trust Company,
                      trust company;  formerly,  Director,  Seligman Securities,
                      Inc., broker/dealer.

LAWRENCE P. VOGEL     Vice President
         (39)
                      Senior Vice  President,  Finance,  J. & W.  Seligman & Co.
                      Incorporated,  investment managers and advisors;  Seligman
                      Financial  Services,   Inc.,  distributor;   and  Seligman
                      Advisors,   Inc.,  advisors;   Vice  President  (formerly,
                      Treasurer),  the Seligman  Group of Investment  Companies;
                      Senior  Vice  President,  Finance  (formerly,  Treasurer),
                      Seligman Data Corp., shareholder service agent; Treasurer,
                      Seligman  Holdings,  Inc.,  holding company;  and Seligman
                      Henderson Co., advisors;  formerly, Senior Vice President,
                      Seligman Securities, Inc., broker/dealer;  Vice President,
                      Finance, J. & W. Seligman Trust Company;  and Senior Audit
                      Manager, Price Waterhouse, independent accountants.

FRANK J. NASTA        Secretary
         (31)
                      Senior Vice  President,  Law and Regulation and Secretary,
                      J. & W. Seligman & Co.  Incorporated,  investment managers
                      and advisors;  Secretary, the Seligman Group of Investment
                      Companies, Seligman Financial Services, Inc., distributor;
                      Seligman Henderson Co., advisors; Seligman Services, Inc.,
                      broker/dealer;  Chuo Trust - JWS Advisors, Inc., advisors;
                      and  Seligman  Data  Corp.,   shareholder  service  agent;
                      formerly, attorney, Seward & Kissel.

THOMAS G. ROSE        Treasurer
         (38)
                      Treasurer,  the Seligman Group of Investment Companies and
                      Seligman Data Corp.,  shareholder service agent; formerly,
                      Treasurer,  American  Investors  Advisors,  Inc.  and  the
                      American Investors Family of Funds.
    

     The  Executive  Committee of the Board acts on behalf of the Board  between
meetings to determine the value of  securities  and assets owned by the Fund for
which no market  valuation is available and to elect or appoint  officers of the
Fund to serve until the next meeting of the Board.


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                Compensation Table

   
                                                                                   Pension or             Total Compensation
                                                         Aggregate             Retirement Benefits        from Registrant and
            Name and                                   Compensation            Accrued as part of          Fund Complex Paid
    Position with Registrant                        from Registrant (1)           Fund Expenses             to Trustees (2)
    ------------------------                        -------------------           -------------             ---------------
  <S>                                               <C>                         <C>                        <C>
   William C. Morris, Trustee and Chairman                 N/A                        N/A                          N/A
   Brian T. Zino, Trustee and President                    N/A                        N/A                          N/A
   Ronald T. Schroeder, Trustee                            N/A                        N/A                          N/A
   Fred E. Brown, Trustee                                  N/A                        N/A                          N/A
   John R. Galvin, Trustee                            $  1,448.67                     N/A                    $  41,252.75
   Alice S. Ilchman, Trustee                             2,388.88                     N/A                       68,000.00
   Frank A. McPherson, Trustee                           1,448.67                     N/A                       41,252.75
   John E. Merow, Trustee                                2,317.46(d)                  N/A                       66,000.00(d)
   Betsy S. Michel, Trustee                              2,281.75                     N/A                       67,000.00
   Douglas R. Nichols, Jr., Trustee*                       868.79                     N/A                       24,747.25
   James C. Pitney, Trustee                              2,388.88                     N/A                       68,000.00
   James Q. Riordan, Trustee                             2,388.88                     N/A                       70,000.00
   Herman J. Schmidt, Trustee*                             868.79                     N/A                       24,747.25
   Robert L. Shafer, Trustee                             2,388.88                     N/A                       70,000.00
   James N. Whitson, Trustee                             2,317.46(d)                  N/A                       68,000.00(d)
</TABLE>

(1)  For the year ended December 31, 1995.

(2)  As defined in the  Fund's  Prospectus,  the  Seligman  Group of  Investment
     Companies consists of seventeen investment companies.

*    Retired May 18, 1995.
    

(d)  Deferred.

     The Fund has a compensation  arrangement  under which outside  Trustees may
elect to defer receiving their fees.  Under this  arrangement,  interest will be
accrued on the deferred  balances.  The annual cost of such interest is included
in the  Trustees'  fees and expenses,  and the  accumulated  balance  thereof at
September  30, 1995 of $36,756 is included in other  liabilities,  in the Fund's
financial statements.

     Trustees and officers of the Fund are also trustees, directors and officers
of some or all of the other investment companies in the Seligman Group.

   
     The  Trustees and officers of the Fund as a group owned less than 1% of the
Class A shares of the Fund at January 12,  1996.  No Trustees or officers  owned
Class D shares of the Fund at that date.
    

                            MANAGEMENT AND EXPENSES

   
     Under the Management  Agreement,  dated  December 29, 1988,  subject to the
control of the Trustees, the Manager manages the investment of the assets of the
Fund,  including making purchases and sales of portfolio  securities  consistent
with the Fund's investment objectives and policies, and administers its business
and other  affairs.  The  Manager  provides  the Fund with  such  office  space,
administrative  and other  services  and  executive  and other  personnel as are
necessary  for Fund  operations.  The Manager  pays all of the  compensation  of
Trustees of the Fund who are  employees  or  consultants  of the Manager and the
officers and employees of the Fund. The Manager also provides senior  management
for Seligman Data Corp.,  the Fund's  shareholder  service agent. The Manager is
entitled to receive a management fee from the Fund calculated  daily and payable
monthly  equal to 0.50% of the  Fund's  average  daily  net  assets on an annual
basis. The management fees paid during fiscal 1993, 1994 and 1995 were $200,845,
$190,649 and $168,672,  respectively.,  or .50%, .50% and .50%, respectively, of
the Fund's average net assets.
    


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     The Fund pays all its expenses other than those specifically assumed by the
Manager. These expenses include brokerage  commissions,  if any, interest loads,
fees and expenses of independent attorneys and auditors,  taxes and governmental
fees  including  fees and expenses of  qualifying  the Fund and its shares under
federal and state  securities  laws, cost of stock  certificates and expenses of
repurchase  or  redemption  of shares,  expenses  of printing  and  distributing
reports,  notices  and proxy  materials  to existing  shareholders,  expenses of
printing  and  filing  reports  and  other  documents  filed  with  governmental
agencies,  expenses  of  shareholders'  meetings,  expenses  of  corporate  data
processing  and related  services,  shareholder  recordkeeping  and  shareholder
account  services,  fees and  disbursements  of transfer  agents and custodians,
expenses of  disbursing  dividends  and  distributions,  fees payable  under the
Administration, Shareholder Services and Distribution Plan described below, fees
and  expenses of Trustees of the Fund not employed by or serving as a Trustee of
the  Manager  or its  affiliates,  membership  dues  in the  Investment  Company
Institute,  insurance  premiums and  extraordinary  expenses  such as litigation
expenses. The Fund may be subject to certain state expense limitations, the most
stringent of which currently requires reimbursement of total expenses (including
the  management  fee, but  excluding  interest,  taxes,  brokerage  commissions,
distribution  fees and  extraordinary  expenses)  in any year that they exceed 2
1/2% of the first $30 million of average net assets,  2% of the next $70 million
of average net assets and 1 1/2% thereafter.
    

     On December 29, 1988, a majority of the  outstanding  voting  securities of
the  Manager  was  purchased  by  Mr.  William  C.  Morris  and  a  simultaneous
recapitalization of the Manager occurred.

   
     The Management  Agreement is dated  December 29, 1988, and was  unanimously
approved  by the  Trustees  at a meeting  held on October  11, 1988 and was also
approved  by the  shareholders  at a meeting  held on  December  16,  1988.  The
Management  Agreement  will  continue in effect from year to year  thereafter if
such  continuance  is approved  annually in the manner  required by the 1940 Act
(i.e. (1) by a vote of a majority of the Trustees or of the  outstanding  voting
securities  of the Fund and (2) by a vote of a majority of the  Trustees who are
not parties to the Management Agreement or interested persons of any such party)
and if the Manager  shall not have  notified  the Fund at least 60 days prior to
the anniversary  date of the previous  continuance  that it does not desire such
continuance. The Agreement may be terminated by the Fund, without penalty, on 60
days'  written  notice to the Manager and will  terminate  automatically  in the
event of its assignment. The Fund has agreed to change its name upon termination
of its Management  Agreement if continued use of the name would cause  confusion
in the context of the Manager's business.

     The Manager is a successor firm to an investment  banking  business founded
in 1864  which has  thereafter  provided  investment  services  to  individuals,
families,  institutions and corporations.  See Appendix B for further history of
the Manager.
    

           ADMINISTRATION, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES AND DISTRIBUTION PLAN

     An Administration,  Shareholder Services and Distribution Plan (the "Plan")
for the Fund under Section 12(b) of the Act and Rule 12b-1  thereunder  has been
in effect since inception of the Fund.

     The Plan  was  approved  on June  10,  1986 by the  Trustees,  including  a
majority of the  Trustees  who are not  "interested  persons" (as defined in the
Act) of the Fund and who have no direct or  indirect  financial  interest in the
operation of the Plan or in any  agreement  related to the Plan (the  "Qualified
Trustees") and by the shareholders of the Fund on April 23, 1987.  Amendments to
the Plan were  approved in respect of Class D shares on November 18, 1993 by the
Trustees,  including a majority of the Qualified Trustees,  and became effective
with respect to the Class D shares on February 1, 1994.  The Plan will  continue
in effect until December 31 of each year so long as such continuance is approved
annually by a majority  vote of both the Trustees of the Fund and the  Qualified
Trustees,  cast in person at a meeting  called for the purpose of voting on such
approval. The Plan may not be amended to increase materially the amounts payable
under  the  terms  of  the  Plan  without  the  approval  of a  majority  of the
outstanding  voting securities of the Fund and no material amendment to the Plan
may be made except with the  approval of a majority of both the Trustees and the
Qualified  Trustees in accordance with the applicable  provisions of the Act and
the Rule thereunder.

     The Plan  requires  that the  Treasurer  of the Fund  shall  provide to the
Trustees,  and the Trustees shall review at least quarterly, a written report of
the amounts  expended (and purposes  therefor)  under the Plan.  Rule 12b-1 also
requires that the selection and  nomination of Trustees who are not  "interested
persons" of the Fund be made by such disinterested Trustees.


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                             PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

     No  brokerage  commissions  were paid by the Fund  during the fiscal  years
ended  September  30,  1993,  1994 or 1995.  When the Fund or two or more of the
investment  companies in the Seligman Group or other investment advisory clients
of the Manager  desire to buy or sell the same  security  at the same time,  the
securities  purchased or sold are allocated by the Manager in a manner  believed
to be equitable to each.  There may be possible  advantages or  disadvantages of
such  transactions  with  respect  to  price or the  size of  positions  already
obtainable or saleable.

                     PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF FUND SHARES

     The Fund issues two classes of shares: Class A shares may be purchased at a
price equal to the next determined net asset value per share, plus a sales load.
Class D shares may be  purchased  at a price  equal to the next  determined  net
asset value without an initial sales load,  but a CDSL may be charged on certain
redemptions within one year of purchase. See "Alternative  Distribution System,"
"Purchase Of Shares," and "Redemption Of Shares" in the Fund's Prospectus.

   
Specimen Price Make-Up

     Under  the  current  distribution  arrangements  between  the  Fund and the
Distributor,  Class A shares are sold at a maximum sales load of 4.75% and Class
D shares  are sold at net asset  value.*  Using the  Fund's  net asset  value at
September  30,  1995,  the  maximum  offering  price of the Fund's  shares is as
follows:

    Class A

     Net asset value per share...............................    $  7.79

     Maximum sales load (4.75% of offering price)............        .39
                                                                 -------

     Maximum offering price per share........................     $ 8.18
                                                                  ======

     Class D

     Net asset value and maximum offering price per share*...     $ 7.78
                                                                  ======
    
- ------------
*    Class D shares are  subject to a CDSL of 1% on certain  redemptions  within
     one year of purchase. See "Redemption Of Shares" in the Fund's Prospectus.

Class A Shares - Reduced Sales Loads

Reductions Available.  Shares of any Seligman Mutual Fund sold with a sales load
in a continuous offering will be eligible for the following reductions:

     Volume Discounts are provided if the total amount being invested in Class A
shares of the Fund alone,  or in any  combination  of shares of the other mutual
funds in the  Seligman  Group which are sold with a sales load,  reaches  levels
indicated in the sales load schedule set forth in the Prospectus.

     The Right of  Accumulation  allows an investor to combine the amount  being
invested in Class A shares of the Fund,  Seligman Capital Fund,  Seligman Common
Stock Fund,  Seligman  Communications  and Information  Fund,  Seligman Frontier
Fund, Seligman Growth Fund, Seligman Henderson Global Fund Series, Seligman High
Income Fund Series,  Seligman Income Fund,  Seligman New Jersey Tax-Exempt Fund,
Seligman  Tax-Exempt  Fund Series or Seligman  Tax-Exempt Fund Series Trust that
were  sold with a sales  load with the total net asset  value of shares of those
Seligman  Mutual  Funds  already  owned that were sold with a sales load and the
total net asset  value of shares of  Seligman  Cash  Management  Fund which were
acquired  through an exchange of shares of another  mutual fund in the  Seligman
Group on which  there  was a sales  load at the time of  purchase  to  determine
reduced sales loads in  accordance  with the schedule in the  Prospectuses.  The
value of the  shares  owned,  including  the value of shares  of  Seligman  Cash
Management Fund acquired in an exchange of shares of another


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mutual fund in the Seligman  Group on which there is a sales load at the time of
purchase will be taken into account in orders placed through a dealer,  however,
only if Seligman Financial  Services,  Inc. ("SFSI") is notified by the investor
or a  dealer  of the  amount  owned  at the  time  the  purchase  is made and is
furnished sufficient information to permit confirmation.

     A Letter of Intent  allows an investor  to  purchase  Class A shares of the
Fund over a  13-month  period at  reduced  sales  loads in  accordance  with the
schedule in the Prospectus, based on the total amount of Class A shares that the
letter states the investor intends to purchase plus the total net asset value of
shares  that were sold with a sales  load of  Seligman  Capital  Fund,  Seligman
Common  Stock Fund,  Seligman  Communications  and  Information  Fund,  Seligman
Frontier Fund,  Seligman  Growth Fund,  Seligman  Henderson  Global Fund Series,
Seligman  High Income Fund Series,  Seligman  Income  Fund,  Seligman New Jersey
Tax-Exempt Fund,  Seligman Tax-Exempt Fund Series and Seligman Tax-Exempt Series
Trust  already  owned and the total net asset value of shares of  Seligman  Cash
Management  Fund which were  acquired  through an  exchange of shares of another
mutual fund in the Seligman Group on which there was a sales load at the time of
purchase. Reduced sales loads also may apply to purchases made within a 13-month
period  starting  up to 90 days  before  the date of  execution  of a letter  of
intent.  For more information  concerning the terms of the letter of intent, see
"Terms and Conditions - Letter of Intent"  accompanying the Account  Application
in the Fund's Prospectus.

Persons Entitled to Reductions.  Reductions in sales loads apply to purchases of
Class A shares  of the  Fund by a  "single  person,"  including  an  individual;
members of a family  unit  comprising  husband,  wife and minor  children;  or a
trustee or other fiduciary  purchasing for a single fiduciary account.  Employee
benefit  plans  qualified  under  Section  401 of  the  Internal  Revenue  Code,
tax-exempt  organizations  under Section 501 (c)(3) or (13),  and  non-qualified
employee  benefit plans that satisfy  uniform  criteria are  considered  "single
persons" for this purpose. The uniform criteria are as follows:

1.  Employees must authorize the employer,  if requested by the Fund, to receive
    in bulk and to  distribute  to each  participant  on a timely basis the Fund
    prospectuses, reports and other shareholder communications.

2.  Employees  participating in a plan will be expected to make regular periodic
    investments  (at  least  annually).  A  participant  who  fails to make such
    investments  may be  dropped  from the plan by the  employer  or the Fund 12
    months and 30 days after the last regular investment in his account. In such
    event, the dropped participant would lose the discount on share purchases to
    which the plan might then be entitled.

3.  The  employer  must  solicit  its  employees  for  participation  in such an
    employee benefit plan or authorize and assist an investment dealer in making
    enrollment solicitations.

   
Eligible  Employee  Benefit  Plans.  The table of sales loads in the  Prospectus
applies  to sales to  "eligible  employee  benefit  plans"  (as  defined  in the
Prospectus),  except  that  the  Fund  may sell  shares  at net  asset  value to
"eligible  employee  benefit plans," (i) which have at least $1 million invested
in the Seligman  Mutual Funds or (ii) of employers who have at least 50 eligible
employees to whom such plan is made  available  or,  regardless of the number of
employees,  if such plan is  established or maintained by any dealer which has a
sales  agreement with SFSI. Such sales must be made in connection with a payroll
deduction  system of plan funding or other  systems  acceptable to Seligman Data
Corp., the Fund's shareholder  service agent. Such sales are believed to require
limited  sales effort and sales  related  expenses and therefore are made at net
asset value.  Contributions or account  information for plan  participation also
should be  transmitted  to  Seligman  Data Corp.  by methods  which it  accepts.
Additional information about "eligible employee benefit plans" is available from
investment dealers or SFSI.
    

Further Types of  Reductions.  Class A shares may be issued without a sales load
in  connection  with  the  acquisition  of cash  and  securities  owned by other
investment  companies and personal  holding  companies to financial  institution
trust  departments,  to registered  investment  advisers  exercising  investment
discretionary authority with respect to the purchase of Fund shares, or pursuant
to sponsored  arrangements with organizations which make  recommendations to, or
permit  group  solicitation  of,  its  employees,  members  or  participants  in
connection  with the  purchase  of  shares  of the Fund,  to  separate  accounts
established  and  maintained  by an  insurance  company  which are  exempt  from
registration   under   Section   3(c)(11)  of  the  1940  Act,   to   registered
representatives  and  employees  (and their  spouses and minor  children) of any
dealer that has a sales  agreement  with SFSI, to  shareholders  of mutual funds
with  investment  objectives  similar  to the Fund's who  purchase  shares  with
redemption  proceeds  of such funds and to  certain  unit  investment  trusts as
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     Class A shares may be sold at net asset value to these  persons  since such
sales  require  less sales effort and lower sales  related  expenses as compared
with sales to the general public.

Payment in Securities.  In addition to cash,  the Fund may accept  securities in
payment for Fund shares sold at the applicable public offering price. Generally,
the Fund will only consider accepting securities (1) to increase its holdings in
a portfolio  security of the Fund,  or (2) if the  Manager  determines  that the
offered  securities  are  a  suitable  investment  in a  sufficient  amount  for
efficient management.  Although no minimum has been established,  it is expected
that the Fund would not accept securities with a value of less than $100,000 per
issue in payment for  shares.  The Fund may reject in whole or in part offers to
pay for  shares  with  securities,  may  require  partial  payment  in cash  for
applicable sales loads, and may discontinue  accepting securities as payment for
shares  at any  time  without  notice.  The  Fund has no  present  intention  of
accepting securities in payment for shares.

More About  Redemptions.  The  procedures  for  redemption  of Fund shares under
ordinary  circumstances are set forth in the Prospectus.  Payment may be made in
securities, subject to the review of some state securities commissions.  Payment
may be postponed or the right of redemption  suspended for more than seven days,
if the orderly  liquidation of portfolio  securities is prevented by the closing
of, or restricted trading in, the over-the-counter markets in which Pennsylvania
Tax-Exempt  Securities are primarily  traded due to an emergency or order of the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission.  If payment were to be made in securities,
shareholders  receiving  securities  could incur  certain  transaction  costs in
receiving these securities.

                             DISTRIBUTION SERVICES

   
     SFSI,  an  affiliate  of the Manager,  acts as general  distributor  of the
shares of the Fund and of the  other  mutual  funds in the  Seligman  Group.  As
general  distributor  of the Fund's capital  stock,  SFSI allows  commissions on
sales of Fund  shares  to all  dealers  of up to 4.25% on  purchases  of Class A
shares to which the 4.75% sales load applies. SFSI receives the balance of sales
loads and any CDSL paid on Class D shares, if applicable.  The Fund and SFSI are
parties to a Distributing Agreement dated January 1, 1993.

     The total sales loads paid by shareholders of the Fund for the fiscal years
ended  September  30,  1995,  1994 and 1993  amounted  to  $34,048,  $41,027 and
$83,788, respectively, of which $30,148, $36,112, and $74,006, respectively, was
paid as commissions to dealers. SFSI receives the balance of sales loads paid by
investors.  For the period February 1, 1994 through  September 30, 1994, and the
year ended September 30, 1995, SFSI retained CDSL charges  amounting to $619 and
$219, respectively.

     Effective April 1, 1995,  Seligman Services,  Inc. ("SSI"), an affiliate of
the Manager,  became eligible to receive  commissions from certain sales of Fund
shares,  as well as distribution  and service fees pursuant to the Plan. For the
period ended September 30, 1995, SSI received  commissions of $261 from sales of
Fund shares. SSI also received distribution and service fees of $1,797, pursuant
to the Plan.

     Class A shares  may be sold at net  asset  value  to  present  and  retired
Trustees, directors,  officers, employees (and family members, as defined in the
Prospectus) of the Fund, the other  investment  companies in the Seligman Group,
the Manager and other companies affiliated with the Manager. Such sales also may
be made to  employee  benefit  plans  for  such  persons  and to any  investment
advisory,  custodial, trust or other fiduciary account managed or advised by the
Manager or any affiliate.  These sales may be made for investment purposes only,
and shares may be resold only to the Fund.

                                     TAXES

     The Fund intends to qualify and elect to be treated as a separate regulated
investment  company  under the Internal  Revenue Code and thus to be relieved of
federal  income tax on income  distributed  to  shareholders;  provided  that it
distributes at least 90 percent of its net investment  income and net short-term
capital gains, if any.
    

     Qualification as a regulated  investment company under the Internal Revenue
Code  requires  among other  things,  that (a) at least 90% of the annual  gross
income of the Fund be derived from dividends, interest, payments with respect to
securities  loans  and  gains  from  the sale or other  disposition  of  stocks,
securities or  currencies,  or other income  (including but not limited to gains
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business of investing in such stocks,  securities  or  currencies;  (b) the Fund
derives  less than 30% of its gross  annual  income  from gains from the sale or
other  disposition  of stock,  securities and certain other assets held for less
than three months;  and (c) the Fund  diversify its holdings so that, at the end
of each quarter of the taxable year, (i) at least 50% of the market value of the
Fund's assets is represented by cash,  United States  Government  securities and
other  securities  limited in respect of any one issuer to an amount not greater
than 5% of the Fund's  assets and 10% of the  outstanding  voting  securities of
such  issuer,  and (ii) not more than 25% of the value of its assets is invested
in the securities of any one issuer (other than U.S. Government Securities).

     As a trust,  the Fund will not be subject to Pennsylvania  corporate taxes,
nor will it be subject to  Pennsylvania  personal income tax with respect to any
taxable income currently  distributed to its shareholders.  Shareholders who are
subject to  Pennsylvania  personal  income tax will be exempt from  Pennsylvania
personal  income tax on  distributions  attributable to interest on Pennsylvania
Tax-Exempt Securities or United States Government securities. To the extent that
the portfolio  consists of such holdings,  the shares of the Fund will be exempt
from  Pennsylvania  personal  property  taxes.  Corporate  shareholders  who are
subject  to the  Pennsylvania  corporate  net  income tax will not be subject to
corporate  net  income  tax on  distributions  from the  Fund  that  qualify  as
exempt-interest  dividends  for federal  income tax purposes or are derived from
interest  on  U.S.  Government  obligations.  Corporations  are not  subject  to
Pennsylvania personal property taxes.

                                   VALUATION

   
     The net asset value per share of each class of the Fund is determined as of
the close of the New York Exchange ("NYSE") (normally,  4:00 p.m., New York City
time),  on each day that the NYSE is open for  business.  The NYSE is  currently
closed  on  New  Year's  Day,  Presidents'  Day,  Good  Friday,   Memorial  Day,
Independence Day, Labor Day,  Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. The Fund will
also  determine  net asset  value for each class on each day in which there is a
sufficient  degree of trading in the Fund's  portfolio  securities  that the net
asset value of Fund shares  might be  materially  affected.  Net asset value per
share for a class is computed by dividing  such class' share of the value of the
net assets of the Fund (i.e.,  the value of its assets less  liabilities) by the
total  number of  outstanding  shares of such class.  All  expenses of the Fund,
including  the  Manager's  fee, are accrued daily and taken into account for the
purpose of  determining  net asset value.  The net asset value of Class D shares
will  generally  be lower than the net asset value of Class A shares as a result
of the higher  distribution fee with respect to Class D shares.  It is expected,
however,  that the net asset  value per  share of the two  classes  will tend to
converge  immediately  after the  recording of  dividends,  which will differ by
approximately  the amount of the  distribution  and other class expenses accrual
differential between the classes.
    

     Tax-exempt securities will be valued on the basis of quotations provided by
an independent pricing service, approved by the Trustees, which uses information
with respect to  transactions  in bonds,  quotations  from bond dealers,  market
transactions  in  comparable   securities  and  various   relationships  between
securities in determining  value. In the absence of such quotations,  fair value
will be  determined  in  accordance  with  procedures  approved by the Trustees.
Short-term  notes having  remaining  maturities of 60 days or less are generally
valued at amortized cost.

     Generally,  trading in certain  securities  such as tax-exempt  securities,
corporate bonds, U.S.  Government  securities,  and money market  instruments is
substantially  completed  each day at  various  times  prior to the close of the
NYSE. The values of such  securities  used in determining the net asset value of
the Fund's shares are computed as of such times. Occasionally,  events affecting
the value of such  securities  may occur between such times and the close of the
NYSE  which will not be  reflected  in the  computation  of the Fund's net asset
value. If events materially  affecting the value of such securities occur during
such period, then these securities and other assets will be valued at their fair
market value as determined in good faith by the Trustees.

                            PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

   
     The annualized yield for the 30-day period ended September 30, 1995 for the
Fund's Class A shares was 4.25%.  The annualized  yield was computed by dividing
the Fund's net  investment  income per share earned during this 30-day period by
the maximum offering price per share (i.e., the net asset value plus the maximum
sales load of 4.75% of the net amount invested) on September 30, 1995, which was
the last day of this  period.  The average  number of Class A shares of the Fund
was 4,278,552  which was the average daily number of shares  outstanding  during
the 30-day period that were eligible to receive  dividends.  Income was computed
by totaling the interest earned on all debt obligations during the 30-day period
and subtracting  from that amount the total of all recurring  expenses  incurred
during the period  (which  includes  fees  charged  pursuant to the Fund's 12b-1
    


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plan). The 30-day yield was then annualized on a bond-equivalent  basis assuming
semi-annual  reinvestment and compounding of net investment income, as described
in the Prospectus.

     The tax equivalent  annualized  yield for the 30-day period ended September
30, 1995 for the Fund's Class A shares was 7.24%. The tax equivalent  annualized
yield was computed by first computing the annualized  yield as discussed  above.
Then the portion of the yield attributable to securities the income of which was
exempt for federal and state income tax purposes was determined. This portion of
the yield was then divided by one minus 41.29% (41.29% being the assumed maximum
combined  federal and state income tax rate for  individual  taxpayers  that are
subject to  Pennsylvania  personal  income tax).  Then the small  portion of the
yield  attributable  to  securities,  the  income of which was  exempt  only for
federal income tax purposes was  determined.  This portion of the yield was then
divided by one minus 39.6%  (39.6% being the maximum  federal  income tax rate).
These two calculations were then added to the portion of the yield, if any, that
was not attributable to securities, the income of which was not tax exempt.

     The average annual total return for the one-year period ended September 30,
1995 for the Fund's  Class A shares was 5.26%;  for the  five-year  period ended
September  30,  1995 was 7.43% and since  inception  through  the  period  ended
September  30,  1995 was  7.50%.  These  returns  were  computed  by  assuming a
hypothetical initial payment of $1,000. From this $1,000, the maximum sales load
of $47.50 (4.75% of public  offering  price) was  deducted.  It was then assumed
that all of the dividends and  distributions  by the Fund over the relevant time
period were  reinvested.  It was then  assumed  that at the end of each of these
periods,  the entire  amount was redeemed.  The average  annual total return was
then  calculated by calculating the annual rate required for the initial payment
to grow to the amount which would have been received upon redemption  (i.e., the
average annual compound rate of return).

     The annualized yield for the 30-day period ended September 30, 1995 for the
Fund's Class D shares was 3.70%.  The annualized yield was computed as for Class
A shares by dividing  the net  investment  income per share  earned  during this
30-day  period by the  maximum  offering  price per share  (i.e.,  the net asset
value) on September 30, 1995, which was the last day of this period. The average
number of Class D shares  were  54,654  which was the  average  daily  number of
shares  outstanding  during  the 30-day  period  that were  eligible  to receive
dividends.

     The tax equivalent  annualized  yield for the 30-day period ended September
30, 1995 for the Fund's Class D shares was 6.30%. The tax equivalent  annualized
yield was computed as discussed above for Class A shares.

     The average annual total return for the one-year period ended September 30,
1995 for the Fund's  Class D shares was 8.53% and since  inception  through  the
period  ended  September  30, 1995 was 0.79%.  These  returns  were  computed by
assuming a hypothetical  initial payment of $1,000 in Class D shares of the Fund
and that all of the  dividends  and  distributions  by the Fund's Class D shares
over the relevant time period were  reinvested.  It was then assumed that at the
end of each period, the entire amount was redeemed,  subtracting the 1% CDSL, if
applicable.

     The following  tables are an  illustration  of the total return on a $1,000
investment  in Class A and Class D shares of the Fund from the  commencement  of
their  operations  through  September  30,  1995,  assuming  investment  of  all
dividends and capital gain distributions.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                CLASS A SHARES

                    Value of              Capital              Value            Total Value
Period              Initial                Gain                 of                  of             Total
Ended 1           Investment 2          Distributions        Dividends          Investment 2       Return 1,3
- -------           ------------          -------------        ---------          ------------       ----------
<S>               <C>                   <C>                 <C>                 <C>                 <C>

9/30/86            $ 1,009                 $ --              $  11               $  1,020
9/30/87                900                    2                 75                    977
9/30/88                975                    3                158                  1,136
9/30/89              1,001                    3                240                  1,244
9/30/90                979                    3                313                  1,295
9/30/91              1,032                   19                418                  1,469
</TABLE>
    


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
   
                    Value of              Capital              Value            Total Value
Period              Initial                Gain                 of                  of             Total
Ended 1           Investment 2          Distributions        Dividends          Investment 2       Return 1,3
- -------           ------------          -------------        ---------          ------------       ----------
<S>               <C>                   <C>                 <C>                 <C>                 <C>
9/30/92            $ 1,069               $  23                $  524             $ 1,616
9/30/93              1,148                  50                   656               1,854
9/30/94              1,007                  96                   659               1,762
9/30/95              1,039                 134                   774               1,947           94.75%

                                                CLASS D SHARES

                    Value of              Capital              Value            Total Value
Period              Initial                Gain                 of                  of             Total
Ended 1           Investment 2          Distributions        Dividends          Investment 2       Return 1,3
- -------           ------------          -------------        ---------          ------------       ----------

9/30/94             $  892               $  --                 $  24              $  916
9/30/95                930                  18                    65               1,013            1.31%
</TABLE>

1    From  commencement  of operations  of Class A shares on July 15, 1986;  and
     from commencement of operations of Class D shares on February 1, 1994.

2    The "Value of Initial  Investment"  as of the date  indicated  reflects the
     effect of the maximum  sales load,  assumes that all  dividends and capital
     gain distributions were taken in cash and reflects changes in the net asset
     value of the shares  purchased with the  hypothetical  initial  investment.
     "Total Value of Investment" assumes investment of all dividends and capital
     gain distributions.

3    Total return for the Fund is calculated by assuming a hypothetical  initial
     investment of $1,000 at the beginning of the period specified,  subtracting
     the maximum sales load or CDSL, if applicable;  determining  total value of
     all dividends and distributions that would have been paid during the period
     on such shares assuming that each dividend or distribution  was invested in
     additional  shares at net asset value;  calculating  the total value of the
     investment  at  the  end  of the  period;  and  finally,  by  dividing  the
     difference between the amount of the hypothetical initial investment at the
     beginning  of the  period  and its  value at the end of the  period  by the
     amount of the hypothetical initial investment.

     The waiver by the Manager of a portion or all of its fees and reimbursement
of  certain  expenses  during  certain  of  the  periods  (as  set  forth  under
"Management  and  Expenses"  herein  and  under  "Management  Services"  in  the
Prospectus)  positively  affected  the  performance  results  provided  in  this
section.

                              GENERAL INFORMATION

     The Trustees are  authorized to classify or reclassify and issue any shares
of  beneficial  interest  of the Fund into any number of other  classes  without
further action by  shareholders.  The 1940 Act requires that where more than one
class exists,  each class must be preferred over all other classes in respect of
assets specifically allocated to such class.

     As a general matter, the Fund will not hold annual or other meetings of the
shareholders.  This is because the Declaration of Trust provides for shareholder
voting only (a) for the election or removal of one or more Trustees if a meeting
is  called  for  that  purpose,  (b)  with  respect  to any  matter  as to which
shareholder  approval  is  required  by the 1940 Act,  (c) with  respect  to any
termination or reorganization of the Fund or any Series, (d) with respect to any
amendment of the  Declaration of Trust (other than amendments  establishing  and
designating  new Series or classes  of shares,  abolishing  Series or classes of
shares when there are no units  thereof  outstanding,  changing  the name of the
Fund,  supplying  any omission,  curing any  ambiguity or curing,  correcting or
supplementing  any provision  thereof which is internally  inconsistent with any
other provision  thereof or which is defective or inconsistent with the 1940 Act
or with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code or applicable  regulations
for the Fund's obtaining the most favorable  treatment  thereunder  available to
regulated investment companies,  (e) to the same extent as the stockholders of a
Pennsylvania  business  corporation  as  to  whether  or  not  a  court  action,
proceeding,  or claim should or should not be brought or maintained derivatively
or as a class  action on behalf  of the Fund or the  shareholders,  and (f) with
respect to such  additional  matters  relating to the Fund as may be required by
the  1940  Act,  the  Declaration  of  Trust,  the  By-laws  of  the  Fund,  any
registration  of the Fund  with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  (the
    


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"Commission")  or any  state,  or as the  Trustees  may  consider  necessary  or
desirable.  Each Trustee serves until the next meeting of shareholders,  if any,
called for the purpose of considering the election or reelection of such Trustee
or of a successor to such Trustee,  and until the election and  qualification of
his  successor,  if any,  elected at such meeting,  or until such Trustee sooner
dies,  resigns,  retires or is removed by the  shareholders or two-thirds of the
Trustees.

     The  shareholders  of the Fund  have the  right,  upon the  declaration  in
writing or vote of more than  two-thirds of the Fund's  outstanding  shares,  to
remove a Trustee.  The Trustees will call a meeting of  shareholders  to vote on
the removal of a Trustee upon the written  request of the record  holders of ten
percent of its shares. In addition,  whenever ten or more shareholders of record
who have been such for at least six months  preceding  the date of  application,
and who hold in the aggregate either shares having a net asset value of at least
$25,000 or at least 1 per centum of the outstanding  shares,  whichever is less,
shall apply to the Trustees in writing,  stating  that they wish to  communicate
with other  shareholders with a view to obtaining  signatures to a request for a
meeting for the purpose of voting upon the question of removal of any Trustee or
Trustees and accompanied by a form of communication  and request which they wish
to transmit,  the Trustee  shall within five business days after receipt of such
application  either: (1) afford to such applicants access to a list of the names
and addresses of all  shareholders  as recorded on the books of the Fund; or (2)
inform such applicants as to the  approximate  number of shareholders of record,
and the approximate cost of mailing to them the proposed  communication and form
of requests.  If the Trustees elect to follow the latter  course,  the Trustees,
upon the  written  request of such  applicants,  accompanied  by a tender of the
material to be mailed and of the  reasonable  expenses of mailing,  shall,  with
reasonable promptness, mail such material to all shareholders of record at their
addresses as recorded on the books,  unless within five business days after such
tender the Trustees shall mail to such  applicants and file with the Commission,
together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement signed by
at least a majority of the Trustees to the effect that in their  opinion  either
such  material  contains  untrue  statements  of fact or omits  to  state  facts
necessary to make the statements  contained therein not misleading,  or would be
in violation of applicable law, and specifying the basis of such opinion.  After
opportunity for hearing upon the objections  specified in the written  statement
so filed,  the  Commission  may,  and if  demanded  by the  Trustees  or by such
applicants  shall,  enter  an  order  either  sustaining  one or  more  of  such
objections or refusing to sustain any of them. If the Commission  shall enter an
order refusing to sustain any of such  objections,  or if, after the entry of an
order  sustaining one or more of such  objections,  the  Commission  shall find,
after notice and opportunity for hearing,  that all objections so sustained have
been met, and shall enter an order so declaring,  the Trustees shall mail copies
of such material to all shareholders with reasonable  promptness after the entry
of such order and the renewal of such tender.

     The   shareholders   of  a   Pennsylvania   trust  could,   under   certain
circumstances,  be held  personally  liable  as  partners  for its  obligations.
However,  the Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of shareholder
liability for acts or  obligations of the Trust.  The  Declaration of Trust also
provides for  indemnification  and  reimbursement  of expenses out of the Fund's
assets for any shareholder held personally liable for obligations of the Fund.

     Custodian.  Investors Fiduciary Trust Company, 127 West 10th Street, Kansas
City, Missouri 64105, serves as custodian for the Fund. It also maintains, under
the general  supervision of the Manager,  the accounting  records and determines
the net asset value for the Fund.

     Auditors.  Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors,  have been selected
as auditors of the Fund. Their address is Two World Financial Center,  New York,
NY 10281.

                SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING INVESTMENTS IN
                       PENNSYLVANIA TAX-EXEMPT SECURITIES

     The following  information  as to certain  Pennsylvania  considerations  is
given to  investors  in view of the  Fund's  policy of  investing  primarily  in
securities of  Pennsylvania  issuers.  Such  information is derived from sources
that are  generally  available to investors and is believed by the Manager to be
accurate. Such information constitutes only a brief summary, does not purport to
be a complete  description and is based on information from official  statements
relating to securities offerings of Pennsylvania issuers.

     Employment.  The industries  traditionally strong in Pennsylvania,  such as
coal,  steel and railway,  have  declined and account for a decreasing  share of
total employment.  Service industries  (including trade, health care,  education
and  finance)  have  grown,  however,  contributing  increasing  shares  to  the
Commonwealth's gross product and exceeding the manufacturing sector in each year
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     While the level of Pennsylvania's  population  basically  remained constant
from 1984 through 1994,  nonagricultural employment increased by 10.0% from 1985
to 1994, after declining during the early 1980's. In contrast, increases in U.S.
nonagricultural  employment have been greater and declines  smaller for the same
periods, with U.S. employment increasing by 17% from 1985 to 1994. Trends in the
unemployment  rates of Pennsylvania  and the U.S. have been similar from 1985 to
1994.  From 1986 to 1990,  Pennsylvania's  unemployment  rate was lower than the
U.S. rate. For example,  Pennsylvania's  unemployment rate for 1989 and 1990 was
4.5% and 5.4%,  respectively,  while the unemployment rate for the U.S. was 5.3%
and 5.5% for the same years. In 1993 and 1994, Pennsylvania's  unemployment rate
was 7.1% and 6.2%,  respectively,  which slightly  exceeded the U.S.  employment
rate of 6.8% and 6.1% for the same years.
    

    Commonwealth Debt. Debt service on general obligation bonds of Pennsylvania,
except those issued for highway purposes or the benefit of other special revenue
funds,  is payable  from  Pennsylvania's  general  fund,  the  recipient  of all
Commonwealth revenues that are not required to be deposited in other funds.

   
     As of June 30, 1995, the Commonwealth had $5,045 million of long-term bonds
outstanding,  with debt for capital  projects  constituting  the largest  dollar
amount.  Although  Pennsylvania's   Constitution  permits  the  issuance  of  an
aggregate  amount of capital project debt equal to 1.75 times the average annual
tax  revenues of the  preceding  five fiscal  years,  the General  Assembly  may
authorize and historically has authorized a smaller amount.  This constitutional
limit  does not apply to other  types of  Pennsylvania  debt such as  electorate
approved  debt or debt  issued  to  rehabilitate  areas  affected  by  disaster.
However,  the former may be incurred  only after the  enactment  of  legislation
calling for a referendum  and usually  specifying the purpose and amount of such
debt, followed by electoral approval.  Similarly,  debt issued to rehabilitate a
disaster  area must be  authorized  by  legislation  which sets the debt limits.
These  statutory  and  constitutional  limitations  imposed  on  bonds  are also
applicable to bond anticipation notes.
    

     Pennsylvania cannot use tax anticipation notes or any other form of debt to
fund budget deficits between fiscal years. All year-end  deficits must be funded
within the succeeding  fiscal year's budget.  Moreover,  the principal amount of
tax anticipation notes issued and outstanding for the account of a fund during a
fiscal year may not exceed 20 percent of that fund's estimated revenues for that
fiscal year.

   
     Moral  Obligations.  The debt of the  Pennsylvania  Housing  Finance Agency
("PHFA"),  a state agency which provides  housing for lower and moderate  income
families,  and  certain  obligations  of  The  Hospitals  and  Higher  Education
Facilities  Authority of Philadelphia  (the  "Hospitals  Authority") is the only
debt bearing  Pennsylvania's moral obligation.  PHFA's bonds, but not its notes,
are  partially  secured by a capital  reserve fund  required to be maintained by
PHFA in an amount equal to the maximum  annual debt  service on its  outstanding
bonds in any succeeding calendar year. If there is a potential deficiency in the
capital  reserve fund or if funds are  necessary  to avoid  default on interest,
principal or sinking fund payments on bonds or notes of PHFA,  the Governor must
place in Pennsylvania's budget for the next succeeding year an amount sufficient
to make up any such  deficiency or to avoid any such  default.  The budget which
the General  Assembly  adopts may or may not include  such  amount.  PHFA is not
permitted to borrow  additional  funds as long as any  deficiency  exists in the
capital  reserve fund. As of June 30, 1995, PHFA had $2,154 million of bonds and
notes outstanding.
    

     The Hospitals  Authority is a municipal  authority organized by the City of
Philadelphia (the "City") to, inter alia,  acquire and prepare various sites for
use as  intermediate  care  facilities  for the mentally  retarded.  In 1986 the
Hospitals  Authority issued $20.4 million of bonds,  which were refunded in 1993
by a $21.1  million  bond  issue  of the  Hospitals  Authority  (the  "Hospitals
Authority  Bonds") for such  facilities  for the City.  The Hospitals  Authority
Bonds are secured by leases with the City and a debt  service  reserve  fund for
which the  Pennsylvania  Department  of Public  Welfare (the  "Department")  has
agreed with the Hospitals Authority to request in the Department's annual budget
submission  to the  Governor,  an amount of funds  sufficient  to alleviate  any
deficiency  in the debt  service  reserve  fund that may  arise.  The  budget as
finally adopted may or may not include the amount  requested.  If funds are paid
to the Hospitals  Authority,  the  Department  will obtain certain rights in the
property financed with the Hospitals Authority Bonds in return for such payment.

   
     In  response  to a delay  in the  availability  of  billable  beds  and the
revenues from these beds to pay debt service on the Hospitals  Authority  Bonds,
PHFA  agreed in June 1989 to  provide a $2.2  million  low-interest  loan to the
Hospitals  Authority.  The loan enabled the Hospitals Authority to make all debt
service payments on the Hospitals  Authority Bonds during 1990. Enough beds were
completed in 1991 to provide sufficient  revenues to the Hospitals  Authority to
meet its debt service  payments and to begin  repaying the loan from PHFA. As of
June 30, 1995, $1.57 million of the loan was outstanding.
    


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     Other Commonwealth Obligations; Pensions. Other obligations of Pennsylvania
include long-term agreements with public authorities to make lease payments that
are in some cases pledged as security for those authorities'  revenue bonds, and
two pension plans  covering state public school and other  employees.  The total
unfunded  accrued  liability  under the  larger of these  pension  plans for its
fiscal year ended in 1994 was $3,797 million.

     Pennsylvania Agencies. Certain Pennsylvania-created agencies have statutory
authorization  to  incur  debt  for  which   legislation   providing  for  state
appropriations  to pay debt service  thereon is not required.  The debt of these
agencies is supported  solely by assets of, or revenues derived from the various
projects  financed  and is not an  obligation  of  Pennsylvania.  Some of  these
agencies,  however,  are  indirectly  dependent on  Pennsylvania  funds  through
various  state-assisted  programs.  There can be no assurance that in the future
assistance  of the  Commonwealth  will be  available  to these  agencies.  These
entities  are as follows:  The  Delaware  River  Joint Toll  Bridge  Commission,
Delaware  River  Port  Authority,  Pennsylvania  Energy  Development  Authority,
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, Pennsylvania Higher Educational
Facilities   Authority,    Pennsylvania    Industrial   Development   Authority,
Pennsylvania  Infrastructure Investment Authority, the Pennsylvania State Public
School  Building   Authority,   the  Pennsylvania   Turnpike   Commission,   the
Pennsylvania  Economic  Development  Financing  Authority  and the  Philadelphia
Regional Port Authority.

     Debt of  Political  Subdivisions  and their  Authorities.  The  ability  of
Pennsylvania's  political  subdivisions,  such as  counties,  cities  and school
districts, to engage in general obligation borrowing without electorate approval
is generally  limited by their recent revenue  collection  experience,  although
generally such subdivisions can levy real property taxes unlimited as to rate or
amount to repay general obligation  borrowings.  Recent  legislation  authorizes
these subdivisions to engage in general  obligation  borrowings without limit as
to principal amount to fund unfunded accrued pension liabilities.

     Political  subdivisions can issue revenue obligations which will not affect
their  general  obligation   borrowing  capacity,   but  only  if  such  revenue
obligations  are either  limited as to repayment  from a certain type of revenue
other than tax revenues or projected to be repaid solely from project revenues.

     Industrial  development  and  municipal  authorities,  although  created by
political  subdivisions,  can only issue  obligations  payable  solely  from the
revenues  derived  from the  financed  project.  If the user of the project is a
political  subdivision,  that  subdivision's  full faith and credit may back the
repayment  of  the  obligations  of  the  industrial  development  or  municipal
authority.  Often the user of the project is a nongovernmental entity, such as a
not-for-profit  hospital  or  university,  a  public  utility  or an  industrial
corporation,  and there  can be no  assurance  that it will  meet its  financial
obligations or that the pledge,  if any, of property  financed will be adequate.
Factors affecting the business of the user of the project,  such as governmental
efforts  to control  health  care  costs (in the case of  hospitals),  declining
enrollment and reductions in governmental  financial  assistance (in the case of
universities),  increasing  capital and  operating  costs (in the case of public
utilities) and economic  slowdowns (in the case of industrial  corporations) may
adversely  affect the  ability of the  project  user to pay the debt  service on
revenue bonds issued on its behalf.

     Many factors  affect the financial  condition of the  Commonwealth  and its
counties,  cities,  school districts and other political  subdivisions,  such as
social,  environmental and economic conditions, many of which are not within the
control of such  entities.  As is the case with many states and cities,  many of
the programs of the  Commonwealth and its political  subdivisions,  particularly
human services programs,  depend in part upon federal  reimbursements which have
been steadily  declining.  In recent years the  Commonwealth  and various of its
political subdivisions  (including particularly the City of Philadelphia and the
City of Scranton) have encountered financial difficulty due to a slowdown in the
pace of economic activity in the Commonwealth and to other factors.  The Fund is
unable to predict what  effect,  if any,  such factors  would have on the Fund's
investments.

                              FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

   
     The Annual Report to  Shareholders  for the fiscal year ended September 30,
1995 is incorporated by reference into this Statement of Additional Information.
The  Annual  Report  contains a schedule  of the  investments  of the Fund as of
September 30, 1995, as well as certain other  financial  information  as of that
date.  The Annual  Report will be furnished  without  charge,  to investors  who
request copies of the Fund's Statement of Additional Information.
    


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                                   APPENDIX A

   
Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's")
Tax-Exempt Bonds
    

     Aaa:  Tax-Exempt  bonds  which are  rated Aaa are  judged to be of the best
quality.  They carry the smallest degree of investment risk.  Interest  payments
are protected by a large or by an  exceptionally  stable margin and principal is
secure. While the various protective elements are likely to change, such changes
as can be  visualized  are most  unlikely  to impair  the  fundamentally  strong
position of such issues.

     Aa: Tax-exempt bonds which are rated Aa are judged to be of high quality by
all  standards.  Together  with the Aaa group they  comprise  what are generally
known as high grade bonds.  They are rated lower than Aaa bonds because  margins
of protection may not be as large or  fluctuation of protective  elements may be
of  greater  amplitude  or there may be other  elements  present  which make the
long-term risks appear somewhat larger than in Aaa securities.

     A:  Tax-exempt  bonds which are rated A possess many  favorable  investment
attributes and are to be considered as upper medium grade  obligations.  Factors
giving  security to principal and interest are considered  adequate but elements
may be present which  suggest a  susceptibility  to  impairment  sometime in the
future.

     Baa:  Tax-exempt  bonds which are rated Baa are  considered as medium grade
obligations,  i.e.,  they are  neither  highly  protected  nor  poorly  secured.
Interest  payments and principal  security  appear  adequate for the present but
certain  protective  elements  may  be  characteristically  lacking  or  may  be
unreliable over any great length of time. Such bonds lack outstanding investment
characteristics and in fact may have speculative characteristics as well.

     Ba:  Tax-exempt  bonds  which are rated Ba are  judged to have  speculative
elements;  their  future  cannot  be  considered  as  well-assured.   Often  the
protection of interest and principal payments may be very moderate,  and thereby
not  well  safeguarded  during  other  good  and  bad  times  over  the  future.
Uncertainty of position characterizes bonds in this class.

     B: Tax-exempt bonds which are rated B generally lack characteristics of the
desirable  investment.  Assurance  of  interest  and  principal  payments  or of
maintenance  of other terms of the contract  over any long period of time may be
small.

     Caa: Tax-exempt bonds which are rated Caa are of poor standing. Such issues
may be in default or there may be present  elements  of danger  with  respect to
principal or interest.

     Ca:  Tax-exempt  bonds which are rated Ca represent  obligations  which are
speculative  in high  degree.  Such  issues  are often in  default or have other
marked shortcomings.

     C: Tax-exempt  bonds which are rated C are the lowest rated class of bonds,
and issues so rated can be regarded as having  extremely  poor prospects of ever
attaining any real investment standing.

     Moody's  applies  numerical  modifiers (1, 2 and 3) in each generic  rating
classification  from Aa  through B in its  corporate  bond  rating  system.  The
modifier 1 indicates  that the  security  ranks in the higher end of its generic
rating  category;  modifier 2  indicates  a mid-range  ranking;  and  modifier 3
indicates that the issuer ranks in the lower end of its generic rating category.


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Tax-Exempt Notes

     Moody's  ratings  for  tax-exempt  notes  and  other  short-term  loans are
designated Moody's Investment Grade (MIG). This distinction is in recognition of
the differences  between short-term and long-term credit risk. Loans bearing the
designation  MIG 1 are  of the  best  quality,  enjoying  strong  protection  by
established  cash  flows of funds  for their  servicing  or by  established  and
broad-based access to the market for refinancing.  Loans bearing the designation
MIG 2 are of high  quality,  with margins of  protection  ample  although not so
large as in the  preceding  group.  Loans bearing the  designation  MIG 3 are of
favorable  quality,  with all security  elements  accounted  for but lacking the
undeniable  strength of the preceding  grades.  Market access for refinancing in
particular, is likely to be less well established. Notes bearing the designation
MIG 4 are judged to be of adequate  quality,  carrying  specific risk but having
protection  commonly  regarded  as required of an  investment  security  and not
distinctly or predominantly speculative.

Commercial Paper

     Moody's  Commercial Paper Ratings are opinions of the ability of issuers to
repay  punctually  promissory  senior  debt  obligations  not having an original
maturity in excess of one year.  Issuers rated  "Prime-1" or "P-1" indicates the
highest quality repayment capacity of the rated issue.

     The  designation  "Prime-2" or "P-2" indicates that the issuer has a strong
capacity for repayment of senior  short-term  promissory  obligations.  Earnings
trends and  coverage  ratios,  while sound,  may be more  subject to  variation.
Capitalization characteristics, while still appropriate, may be more affected by
external conditions. Ample alternative liquidity is maintained.

     The  designation  "Prime-3"  or  "P-3"  indicates  that the  issuer  has an
acceptable  capacity for repayment of  short-term  promissory  obligations.  The
effect  of  industry   characteristics  and  market  compositions  may  be  more
pronounced.  Variability in earnings and  profitability may result in changes in
the  level of debt  protection  measurements  and may  require  relatively  high
financial leverage. Adequate alternate liquidity is maintained.

     Issues  rated  "Not  Prime"  do not fall  within  any of the  Prime  rating
categories.

Standard & Poor's Corporation ("S&P")

Tax-Exempt Bonds

     AAA: Tax-exempt bonds rated AAA are highest grade obligations.  Capacity to
pay interest and repay principal is extremely strong.

     AA:  Tax-exempt  bonds  rated AA have a very high degree of safety and very
strong  capacity to pay interest and repay principal and differ from the highest
rated issues only in small degree.

     A: Tax-exempt bonds rated A are regarded as upper medium grade. They have a
strong  degree  of safety  and  capacity  to pay  interest  and repay  principal
although  they are  somewhat  more  susceptible  in the long term to the adverse
effects of changes in circumstances and economic  conditions than debt in higher
rated categories.

     BBB:  Tax-exempt  bonds  rated BBB are  regarded  as having a  satisfactory
degree of safety and capacity to pay interest and re-pay principal. Whereas they
normally exhibit adequate protection parameters,  adverse economic conditions or
changing  circumstances  are more  likely to lead to a weakened  capacity to pay
interest  and  re-pay  principal  for bonds in this  category  than for bonds in
higher rated categories.

     BB, B, CCC, CC:  Tax-exempt bonds rated BB, B, CCC and CC are regarded,  on
balance,  as predominantly  speculative with respect to capacity to pay interest
and pre-pay principal in accordance with the terms of the bond. BB indicates the
lowest degree of  speculation  and CC the highest degree of  speculation.  While
such bonds will likely have some quality and protective  characteristics,  these
are  outweighed  by  large  uncertainties  or major  risk  exposure  to  adverse
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     C: The rating C is reserved  for income bonds on which no interest is being
paid.

     D: Bonds rated D are in default,  and payment of interest and/or  repayment
of principal is in arrears.

     NR: Indicates that no rating has been requested, that there is insufficient
information  on which to base a  rating  or that S&P does not rate a  particular
type of bond as a matter of policy.

Municipal Notes

     SP-1: Very strong or strong  capacity to pay principal and interest.  Those
issues determined to possess overwhelming safety characteristics will be given a
plus (+) designation.

     SP-2: Satisfactory capacity to pay principal and interest.

Commercial Paper

     S&P Commercial  Paper ratings are current  assessments of the likelihood of
timely payment of debts having an original maturity of no more than 365 days.

     A-1:  The A-1  designation  indicates  that the degree of safety  regarding
timely payment is very strong.

     A-2:  Capacity  for  timely  payment  on issues  with this  designation  is
satisfactory.  However,  the  relative  degree  of  safety is not as high as for
issues designated "A-1".

     A-3: Issues  carrying this  designation  have adequate  capacity for timely
payment. They are, however, more vulnerable to the adverse effects of changes in
circumstances than obligations carrying the higher designations.

     B: Issues rated "B" are regarded as having only a speculative  capacity for
timely payment.

     C: This rating is assigned to short-term debt  obligations  with a doubtful
capacity of payment.

     D: Debt rated "D" is in payment default.

     NR: Indicates that no rating has been requested, that there is insufficient
information  on which to base a  rating  or that S&P does not rate a  particular
type of bond as a matter of policy.

     The ratings  assigned by S&P may be modified by the  addition of a plus (+)
or minus (-) sign to show relative standing within its major rating categories.

                                   APPENDIX B

                 HISTORY OF J. & W. SELIGMAN & CO. INCORPORATED

     Seligman's  beginnings date back to 1837, when Joseph Seligman,  the oldest
of eight  brothers,  arrived in the United  States from  Germany.  He earned his
living as a pack peddler in  Pennsylvania,  and began  sending for his brothers.
The Seligmans became successful merchants,  establishing businesses in the South
and East.

     Backed by nearly thirty years of business success - culminating in the sale
of government  securities to help finance the Civil War - Joseph Seligman,  with
his brothers,  established the international banking and investment firm of J. &
W.  Seligman & Co. In the years that  followed,  the Seligman  Complex  played a
major role in the  geographical  expansion  and  industrial  development  of the
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The Seligman Complex:

 ...Prior to 1900

o    Helps finance America's fledgling railroads through underwritings.
o    Is admitted to the New York Stock  Exchange  in 1869.  Seligman  remained a
     member of the NYSE until 1993,  when the  evolution of its business made it
     unnecessary.
o    Becomes a prominent underwriter of corporate securities, including New York
     Mutual Gas Light Company, later part of Consolidated Edison.
o    Provides financial  assistance to Mary Todd Lincoln and urges the Senate to
     award her a pension.
o    Is appointed U.S. Navy fiscal agent by President Grant.
o    Becomes a leader in raising  capital  for  America's  industrial  and urban
     development.

 ...1900-1910

o    Helps Congress finance the building of the Panama Canal.

 ...1910s

o    Participates  in  raising  billions  for Great  Britain,  France and Italy,
     helping to finance World War I.

 ...1920s

o    Participates  in hundreds of successful  underwritings  including those for
     some  of the  Country's  largest  companies:  Briggs  Manufacturing,  Dodge
     Brothers, General Motors,  Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulatory Company, Maytag
     Company, United Artists Theater Circuit and Victor Talking Machine Company.
o    Forms  Tri-Continental  Corporation  in 1929,  today the nation's  largest,
     diversified  closed-end equity investment company,  with over $2 billion in
     assets and one of its oldest.

 ...1930s

o    Assumes  management of Broad Street  Investing  Co. Inc.,  its first mutual
     fund, today known as Seligman Common Stock Fund, Inc.
o    Establishes Investment Advisory Service.

 ...1940s

o    Helps shape the Investment Company Act of 1940.
o    Leads in the  purchase  and  subsequent  sale to the public of Newport News
     Shipbuilding  and  Dry  Dock  Company,  a  prototype  transaction  for  the
     investment banking industry.
o    Assumes management of National Investors Corporation, today Seligman Growth
     Fund, Inc.
o    Establishes Whitehall Fund, Inc., today Seligman Income Fund, Inc.

 ...1950-1989

o    Develops new open-end  investment  companies.  Today,  manages more than 40
     mutual fund portfolios.
o    Helps  pioneer  state-specific,  tax-exempt  municipal  bond  funds,  today
     managing a national and 18 state-specific tax-exempt funds.
o    Establishes J. & W. Seligman Trust Company and J. & W. Seligman  Valuations
     Corporation.
o    Establishes  Seligman  Portfolios,  Inc.,  an  investment  vehicle  offered
     through variable annuity products.


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 ...1990s

o    Introduces  Seligman  Select  Municipal  Fund,  Inc. and  Seligman  Quality
     Municipal  Fund,  Inc.,  two  closed-end  funds that invest in high quality
     municipal bonds.

o    In 1991  establishes a joint venture with  Henderson  Administration  Group
     plc, of London, known as Seligman Henderson Co., to offer global investment
     products.

o    Introduces  Seligman  Frontier Fund,  Inc., a small  capitalization  mutual
     fund.

o    Launches  Seligman  Henderson Global Fund Series,  Inc., which today offers
     four separate  series:  Seligman  Henderson  International  Fund,  Seligman
     Henderson  Global  Smaller  Companies  Fund,   Seligman   Henderson  Global
     Technology Fund, and Seligman Henderson Global Growth Opportunities Fund.
    


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Seligman
Pennsylvania
Tax-Exempt
Fund
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10th Annual Report
September 30, 1995


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To the Shareholders

We are pleased to update you on Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-
Exempt Fund for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1995.

     During the past 12 months, total dividends for Class A
shares were $0.381 per share. Net asset value of Class A
shares was $7.79 per share on September 30, up from $7.55 a
year ago. For Class D shares, total dividends were $0.309
per share. Net asset value of Class D shares was $7.78 per
share on September 30, up from $7.54 a year ago. A capital
gain distribution of $0.131 per share was paid on November
17, 1994, to Class A and D shareholders of record November
10, 1994.

   The past 12 months have been a particularly turbulent period
for fixed-income markets. During the fourth quarter of 1994,
a strengthening economy continued to fuel fears of an
acceleration in the inflation rate. By mid-November,
municipal bond yields had climbed to their highest levels
since 1991. Investors, until now conspicuous by their
absence, were attracted by higher yields and cautiously
began buying. The municipal market, however, was still
trying to absorb an oversupply of inventory as well as
attempting to overcome the aftershocks of the Orange County,
California, debacle and thus improved at a slower rate than
the U.S. Treasury market. As 1994 came to a close, the bond
market recovery was firmly under way. The Federal Reserve
Board's (FRB) decision on February 1 to once again raise the
federal funds rate helped to sustain the rally by boosting
investor confidence in the FRB's ability to contain
inflation.

   The U.S. economy finally began to exhibit signs of
moderating during the second quarter of 1995, spurring
further declines in long-term yields. The FRB, encouraged by
economic reports, voted on July 6 to lower the federal funds
rate in order to minimize the risk of a recession. While the
bond markets initially reacted positively to this news, it
wasn't long before the next round of economic reports proved
surprisingly robust, prompting speculation that the economy
was not as weak as believed. Long-term yields reversed their
decline and spiked sharply, dashing hopes of an imminent FRB
easing. The municipal market began to improve in late August
as signs of economic strength abated. By September 30, long-
term yields were essentially unchanged from a year ago.

   For much of the past year, municipal market participants
have been focusing on tax reform legislation. Investors,
concerned about the impact on the tax-exempt status of
municipal securities, have been demanding higher yields as
compensation. Currently, long-term municipal bonds, compared
with taxable bonds, are the most attractive they have been
all year.

   A discussion with your Portfolio Manager about your Fund,
along with highlights of performance, long-term investment
results, portfolio holdings, and financial statements,
follows this letter.

   For any additional information about Seligman Pennsylvania
Tax-Exempt Fund, or your investment in its shares, please
write or call using the toll-free telephone numbers listed
on page 15 of this report.

By order of the Trustees,

/s/ William C. Morris
William C. Morris
Chairman

                                            /s/ Brian T. Zino
                                            Brian T. Zino
                                            President
November 3, 1995
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt Fund

Highlights  September 30, 1995         Class A                Class D
<S>                                   <C>                    <C>
Net Assets (in thousands)             $33,251                  $426
Yield*                                   4.25%                 3.70%
Dividends**                            $0.381                $0.309
Capital Gain Distributions**           $0.131                $0.131
Net asset value per share               $7.79                 $7.78
Maximum offering price per share        $8.18                 $7.78
Moody's/S&P Ratings+
Aaa/AAA                                             69%
Aa/AA                                               22
A/A                                                  7
Baa/BBB                                              2
Holdings by Market Sector+
Revenue Bonds                                       83%
General Obligation Bonds                            17
Weighted Average Maturity (years)                 23.6

 *Current yield representing the annualized yield for the 30-
  day period ended September 30, 1995.

**Represents per share amount paid or declared during the
  year ended September 30, 1995.

+Percentages based on current market value of long-term holdings.

Note: The yields have been computed in accordance with
current SEC regulations and will vary, and the principal
value of an investment will fluctuate. Shares, if redeemed,
may be worth more or less than their original cost. A small
portion of the Fund's income dividends may be subject to
applicable state and local taxes, and to the federal
alternative minimum tax. Past performance is not indicative
of future investment results.

</TABLE>


<PAGE>

Annual Performance Overview

The following is a biography of your Portfolio Manager, a
discussion with him regarding Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-
Exempt Fund, and a chart and table comparing your Fund's
performance to the performance of the Lehman Brothers
Municipal Bond Index.

Your Portfolio Manager

(Photo of Thomas G. Moles goes here)

Thomas G. Moles is a Managing Director of J. & W. Seligman &
Co. Incorporated, as well as President and Senior Portfolio
Manager of Seligman Select Municipal Fund and Seligman
Quality Municipal Fund, and Vice President and Senior
Portfolio Manager of the Seligman tax-exempt mutual funds
which include 19 separate portfolios. He is responsible for
more than $2 billion in tax-exempt securities. Mr. Moles,
with more than 25 years of experience, has spearheaded
Seligman's tax-exempt efforts since joining the firm in
1983.

Factors Affecting Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt Fund
"In general, the investment environment for municipal
securities in 1995 was much more advantageous than in 1994.
Looking back, interest rates continued to move higher during
the fourth quarter of 1994 as negative market sentiment
prevailed. The net asset values on long-term municipal bond
mutual funds, including your Fund, declined as a result. The
municipal market was further impacted by the Orange County,
California, bankruptcy, which undermined confidence in the
market.

"During the first half of 1995, yields on municipal bonds
trended lower as the economy exhibited signs of moderating.
The municipal market, however, underperformed the U.S.
Treasury market due to concerns regarding tax reform. During
the third quarter, stronger-than-expected economic reports
caused a brief spike in interest rates. By September 30,
however, the overall decline in long-term yields over the
past 12 months had caused the net asset value of your Fund
to improve."

Your Manager's Investment Strategy
"For much of the past year, there has been little difference
between yields on 20-year and 30-year municipal bonds. We
took advantage of the narrow yield spread and shortened
maturities where opportunities allowed. By implementing this
strategy, the Fund was able to maintain yields while
lessening volatility.

"As the bond market gradually improved, your Fund assumed a
less defensive posture. Shorter-term prerefunded positions
were reduced and replaced with long-term bonds, as long-term
bonds generally realize greater price appreciation than
shorter-term bonds in a declining interest rate environment.

"The Fund continues to concentrate new purchases in higher-
quality municipal bonds. The market has not been offering
enough of an additional yield on lower-rated bonds to
compensate for their increased risk. In addition, the Fund
has focused on bonds issued to provide for essential
services, such as water and sewer facilities, transportation
projects, etc. These bonds generally offer increased
security because revenues derived from the projects are
often pledged as repayment for the principal and interest on
the bonds."

Looking Ahead
"The municipal market faces many challenges in the months to
come. With the Federal government shifting more and more
responsibilities to individual states, we are concerned
about the impact on state budgets. Additionally, the
possibility exists that future tax reform legislation may
affect the tax-exempt status of municipal securities. At
present, however, tax reform is not a consideration in our
decision making process. We will continue to stay abreast of
the latest developments and adjust our strategy accordingly.
Despite the challenges, we remain optimistic about the
prospects for the municipal market. We believe a moderating
economy and a vigilant Federal Reserve Board should keep
inflation in check and prevent a repeat of the dramatic
interest rate increases that occurred in 1994."

<PAGE>


Performance Comparison Chart and Table       September 30, 1995

This chart compares a $10,000 hypothetical investment made
in Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt Fund Class A shares,
with and without the maximum initial sales charge of 4.75%,
since inception on July 15, 1986, through September 30,
1995, to a $10,000 hypothetical investment made in the
Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index (Lehman Index) for the
same periods. The performance of Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-
Exempt Fund Class D shares is not shown in this chart but is
included in the table below. It is important to keep in mind
that the Lehman Index excludes the effects of any fees or
sales charges, and does not reflect state-specific bond
market performance.


(The following table is the source data for the line chart which appears
at this point in the printed document. This table is not part of the 
original printed document and is shown for reference only. The same is 
also true for this descriptive paragraph.)

Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt Fund
Class A

                  with            without
               sales charge    sales charge     Lehman Index
7/15/86        $9,520.00       $10,000.00       $10,000.00
9/30/86       $10,204.55       $10,719.07       $10,473.92
12/31/86      $10,568.00       $11,100.84       $10,835.89
3/31/87       $10,837.64       $11,384.07       $11,098.18
6/30/87       $10,276.72       $10,794.87       $10,796.94
9/30/87        $9,774.93       $10,267.79       $10,528.56
12/31/87      $10,418.05       $10,943.33       $10,999.02
3/31/88       $10,773.33       $11,316.53       $11,377.10
6/30/88       $11,057.96       $11,615.51       $11,597.66
9/30/88       $11,358.46       $11,931.16       $11,895.03
12/31/88      $11,709.59       $12,300.00       $12,116.79
3/31/89       $11,790.00       $12,384.46       $12,197.03
6/30/89       $12,475.67       $13,104.71       $12,919.03
9/30/89       $12,440.88       $13,068.17       $12,928.02
12/31/89      $12,908.65       $13,559.53       $13,424.05
3/31/90       $12,869.35       $13,518.25       $13,484.18
6/30/90       $13,154.06       $13,817.31       $13,799.02
9/30/90       $12,955.17       $13,608.38       $13,807.10
12/31/90      $13,598.54       $14,284.20       $14,402.64
3/31/91       $13,805.08       $14,501.15       $14,728.21
6/30/91       $14,132.93       $14,845.53       $15,042.60
9/30/91       $14,690.70       $15,431.42       $15,627.20
12/31/91      $15,133.90       $15,896.97       $16,151.16
3/31/92       $15,181.72       $15,947.18       $16,199.15
6/30/92       $15,778.96       $16,574.54       $16,813.15
9/30/92       $16,165.76       $16,980.84       $17,260.52
12/31/92      $16,544.96       $17,379.16       $17,574.57
3/31/93       $17,177.21       $18,043.29       $18,227.31
6/30/93       $17,824.18       $18,722.88       $18,823.70
9/30/93       $18,543.15       $19,478.09       $19,459.94
12/31/93      $18,680.41       $19,622.28       $19,733.69
3/31/94       $17,485.45       $18,367.07       $18,650.42
6/30/94       $17,577.83       $18,464.10       $18,855.73
9/30/94       $17,615.29       $18,503.44       $18,984.94
12/31/94      $17,368.14       $18,243.84       $18,713.64
3/31/95       $18,686.54       $19,628.70       $20,035.81
6/30/95       $19,090.12       $20,052.65       $20,518.43
9/30/95       $19,474.72       $20,456.63       $21,108.36


The table below shows the average annual total returns for
the one-year, five-year, and since-inception periods through
September 30, 1995, for Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt
Fund Class A shares, with and without the maximum initial
sales charge of 4.75%, and the Lehman Index. Also included
in the table are the average annual total returns for the
one-year and since-inception periods through September 30,
1995, for Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt Fund Class D
shares, with and without the effect of the 1% contingent
deferred sales load ("CDSL") imposed on shares redeemed
within one year of purchase, and the Lehman Index.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Average Annual Total Returns
                                                           Since                                               Since
                                    One       Five       Inception                                 One       Inception
                                    Year      Years       7/15/86                                 Year        2/1/94
                                  --------   --------   -----------                              --------   -----------
<S>                               <C>        <C>        <C>          <C>                        <C>         <C>
Seligman Pennsylvania                                                 Seligman Pennsylvania
Tax-Exempt Fund                                                       Tax-Exempt Fund
  Class A with Sales Charge        5.26%     7.43%       7.50%          Class D with CDSL         8.53%       n/a
  Class A without Sales Charge    10.55      8.49        8.08           Class D without CDSL      9.53       0.79%
Lehman Index                      11.18      8.86        8.49*        Lehman Index               11.18       3.43
*From 7/31/86.

</TABLE>

The performance of Class D shares will be greater than or
less than the performance shown for Class A shares, based on
the differences in sales charges and fees paid by
shareholders. Performance data quoted represent changes in
prices and assume that all distributions within the periods
are invested in additional shares. The investment return and
principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that
shares, if redeemed, may be worth more or less than their
original cost. Past performance is not indicative of future
investment results.
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Portfolio of Investments                                                                                        September 30, 1995

Face                                                                                                  Rating              Market
Amount                                  Municipal Bonds                                            Moody's/S&P+           Value
- --------                                ----------------                                          --------------       -------------
<C>            <S>                                                                                   <C>                <C>
$1,500,000   Allegheny County, PA Airport Rev. (Greater Pittsburgh International Airport),
               6.80% due 1/1/2010*                                                                   Aaa/AAA            $ 1,628,220
 1,000,000   Berks County Municipal Authority, PA Hospital Rev. (The Reading Hospital & Medical
               Center Project), 5.70% due 10/1/2014                                                  Aaa/AAA                986,300
 1,000,000   Berks County Municipal Authority, PA Hospital Rev. (The Reading Hospital & Medical
               Center Project), 6.10% due 10/1/2023                                                  Aaa/AAA              1,003,170
 1,000,000   Delaware County Authority, PA (Haverford College Rev.), 5.50% due 11/15/2023            Aaa/AAA                936,230
 1,000,000   Delaware County Industrial Development Authority, PA
               (Philadelphia Suburban Water Company), 6.35% due 8/15/2025*                           Aaa/AAA              1,015,740
 1,000,000   Delaware County, PA G.O.'s, 6% due 11/15/2022                                           Aa/AA                  994,600
 1,000,000   Franklin County, PA Industrial Development Authority Hospital Rev. (The Chambersburg
               Hospital Project), 6.25% due 7/1/2022                                                 Aaa/AAA              1,020,130
 1,000,000   Lehigh County, PA G.O.'s, 6.90% due 8/1/2011                                            Aaa/AAA              1,120,290
 1,750,000   Lehigh County, PA Industrial Development Authority Pollution Control Rev.
              (Pennsylvania Power & Light Company Project), 6.40% due 11/1/2021                      Aaa/AAA              1,795,903
   500,000   Montgomery County, PA Industrial Development Authority Pollution Control Rev.
              (Philadelphia Electric Co.), 7.60% due 4/1/2021*                                       Baa2/BBB+              541,070
 2,000,000   Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency Student Loan Rev.,
               6.40% due 3/1/2022*                                                                   Aaa/AAA              2,020,140
 2,000,000   Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority Rev. (Temple University),
               6.50% due 4/1/2021                                                                    Aaa/AAA              2,089,140
 2,000,000   Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (Single Family Mortgage Rev.
               5.45% due 10/1/2017                                                                   Aa/AA                1,841,400
 1,800,000   Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (Rental Housing Rev.), 6.50% due 7/1/2023           Aaa/AAA              1,841,940
 2,000,000   Pennsylvania State G.O.'s, 6.50% due 11/15/2011                                         A1/AA-               2,122,040
 1,500,000   Pennsylvania State Turnpike Commission Rev., 6% due 12/1/2017                           Aaa/AAA              1,502,985
 2,500,000   Philadelphia Hospitals & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, PA Hospital Rev.
              (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Project), 5% due 2/15/2021                        Aa/AA                2,127,125
 1,500,000   Philadelphia, PA Airport Rev., 6.10% due 6/15/2025*                                     Aaa/AAA              1,487,625
 1,000,000   Philadelphia, PA Gas Works Rev., 7% due 5/15/2020                                       Aaa/AAA              1,191,790
   450,000   Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, PA (Home Mortgage Rev.), 9% due 6/1/2017          NR/AA                  472,009
 1,500,000   Pittsburgh, PA Water & Sewer Authority Rev., 5.65% due 9/1/2025                         Aaa/AAA              1,449,540
 2,000,000   Pottsville Hospital Authority, PA Hospital Rev. (Daughters of Charity National
               Health System--Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center), 5% due 8/15/2012              Aa/NR                1,811,080
 1,500,000   University of Pittsburgh Capital Project, 6.125% due 6/1/2021                           Aaa/AAA              1,515,390
                                                                                                                        -----------
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $31,714,505)--96.5%                                                                          32,513,857
Variable Rate Demand Notes (Cost $500,000)--1.5%                                                                            500,000
Other Assets Less Liabilities--2.0%                                                                                         662,811
                                                                                                                        -----------
NET ASSETS--100.0%                                                                                                      $33,676,668
                                                                                                                        ===========

- ----------------
*Interest income earned from this security is subject to the federal alternative minimum tax.
+Ratings have not been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP.
See notes to financial statements.

</TABLE>

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Statement of Assets and Liabilities                                                                              September 30, 1995
<S>                                                                                         <C>               <C>
Assets :
Investments, at value:
  Long-term holdings (cost $31,714,505)                                                      $32,513,857
  Short-term holdings (cost $500,000)                                                            500,000       $33,013,857
                                                                                             -----------       
Cash                                                                                                               204,504
Interest receivable                                                                                                612,500
Expenses prepaid to shareholder service agent                                                                       19,729
                                                                                                               -----------
Total Assets                                                                                                    33,850,590
                                                                                                               -----------     
Liabilities:
Dividends payable                                                                                                   55,710
Payable for Shares of Beneficial Interest repurchased                                                               25,752
Accrued expenses, taxes, and other                                                                                  92,460
                                                                                                               -----------
Total Liabilities                                                                                                  173,922
                                                                                                               -----------
Net Assets                                                                                                     $33,676,668
                                                                                                              ============

Composition of Net Assets:
Shares of Beneficial Interest, at par ($.001 par value; unlimited shares authorized;
   4,323,372 shares outstanding):
   Class A                                                                                                     $     4,269
   Class D                                                                                                              55
Additional paid-in capital                                                                                      32,473,885
Undistributed net realized gain                                                                                    399,107
Net unrealized appreciation of investments                                                                         799,352
                                                                                                               -----------
Net Assets                                                                                                     $33,676,668
                                                                                                               ===========

Net Asset Value per share:
   Class A ($33,250,511 (divided by) 4,268,629 shares)                                                               $7.79
                                                                                                                     =====
   Class D ($426,157 (divided by) 54,743 shares)                                                                     $7.78
                                                                                                                     =====

- ----------------
See notes to financial statements.

</TABLE>


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Statement of Operations                                       For the year ended September 30, 1995
<S>                                                                <C>              <C>
Investment income:
Interest                                                                            $2,113,191

Expenses:
Management fee                                                     $  168,672
Distribution and service fees                                          76,187
Shareholder account services                                           57,326
Auditing and legal fees                                                36,395
Custody and related services                                           27,558
Trustees' fees and expenses                                            23,195
Shareholder reports and communications                                 12,435
Registration                                                            3,761
Miscellaneous                                                           5,940
                                                                   ----------
Total expenses                                                                         411,469
                                                                                    ----------
Net investment income                                                                1,701,722

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments:
Net realized gain on investments                                      402,850
Net change in unrealized depreciation of investments                1,230,484
                                                                   ----------

Net gain on investments                                                              1,633,334
                                                                                    ----------
Increase in net assets from operations                                              $3,335,056
                                                                                    ==========

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See notes to financial statements.

</TABLE>
<PAGE>


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Statements of Changes in Net Assets                                              Year Ended September 30
                                                                             -------------------------------
                                                                                  1995             1994
                                                                              -------------    -------------
<S>                                                                             <C>              <C>
Operations:
Net investment income                                                           $ 1,701,722      $ 1,869,838
Net realized gain on investments                                                    402,850          601,610
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments                 1,230,484       (4,456,835)
                                                                                -----------      -----------
Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations                                 3,335,056       (1,985,387)
                                                                                -----------      -----------

Distributions to shareholders:
Net investment income:
  Class A                                                                        (1,694,167)      (1,867,544)
  Class D                                                                            (7,555)          (2,294)
Net realized gain on investments:
  Class A                                                                          (600,438)      (1,252,721)
  Class D                                                                              (820)              --
                                                                                -----------      -----------
Decrease in net assets from distributions                                        (2,302,980)      (3,122,559)
                                                                                -----------      -----------

<CAPTION>
                                                            Shares
                                                   --------------------------
Transactions in Shares                              Year ended September 30
  of Beneficial Interest:*                         --------------------------
                                                      1995           1994
                                                   -----------    -----------
<S>                                                <C>             <C>          <C>              <C>
Net proceeds from sale of shares:
  Class A                                           106,330         135,693         804,851        1,087,069
  Class D                                            49,571          13,776         382,449          109,993
Shares issued in payment of dividends:
  Class A                                           121,691         128,868         917,938        1,027,943
  Class D                                               706             177           5,454            1,367
Exchanged from associated Funds:
  Class A                                            31,638          47,776         235,025          384,668
  Class D                                             1,759              --          13,441               --
Shares issued in payment of gain distributions:
  Class A                                            59,014          99,772         406,603          819,130
  Class D                                                72              --             498               --
                                                   --------        --------     -----------      -----------
Total                                               370,781         426,062       2,766,259        3,430,170
                                                   --------        --------     -----------      -----------

Cost of shares repurchased:
  Class A                                          (656,287)       (523,413)     (4,898,866)      (4,152,902)
  Class D                                            (3,075)         (8,243)        (23,950)         (62,980)
Exchanged into associated Funds--Class A            (24,434)        (52,019)       (184,951)        (416,602)
                                                   --------        --------     -----------      -----------
Total                                              (683,796)       (583,675)     (5,107,767)      (4,632,484)
                                                   --------        --------     -----------      -----------
Decrease in net assets from transactions
  in Shares of Beneficial Interest                 (313,015)       (157,613)     (2,341,508)      (1,202,314)
                                                   ========        ========     -----------      -----------
Decrease in net assets                                                           (1,309,432)      (6,310,260)
Net Assets:
Beginning of year                                                                34,986,100       41,296,360
                                                                                -----------      -----------
End of year                                                                     $33,676,668      $34,986,100
                                                                                ===========      ===========

- ----------------
*The Fund began offering Class D shares on February 1, 1994.
See notes to financial statements.

</TABLE>

<PAGE>

Notes to Financial Statements

1. Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt Fund (the "Fund")
offers two classes of shares. All shares existing prior to
February 1, 1994 were classified as Class A shares. Class A
shares are sold with an initial sales charge of up to 4.75%
and a continuing service fee of up to 0.25% on an annual
basis. Class D shares are sold without an initial sales
charge but are subject to a distribution fee of up to 0.75%
and a service fee of up to 0.25% on an annual basis, and a
contingent deferred sales load ("CDSL") of 1% imposed on
certain redemptions made within one year of purchase. The
two classes of shares represent interests in the same
portfolio of investments, have the same rights and are
generally identical in all respects except that each class
bears its separate distribution and certain class expenses
and has exclusive voting rights with respect to any matter
to which a separate vote of any class is required.

2. Significant accounting policies followed, all in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles,
are given below:
a. All tax-exempt securities and other short-term holdings
   maturing in more than 60 days are valued based upon
   quotations provided by an independent pricing service or, in
   their absence, at fair value determined in accordance with
   procedures adopted by the Trustees. Short-term holdings
   maturing in 60 days or less are generally valued at
   amortized cost.

b. There is no provision for federal income or excise tax.
   The Fund has elected to be taxed as a regulated investment
   company and intends to distribute substantially all taxable
   net income and net gain realized. Dividends are declared
   daily and paid monthly.

c. Investment transactions are recorded on trade dates.
   Identified cost of investments sold is used for both
   financial statement and federal income tax purposes.
   Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. The Fund
   amortizes original issue discounts and premiums paid on
   purchases of portfolio securities. Discounts other than 
   original issue discounts are not amortized.

d. All income, expenses (other than class-specific
   expenses), and realized and unrealized gains or losses are
   allocated daily to each class of shares based upon the
   relative value of the shares of each class. Class-specific
   expenses, which include distribution and service fees and
   any other items that can be specifically attributed to a
   particular class, are charged directly to such class.

e. The treatment for financial statement purposes of
   distributions made during the year from net investment
   income or net realized gains may differ from their ultimate
   treatment for federal income tax purposes. These differences
   are caused primarily by differences in the timing of the
   recognition of certain components of income, expense, and
   capital gain for federal income tax purposes. Where such
   differences are permanent in nature, they are reclassified
   in the components of net assets based on their ultimate
   characterization for federal income tax purposes. Any such
   reclassifications will have no effect on net assets, results
   of operations or net asset value per share of the Fund.

3. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities, excluding
short-term investments, for the year ended September 30,
1995, amounted to $3,902,755 and $6,969,485, respectively.

   At September 30, 1995, the cost of investments for
federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as
the cost for financial reporting purposes, and the tax basis
gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of
investments amounted to $1,246,172 and $446,820,
respectively.

4. J. & W. Seligman & Co. Incorporated (the "Manager")
manages the affairs of the Fund and provides the necessary
personnel and facilities. Compensation of all officers of
the Fund, all trustees of the Fund who are employees or
consultants of the Manager, and all personnel of the Fund
and the Manager is paid by the Manager. The Manager's fee,
calculated daily and payable monthly, is equal to 0.50% per
annum of the Fund's average daily net assets.

   Seligman Financial Services, Inc. (the "Distributor"),
agent for the distribution of the Fund's shares and an
affiliate of the Manager, received concessions of $3,900
from the sale of Class A shares, after commissions of
$30,148 paid to dealers.

   The Fund has an Administration, Shareholder Services
and Distribution Plan (the "Plan") with respect to Class A
shares under which service organizations can enter into
agreements with the Distributor and receive a continuing fee
of up to 0.25% on an annual basis, payable quarterly, of the
average daily net assets of the Class A shares attributable
to the particular service organizations for providing
personal services and/or the maintenance of shareholder
accounts. The Distributor charges such fees to the Fund
pursuant to the Plan. For the year ended September 30, 1995,
fees paid aggregated $74,280, or 0.22% per annum of the
average daily net assets of Class A shares.

   The Fund has a Plan with respect to Class D shares
under which service organizations can enter into agreements
with the Distributor and receive a continuing fee for
providing personal services and/or the maintenance of
shareholder accounts of up to 0.25% on an annual basis of
the average daily net assets of the Class D shares for which
the organizations are responsible, and fees for providing
other distribution assistance of up to 0.75% on an annual
basis of such average daily net assets. Such fees are paid
monthly by the Fund to the Distributor pursuant to the Plan.
For the year ended September 30, 1995, fees paid amounted to
$1,907, or 1% per annum of the average daily net assets of
Class D shares.

   The Distributor is entitled to retain any CDSL imposed
on certain redemptions of Class D shares occurring within
one year of purchase. For the year ended September 30, 1995,
such charges amounted to $219.

   Effective April 1, 1995, Seligman Services, Inc., an
affiliate of the Manager, became eligible to receive
commissions from certain sales of Fund shares, as well as
distribution and service fees pursuant to the Plan. For the
period ended September 30, 1995, Seligman Services, Inc.
received commissions of $261 from sales of shares of the
Fund. Seligman Services, Inc. also received distribution and
service fees of $1,797, pursuant to the Plan.

   Seligman Data Corp., which is owned by certain
associated investment companies, charged at cost $57,326 for
shareholder account services.

   Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are officers
or directors of the Manager, the Distributor, Seligman
Services, Inc., and/or Seligman Data Corp.

   Fees of $8,000 were incurred by the Fund for the legal
services of Sullivan & Cromwell, a member of which firm is a
trustee of the Fund.

   The Fund has a compensation arrangement under which
trustees who receive fees may elect to defer receiving such
fees. Interest is accrued on the deferred balances. The cost
of such fees and interest is included in trustees' fees and
expenses, and the accumulated balance thereof at September
30, 1995, of $36,756 is included in other liabilities.
Deferred fees and related accrued interest are not
deductible for federal income tax purposes until such
amounts are paid.

5. Class-specific expenses charged to Class A and
Class D during the year ended September 30, 1995, which are
included in the corresponding captions of the Statement of
Operations, were as follows:
                                  Class A      Class D
                                 ---------    --------
Distribution and service fees     $74,280      $1,907
Registration                          854         367
Shareholder reports and
  communications                      355           4

<PAGE>

Financial Highlights

The Fund's financial highlights are presented below. The per
share operating performance data is designed to allow
investors to trace the operating performance, on a per share
basis, from the Fund's beginning net asset value to the
ending net asset value so that they can understand what
effect the individual items have on their investment
assuming it was held throughout the period. Generally, the
per share amounts are derived by converting the actual
dollar amounts incurred for each item as disclosed in the
financial statements to their equivalent per share amounts
using average shares outstanding.
   The total return based on net asset value measures the
Fund's performance assuming investors purchased shares at
net asset value as of the beginning of the period,
reinvested dividends and capital gains paid at net asset
value, and then sold their shares at the net asset value per
share on the last day of the period. The total return
computations do not reflect any sales charges investors may
incur in purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. The total
returns for periods of less than one year are not
annualized.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                  Class A                           Class D
                                               ------------------------------------------     -------------------
                                                         Year Ended September 30                Year     2/1/94*
                                               ------------------------------------------       Ended      to
                                                1995     1994     1993     1992     1991       9/30/95   9/30/94
                                               ------   ------   ------   ------   ------     --------- ---------
<S>                                           <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>          <C>        <C>
Per Share Operating Performance:
Net asset value, beginning of period            $7.55    $8.61    $8.02    $7.74    $7.34       $7.54     $8.37
                                                -----    -----    -----    -----    -----       -----     -----
Net investment income                             .38      .39      .42      .46      .47         .31       .22
Net realized and unrealized
  investment gain (loss)                          .37     (.80)     .71      .30      .49         .37      (.83)
                                                -----    -----    -----    -----    -----       -----     -----
Increase (decrease) from
  investment operations                           .75     (.41)    1.13      .76      .96         .68      (.61)
Dividends paid or declared                       (.38)    (.39)    (.42)    (.46)    (.47)       (.31)     (.22)
Distributions from
  net gain realized                              (.13)    (.26)    (.12)    (.02)    (.09)       (.13)       --
                                                -----    -----    -----    -----    -----       -----     -----
Net increase (decrease) in
  net asset value                                 .24    (1.06)     .59      .28      .40         .24      (.83)
                                                -----    -----    -----    -----    -----       -----     -----
Net asset value, end of period                  $7.79    $7.55    $8.61    $8.02    $7.74       $7.78     $7.54
                                                =====    =====    =====    =====    =====       =====     =====

Total return based on
  net asset value                               10.55%   (5.00)%  14.71%   10.04%   13.40%       9.53%    (7.50)%
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Expenses to average net assets                   1.21%    1.16%    1.19%    1.01%     .98%       2.23%     2.00%+
Net investment income to
  average net assets                             5.05%    4.91%    5.14%    5.79%    6.16%       4.10%     4.20%+
Portfolio turnover                              11.78%    7.71%   40.74%   32.87%   25.24%      11.78%     7.71%++
Net assets, end of period
  (000's omitted)                             $33,251  $34,943  $41,296  $39,431  $37,853        $426       $43
Without management fee waiver:**
Net investment income per share                                             $.45     $.45
Expenses to average net assets                                              1.16%    1.23%
Net investment income to
average net assets                                                          5.64%    5.91%

- ----------------
 * Commencement of offering of Class D shares.
** The Manager, at its discretion, waived a portion of its fees for the periods presented.
 + Annualized.
++ For the year ended September 30, 1994.
See notes to financial statements.

</TABLE>
<PAGE>


Report of Independent Auditor:

The Trustees and Shareholders,
Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt Fund:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and
liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, of
Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt Fund as of September 30,
1995, the related statements of operations for the year then
ended and of changes in net assets for each of the years in
the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights
for each of the periods presented. These financial
statements and financial highlights are the responsibility
of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements and financial
highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we
plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance
about whether the financial statements and financial
highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the
amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our
procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of
September 30, 1995 by correspondence with the Fund's
custodian. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, such financial statements and financial
highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position of Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt Fund
as of September 30, 1995, the results of its operations, the
changes in its net assets, and the financial highlights for
the respective stated periods, in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles.



/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
- ------------------------

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
New York, New York
November 3, 1995

<PAGE>

Trustees

Fred E. Brown
Director and Consultant,
  J. & W. Seligman & Co. Incorporated

John R. Galvin 2
Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
  at Tufts University
Director, USLIFE Corporation

Alice S. Ilchman 3
President, Sarah Lawrence College
Trustee, Committee for Economic Development
Director, NYNEX
Chairman, The Rockefeller Foundation

Frank A. McPherson 2
Chairman and CEO, Kerr-McGee Corporation
Director, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Director, Baptist Medical Center

John E. Merow
Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell, Law Firm
Director, Commonwealth Aluminum Corporation

Betsy S. Michel 2
Director or Trustee,
  Various Organizations

William C. Morris 1
Chairman
Chairman of the Board and President,
  J. & W. Seligman & Co. Incorporated
Chairman, Carbo Ceramics Inc.
Director, Daniel Industries, Inc.
Director, Kerr-McGee Corporation

James C. Pitney 3
Partner, Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch, Law Firm
Director, Public Service Enterprise Group

James Q. Riordan 3
Director, The Brooklyn Union Gas Company
Trustee, Committee for Economic Development
Director, Dow Jones & Co., Inc.
Director, Public Broadcasting Service

Ronald T. Schroeder 1
Managing Director,
  J. & W. Seligman & Co. Incorporated

Robert L. Shafer 3
Vice President, Pfizer Inc.
Director, USLIFE Corporation

James N. Whitson 2
Executive Vice President and Director,
  Sammons Enterprises, Inc.
Director, C-Span
Director, Red Man Pipe and Supply Company

Brian T. Zino 1
President
Managing Director,
 J. & W. Seligman & Co. Incorporated

- ----------------
Member:
1 Executive Committee
2 Audit Committee
3 Trustee Nominating Committee


Executive Officers

William C. Morris
Chairman

Brian T. Zino
President

Thomas G. Moles
Vice President

Lawrence P. Vogel
Vice President

Thomas G. Rose
Treasurer

Frank J. Nasta
Secretary

Manager
J. & W. Seligman & Co.
   Incorporated
100 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017

General Counsel
Sullivan & Cromwell

Independent Auditors
Deloitte & Touche LLP

General Distributor
Seligman Financial Services, Inc.
100 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017

Shareholder Service Agent
Seligman Data Corp.
100 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017

Important Telephone Numbers
(800) 221-2450 Shareholder
               Services
(800) 622-4597 24-Hour Automated
               Telephone Access
               Service
<PAGE>


       SELIGMAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
              an affiliate of
              (JWS LOGO GOES HERE)
           J. & W. SELIGMAN & CO.
               INCORPORATED
             EXTABLISHED 1864
     100 Park Avenue, New York, NY  10017


This report is intended only for the information of
shareholders or those who have received the offering
prospectus covering shares of Beneficial Interest of
Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt Fund, which contains
information about the sales charges, management fee, and
other costs. Please read the prospectus carefully before
investing or sending money.
                                             TEDPA2 9/95

<PAGE>


PART C.  OTHER INFORMATION

Item 24. Financial Statements and Exhibits

   
(a)      Financial Statements:

Part A - Financial Highlights for Class A shares for the period July 15, 1986
         (commencement of operations) to September 30, 1995. Financial
         Highlights      for Class D shares for the period February 1, 1994
         (commencement of operations) to September 30, 1995.

Part B - Required Financial Statements are included in the Fund's Annual
         Report to shareholders, dated September 30, 1995, which is incorporated
         by reference in the Statement of Additional Information. These
         Financial Statements are: Portfolio of Investments as of September 30,
         1995; Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of September 30, 1995;
         Statement of Operations for the year ended September 30, 1995;
         Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the years ended September 30,
         1995 and September 30, 1994; Notes to Financial Statements; Financial
         Highlights for the five years ended September 30, 1995 for the Fund's
         Class A shares and for the period February 1, 1994 (commencement of
         operations) to September 30, 1995 for the Fund's Class D shares; Report
         of Independent Auditors.

(b)      Exhibits: All Exhibits have been previously filed and are incorporated
         by reference herein, except Exhibits marked with an (*) which are
         attached hereto.

(1)      Copy of Instrument of Establishment and Designation of Declaration of
         Trust of Registrant. (Incorporated by reference to Registrant's
         Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 filed on November 30, 1993.)

(2)      Copy of Bylaws of Registrant.
         (Incorporated by reference to Registrants Registration Statement filed
         on May 19, 1986.)

(3)      N/A
    

(4)      Copy of Specimen of Stock Certificate for Class D Shares. (Incorporated
         by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 filed on
         January 31, 1994.)

   
(5)      Copy of Management Agreement between each Series of the Registrant and
         J. & W. Seligman & Co. Incorporated. (Incorporated by reference to
         Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 filed on February 1, 1989.)

(6a)     Copy of Distributing Agreement between Registrant and Seligman
         Financial Services, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Registrant's
         Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 filed on January 29, 1993.)

(6b)     Copy of Sales Agreement between Dealers and Seligman Financial
         Services, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Registrant's
         Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 filed February 1, 1995.
    

(7)      Copy of amended Retirement Income Plan of J. & W. Seligman & Co.
         Incorporated and Trust. (Incorporated by reference to Seligman
         Tax-Exempt Fund Series, Inc. Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 filed on
         November 30, 1992)

(7a)     Copy of amended Employees' Thrift Plan of Union Data Service Center,
         Inc. and Trust. (Incorporated by reference to Seligman Tax-Exempt Fund
         Series, Inc. Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 filed on November 30,
         1992)

(8)      Copy of Custodian Agreement between Registrant and Investors Fiduciary
         Trust Company (Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective
         Amendment No. 7 filed on November 30, 1989.)

   
(9)      N/A
    

(10)     Opinion and Consent of Counsel.*

(11)     Consent of Independent Auditors.*

   
(12)     N/A
    


<PAGE>

(13)     Copy of Purchase Agreement for Initial Capital for Class D shares.
         (Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No.
         12 filed on January 31, 1994.)

(14)     Copy of amended Individual Retirement Account Trust and Related
         Documents. (Incorporated by reference to Seligman Tax-Exempt Fund
         Series, Inc. Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 filed on November 30,
         1992)

(14a)    Copy of amended Comprehensive Retirement Plans for Money Purchase
         and/or Prototype Profit Sharing Plan. (Incorporated by reference to
         Seligman Tax-Exempt Fund Series, Inc. Post-Effective Amendment No. 24
         filed on November 30, 1992)

(14b)    Copy of amended Basic Business Retirement Plans for Money Purchase
         and/or Profit Sharing Plans. (Incorporated by reference to Seligman
         Tax-Exempt Fund Series, Inc. Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 filed on
         November 30, 1992)

(14c)    Copy of amended 403(b)(7) Custodial Account Plan. (Incorporated by
         reference to Seligman New Jersey Tax-Exempt Fund, Inc. Pre-Effective
         Amendment No. 1 filed on January 11, 1988.)

(14d)    Copy of amended Simplified Employee Pension Plan (SEP). (Incorporated
         by reference to Seligman Tax-Exempt Fund Series, Inc. Post-Effective
         Amendment No. 24 filed on November 30, 1992)

(14e)    Copy of amended J. & W. Seligman & Co. Incorporated (SARSEP) Salary
         Reduction and Other Elective Simplified Employee Pension-Individual
         Retirement Accounts Contribution Agreement (Under Section 408(k) of the
         Internal Revenue Code). (Incorporated by reference to Seligman
         Tax-Exempt Fund Series, Inc. Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 filed on
         November 30, 1992)

(15)     Copy of amended Administration, Shareholder Services and Distribution
         Plan and form of related Agreement of Registrant. (Incorporated by
         reference to the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 filed on
         January 31, 1994.)

   
(16)     Schedule for computation of tax equivalent yield and schedule for
         computation of each performance quotation provided in Registration
         Statement in response to Item 22.*

(17)     Financial Data Schedule meeting the requirements of Rule 483 under the
         Securities Act of 1933.*

(18)     Copy of Multiclass Plan entered into by Registrant pursuant to Rule
         18f-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940.*
    

Item 25. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with Registrant - None.

   
Item 26. Number of Holders of Securities - As of January 12, 1996, there
         were 844 recordholders of Class A Shares of Beneficial Interest and 26
         recordholders of Class D shares of Beneficial Interest of the
         Registrant.
    

Item 27. Indemnification - Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's
         Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-5793) and
         Pre-Effective Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 thereto.

Item 28. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser - J. & W.
         Seligman & Co. Incorporated, a Delaware corporation ("Manager"), is the
         Registrant's investment manager. The Manager also serves as investment
         manager to sixteen associated investment companies. They are Seligman
         Capital Fund, Inc., Seligman Cash Management Fund, Inc., Seligman
         Common Stock Fund, Inc., Seligman Communications and Information Fund,
         Inc., Seligman Frontier Fund, Inc., Seligman Growth Fund, Inc.,
         Seligman Henderson Global Fund Series, Inc., Seligman High Income Fund
         Series, Seligman Income Fund, Inc., Seligman Portfolios, Inc., Seligman
         New Jersey Tax-Exempt Fund, Inc., Seligman Quality Municipal Fund,
         Inc., Seligman Select Municipal Fund, Inc., Seligman Tax-Exempt Fund
         Series, Inc., Seligman Tax-Exempt Series Trust and Tri-Continental
         Corporation.

   
         The Manager has an investment advisory service division which provides
         investment management or advice to private clients. The list required
         by this Item 28 of officers and directors of the Manager, together with
         information as to any other business, profession, vocation or
         employment of a substantial nature engaged in by such officers and
    

<PAGE>

   
         directors during the past two years, is incorporated by reference to
         Schedules A and D or Form ADV, filed by the Manager pursuant to the
         Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (SEC File No. 801-5798) on December 4,
         1995.
    

Item 29. Principal Underwriters

   
         (a) The names of each investment company (other than the Registrant)
         for which each principal underwriter currently distributing securities
         of the Registrant also acts as a principal underwriter, depositor or
         investment adviser are:

                   Seligman Capital Fund, Inc.
                   Seligman Cash Management Fund, Inc.
                   Seligman Common Stock Fund, Inc.
                   Seligman Communications and Information Fund, Inc.
                   Seligman Frontier Fund, Inc.
                   Seligman Growth Fund, Inc.
                   Seligman Henderson Global Fund Series, Inc.
                   Seligman High Income Fund Series
                   Seligman Income Fund, Inc.
                   Seligman Portfolios, Inc.
                   Seligman New Jersey Tax-Exempt Fund, Inc.
                   Seligman Tax-Exempt Fund Series, Inc.
                   Seligman Tax-Exempt Series Trust.

         (b) Name of each trustee, officer or partner of each principal
         underwriter named in response to Item 21:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                               Seligman Financial Services, Inc.
                                                    As of January 18, 1996
                 (1)                                         (2)                                          (3)
         Name and Principal                         Positions and Offices                        Positions and Offices
          Business Address                            with Underwriter                              with Registrant
         ------------------                         ---------------------                        ---------------------
        <S>                                    <C>                                               <C>
         William C. Morris*                            Director                                    Chairman of the Board and
                                                                                                   Chief Executive Officer
         Brian T. Zino*                                Director                                    Director and President
         Ronald T. Schroeder*                          Director                                    Director
         Fred E. Brown*                                Director                                    Director
         William H. Hazen*                             Director                                    None
         Thomas G. Moles*                              Director                                    Vice  President  and  Senior
                                                                                                   Portfolio Manager
         David F. Stein*                               Director                                    None
         David Watts*                                  Director                                    None
         Stephen J. Hodgdon*                           President                                   None
         Lawrence P. Vogel*                            Senior Vice President, Finance              Vice President
         Mark R. Gordon*                               Senior Vice President, Director             None
                                                       of Marketing
         Gerald I. Cetrulo, III                        Senior Vice President of Sales,             None
         140 West Parkway                              Regional Sales Manager
         Pompton Plains, NJ  07444
         Bradley F. Hanson                             Senior Vice President of Sales,             None
         9707 Xylon Court                              Regional Sales Manager
         Bloomington, MN  55438
         Bradley W. Larson                             Senior Vice President of Sales,             None
         367 Bryan Drive                               Regional Sales Manager
         Danville, CA  94526
</TABLE>
    


<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

   
                                               Seligman Financial Services, Inc.
                                                    As of January 18, 1996
                 (1)                                         (2)                                          (3)
         Name and Principal                         Positions and Offices                        Positions and Offices
          Business Address                            with Underwriter                              with Registrant
         ------------------                         ---------------------                        ---------------------
        <S>                                    <C>                                               <C>
         D. Ian Valentine                              Senior Vice President of Sales,             None
         307 Braehead Drive                            Regional Sales Manager
         Fredericksburg, VA  22401
         Helen Simon*                                  Vice President, Sales                       None
                                                       Administration Manager
         Marsha E. Jacoby*                             Vice President, National Accounts           None
         William W. Johnson*                           Vice President, Order Desk                  None
         James R. Besher                               Regional Vice President                     None
         14000 Margaux Lane
         Town & Country, MO  63017
         Brad Davis                                    Regional Vice President                     None
         255 4th Avenue, #2
         Kirkland, WA  98033
         Andrew Draluck                                Regional Vice President                     None
         4215 N. Civic Center
         Blvd #273
         Scottsdale, AZ 85251
         Jonathan Evans                                Regional Vice Pesident                      None
         222 Fairmont Way
         Ft. Lauderdale, FL  33326
         Carla Goehring                                Regional Vice President                     None
         11426 Long Pine
         Houston, TX  77077
         Susan Gutterud                                Regional Vice President                     None
         820 Humboldt, #6
         Denver, CO  80218
         Mark Lien                                     Regional Vice President                     None
         5904 Mimosa
         Sedalia, MO  65301
         Randy D. Lierman                              Regional Vice President                     None
         2627 R.D. Mize Road
         Independence, MO  64057
         Judith L. Lyon                                Regional Vice President                     None
         163 Haynes Bridge Road, Ste 205
         Alpharetta, CA  30201
         David Meyncke                                 Regional Vice President                     None
         4718 Orange Grove Way
         Palm Harbor, FL  34684
         Herb W. Morgan                                Regional Vice President                     None
         11308 Monticook Court
         San Diego, CA  92127
         Melinda Nawn                                  Regional Vice President                     None
         5850 Squire Hill Court
         Cincinnati, OH  45241
         Robert H. Ruhm                                Regional Vice President                     None
         167 Derby Street
         Melrose, MA  02176
         Diane H. Snowden                              Regional Vice President                     None
         11 Thackery Lane
         Cherry Hill, NJ  08003
         Bruce Tuckey                                  Regional Vice President                     None
         41644 Chathman Drive
         Novi, MI  48375
</TABLE>

    


<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

   
                                               Seligman Financial Services, Inc.
                                                    As of January 18, 1996
                 (1)                                         (2)                                          (3)
         Name and Principal                         Positions and Offices                        Positions and Offices
          Business Address                            with Underwriter                              with Registrant
         ------------------                         ---------------------                        ---------------------
        <S>                                    <C>                                               <C>
         Andrew Veasey                                 Regional Vice President                     None
         14 Woodside
         Rumson, NJ  07760
         Todd Volkman                                  Regional Vice President                     None
         4650 Cole Avenue, #216
         Dallas, TX 75205
         Kelli A. Wirth-Dumser                         Regional Vice President                     None
         8618 Hornwood Court
         Charlotte, NC  28215
         Frank P. Marino*                              Assistant Vice President, Mutual
                                                       Fund Product Manager                        None
         Frank J. Nasta*                               Secretary                                   Secretary
         Aurelia Lacsamana*                            Treasurer                                   None
</TABLE>
    

*  The principal business address of each of these directors and/or officers is 
   100 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017.

   
           (c)  Not Applicable.
    

Item 30. Location of Accounts and Records

         Custodian:    Investors Fiduciary Trust Company
                       127 West 10th Street
                       Kansas City, Missouri  64105 and
                       Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt Fund Series
                       100 Park Avenue
                       New York, NY  10017

   
Item 31. Management Services - Seligman Data Corp. ("SDC") the Registrant's
         shareholder service agent, has an agreement with First Data Investor
         Services Group ("FDISG") pursuant to which FDISG provides a data
         processing system for certain shareholder accounting and recordkeeping
         functions performed by SDC, which commenced in July 1990. For the
         fiscal years ended September 30, 1995, 1994 and 1993, the approximate
         cost of these services was $4,300, $4,597 and $5,428, respectively.
    

Item 32. Undertakings - The Registrant undertakes: (1) if requested to do so
         by the holders of at least ten percent of its outstanding shares, to
         call a meeting of shareholders for the purpose of voting upon the
         removal of a director or directors and to assist in communications with
         other shareholders as required by Section 16(c) of the Investment
         Company Act of 1940; and (2) to furnish to each person to whom a
         prospectus is delivered, a copy of the Registrant's latest annual
         report to shareholders, upon request and without charge.



<PAGE>


                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to its Registration Statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New
York, State of New York, on the 26th day of January, 1996.

                        SELIGMAN PENNSYLVANIA TAX-EXEMPT FUND SERIES




                        By: /s/ WILLIAM C. MORRIS
                           -----------------------------------
                                William C. Morris, Chairman*


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 has been signed below by the following persons
in the capacities indicated on January 26, 1996.

           Signature                               Title
           ---------                               -----

/S/ WILLIAM C. MORRIS                    Chairman of the Trustees (Principal
- ------------------------                 executive officer)  and Trustee
     William C. Morris*   

/S/ BRIAN T. ZINO                        President and Trustee
- ------------------------     
     Brian T. Zino


/S/ THOMAS G. ROSE                       Treasurer (Principal financial
- ------------------------                 and accounting officer)
     Thomas G. Rose   



Fred E. Brown, Trustee           )
John R. Galvin, Trustee          )
Alice S. Ilchman, Trustee        )
Frank A. McPherson, Trustee      )      /S/ BRIAN T. ZINO
John E. Merow, Trustee           )      _____________________________________
Betsy S. Michel, Trustee         )      *By:   Brian T. Zino, Attorney-in-fact
James C. Pitney, Trustee         )
James Q. Riordan, Trustee        )
Robert L. Shafer, Trustee        )
James N. Whitson, Trustee        )
Brian T. Zino, Trustee           )




                         SELIGMAN GROUP OF MUTUAL FUNDS

                      Plan for Multiple Classes of Shares


                  THIS PLAN, as it may be amended from time to time,  sets forth
the  separate  arrangement  and  expense  allocation  of each class of shares (a
"Class") of each registered  open-end  management  investment company, or series
thereof,  in the Seligman Group of Mutual Funds that offers multiple  classes of
shares  (each,  a "Fund").  The Plan has been adopted  pursuant to Rule 18f-3(d)
under the Investment  Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Act"), by a majority
of the Board of Directors or Trustees, as applicable ("Directors"), of each Fund
listed on Schedule I hereto,  including a majority of the  Directors who are not
interested  persons of such Fund within the  meaning of Section  2(a)(19) of the
Act ("Disinterested  Directors"). Any material amendment to this Plan is subject
to the  prior  approval  of the  Board  of  Directors  of each  Fund to which it
relates, including a majority of the Disinterested Directors.

1.       General

         A.       Any Fund  may  issue  more  than one  Class of  voting  stock,
                  provided that each Class:

                  i.       Shall have a different  arrangement  for  shareholder
                           services or the  distribution  of securities or both,
                           and   shall   pay  all  of  the   expenses   of  that
                           arrangement;

                  ii.      May pay a  different  share  of other  expenses,  not
                           including   advisory  or  custodial   fees  or  other
                           expenses  related  to the  management  of the  Fund's
                           assets,  if these expenses are actually incurred in a
                           different  amount  by  that  Class,  or if the  Class
                           receives  services  of  a  different  kind  or  to  a
                           different  degree than other Classes of the same Fund
                           ("Class Level Expenses");

                  iii.     May pay a different  advisory  fee to the extent that
                           any  difference  in amount  paid is the result of the
                           application of the same performance fee provisions in
                           the  advisory  contract of the Fund to the  different
                           investment performance of each Class;

                  iv.      Shall  have  exclusive  voting  rights on any  matter
                           submitted to shareholders  that relates solely to its
                           arrangement;

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                  v.       Shall  have  separate  voting  rights  on any  matter
                           submitted to  shareholders  in which the interests of
                           one  Class  differ  from the  interests  of any other
                           Class; and

                  vi.      Shall have in all other  respects the same rights and
                           obligations as each other Class of the Fund.

          B.       i.      Except as expressly contemplated by this paragraph
                           B.,  no  types or  categories  of  expenses  shall be
                           designated Class Level Expenses.

                  ii.      The Directors recognize that certain expenses arising
                           in certain sorts of unusual  situations  are properly
                           attributable solely to one Class and therefore should
                           be  borne by that  Class.  These  expenses  ("Special
                           Expenses") may include, for example: (i) the costs of
                           preparing  a proxy  statement  for,  and  holding,  a
                           special  meeting of  shareholders to vote on a matter
                           affecting only one Class; (ii) the costs of holding a
                           special  meeting  of  Directors  to  consider  such a
                           matter; (iii) the costs of preparing a special report
                           relating  exclusively to  shareholders  of one Class;
                           and (iv) the costs of litigation  affecting one Class
                           exclusively. J. & W. Seligman & Co. Incorporated (the
                           "Manager")   shall  be  responsible  for  identifying
                           expenses that are potential Special Expenses.

                  iii.     Subject  to clause iv.  below,  any  Special  Expense
                           identified by the Manager shall be treated as a Class
                           Level Expense.

                  iv.      Any Special Expense identified by the Manager that is
                           material  to the  Class  in  respect  of  which it is
                           incurred  shall be  submitted  by the  Manager to the
                           Directors  of the  relevant  Fund  on a case  by case
                           basis  with a  recommendation  by the  Manager  as to
                           whether  it  should  be  treated  as  a  Class  Level
                           Expense.  If approved by the Directors,  such Special
                           Expense  shall be treated as a Class Level Expense of
                           the affected class.

            C.     i.      Realized and  unrealized  capital gains and losses
                           of a Fund  shall be  allocated  to each class of that
                           Fund on the basis of the aggregate net asset value of
                           all outstanding shares ("Record Shares") of the Class
                           in  relation  to the  aggregate  net  asset  value of
                           Record Shares of the Fund.


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                  ii.      Income and expenses of a Fund not charged directly to
                           a  particular  Class shall be allocated to each Class
                           of that Fund on the following basis:

                           a.       For periodic dividend funds, on the basis of
                                    the  aggregate  net  asset  value of  Record
                                    Shares  of each  Class  in  relation  to the
                                    aggregate  net asset value of Record  Shares
                                    of the Fund.

                           b.       For daily  dividend  funds,  on the basis of
                                    the  aggregate  net asset  value of  Settled
                                    Shares  of each  Class  in  relation  to the
                                    aggregate net asset value of Settled  Shares
                                    of the Fund.  "Settled  Shares" means Record
                                    Shares  minus  the  number of shares of that
                                    Class or Fund that have been  issued but for
                                    which  payment  has not cleared and plus the
                                    number of shares of that Class or Fund which
                                    have been redeemed but for which payment has
                                    not yet been issued.

         D.       On  an  ongoing  basis,  the  Directors,   pursuant  to  their
                  fiduciary  responsibilities under the Act and otherwise,  will
                  monitor each Fund for the existence of any material  conflicts
                  among the  interests of its several  Classes.  The  Directors,
                  including a majority  of the  Disinterested  Directors,  shall
                  take such action as is  reasonably  necessary to eliminate any
                  such  conflicts  that may  develop.  The Manager and  Seligman
                  Financial   Services,   Inc.  (the   "Distributor")   will  be
                  responsible for reporting any potential or existing  conflicts
                  to the Directors.  If a conflict  arises,  the Manager and the
                  Distributor  will be  responsible  at their  own  expense  for
                  remedying  such  conflict  by  appropriate  steps  up  to  and
                  including separating the classes in conflict by establishing a
                  new  registered  management  company  to  operate  one  of the
                  classes.

         E.       The plan of each Fund adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the
                  Act (the "Rule 12b-1 Plan")  provides that the Directors  will
                  receive  quarterly  and  annual   statements   complying  with
                  paragraph  (b)(3)(ii) of Rule 12b-1, as it may be amended from
                  time  to   time.   In  the   statements,   only   distribution
                  expenditures  properly attributable to the sale of shares of a
                  specific  Class  will be used to  support  the Rule  12b-1 fee
                  charged  to  shareholders  of  such  Class.  Expenditures  not
                  related to the sale of a specific  Class will not be presented
                  to the  Directors  to  support  Rule  12b-1  fees  charged  to
                  shareholders  of such Class.  The  statements,  including  the
                  allocations upon which they are based,  will be subject to the
                  review of the Disinterested Directors.


<PAGE>



         F.       Dividends  paid by a Fund with  respect to each Class,  to the
                  extent any dividends are paid,  will be calculated in the same
                  manner,  at the  same  time and on the same day and will be in
                  the same amount,  except that fee payments made under the Rule
                  12b-1 Plan  relating to the Classes will be borne  exclusively
                  by each Class and except that any Class Level  Expenses  shall
                  be borne by the applicable Class.

         G.       The  Directors  of  each  Fund  hereby  instruct  such  Fund's
                  independent  auditors to review expense  allocations each year
                  as  part  of  their  regular  audit  process,  to  inform  the
                  Directors and the Manager of any irregularities  detected and,
                  if  specifically  requested  by the  Directors,  to  prepare a
                  written report thereon. In addition, if any Special Expense is
                  incurred by a Fund and is  classified as a Class Level Expense
                  in  the  manner   contemplated  by  paragraph  B.  above,  the
                  independent  auditors for such Fund,  in addition to reviewing
                  such  allocation,  are hereby  instructed to report thereon to
                  the Audit  Committee of the relevant  Fund and to the Manager.
                  The Manager will be  responsible  for taking such steps as are
                  necessary to remedy any  irregularities so detected,  and will
                  do so at its own  expense  to the extent  such  irregularities
                  should  reasonably  have been  detected  and  prevented by the
                  Manager in the performance of its services to the Fund.


2.       Specific Arrangements for Each Class

                  The following  arrangements  regarding  shareholder  services,
expense  allocation and other indicated  matters shall be in effect with respect
to the  Class  A  shares  and  Class  D  shares  of  each  Fund.  The  following
descriptions are qualified by reference to the more detailed description of such
arrangements set forth in the prospectus  relating to each Fund, as the same may
from time to time be  amended or  supplemented  (for each  Fund,  the  "Relevant
Prospectus"),  provided that no Relevant Prospectus may modify the provisions of
this Plan applicable to Rule 12b-1 fees or Class Level Expenses.

(a)      Class A Shares

                  i.       Class A shares are  subject to an initial  sales load
                           which  varies  with  the size of the  purchase,  to a
                           maximum  of  4.75%  of  the  public  offering  price.
                           Reduced   sales   loads   shall   apply  in   certain
                           circumstances.   Class  A  shares  of  Seligman  Cash
                           Management  Fund,  Inc.  shall not be  subject  to an
                           initial sales load.

                  ii.      Class A shares  shall be  subject to a Rule 12b-1 fee
                           of up to 0.25% of average daily net assets.


<PAGE>


                  iii.     Special Expenses  attributable to the Class A shares,
                           except those  determined  by the  Directors not to be
                           Class  Level  Expenses  of  the  Class  A  shares  in
                           accordance  with  paragraph  1.B.iv.,  shall be Class
                           Level Expenses and  attributed  solely to the Class A
                           shares.  No other  expenses shall be treated as Class
                           Level Expenses of the Class A shares.

                  iv.      The  Class  A  shares   shall  be   entitled  to  the
                           shareholder services,  including exchange privileges,
                           described in the Relevant Prospectus.

(b)      Class D Shares

                  i.       Class D shares are sold without an initial sales load
                           but are subject to a contingent  deferred  sales load
                           of 1% in certain  cases if the  shares  are  redeemed
                           within one year.

                  ii.      Class D shares  shall be  subject to a Rule 12b-1 fee
                           of up to 1.00% of average daily net assets.

                  iii.     Special Expenses  attributable to the Class D shares,
                           except those  determined  by the  Directors not to be
                           Class  Level  Expenses  of  the  Class  D  shares  in
                           accordance  with  paragraph  1.B.iv.,  shall be Class
                           Level Expenses and  attributed  solely to the Class D
                           shares.  No other  expenses shall be treated as Class
                           Level Expenses of the Class D shares.

                  iv.      The  Class  D  shares   shall  be   entitled  to  the
                           shareholder services,  including exchange privileges,
                           described in the Relevant Prospectus.




<PAGE>


                                   Schedule I


Seligman Cash Management Fund, Inc.
Seligman Capital Fund, Inc.
Seligman Common Stock, Inc.
Seligman Communications and Information Fund, Inc.
Seligman Frontier Fund, Inc.
Seligman Growth Fund, Inc.
Seligman Income Fund, Inc.
Seligman  Henderson Global Growth  Opportunities  Fund Seligman Henderson Global
Smaller  Companies  Fund  Seligman  Henderson  Global  Technology  Fund Seligman
Henderson  International  Fund  Seligman  High-Yield  Bond  Fund  Seligman  U.S.
Government Securities Fund Seligman National Tax-Exempt Fund Seligman California
Quality Tax Exempt Fund Seligman California  High-Yield Tax-Exempt Fund Seligman
Colorado  Tax-Exempt  Fund Seligman  Florida  Tax-Exempt  Fund Seligman  Georgia
Tax-Exempt Fund Seligman Louisiana  Tax-Exempt Fund Seligman Maryland Tax-Exempt
Fund Seligman  Massachusetts  Tax-Exempt Fund Seligman Michigan  Tax-Exempt Fund
Seligman  Minnesota  Tax-Exempt Fund Seligman Missouri Tax- Exempt Fund Seligman
New Jersey  Tax-Exempt  Fund,  Inc.  Seligman New York  Tax-Exempt Fund Seligman
North Carolina  Tax-Exempt  Fund Seligman Ohio  Tax-Exempt  Fund Seligman Oregon
Tax-Exempt  Fund Seligman  Pennsylvania  Tax-Exempt  Fund Series  Seligman South
Carolina Tax-Exempt Fund



                                January 18, 1996




Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt Fund Series
100 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017

Ladies & Gentlemen:

                  With  respect  to  Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  14  to  the
Registration  Statement  on Form  N-1A  under  the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as
amended, of Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt Fund Series ("P-E No. 14"), we have
reviewed  the  material  relative  to  Pennsylvania  Taxes  in the  Registration
Statement. Such material is consistent with our opinion (the "Opinion") as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to P-E No. 14.

                  We consent  to the filing of the  Opinion as an exhibit to P-E
No. 14 and to the  reference  to us under the heading  "Pennsylvania  Taxes." In
giving  such  consent,  we do not thereby  admit that we are in the  category of
persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended.



                                                Very truly yours,



                                                /s/ Ballard Spahr Andrews &
                                                     Ingersoll


<PAGE>




                                January 18, 1996




Seligman Pennsylvania Tax-Exempt Fund
100 Park Avenue
New York, NY  10017

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  You have  requested our opinion  relative to the  Pennsylvania
tax aspects of the Seligman  Pennsylvania  Tax-Exempt Fund (the "Fund"). We have
reviewed  the  Declaration  of  Trust,  the  Prospectus  and  the  Statement  of
Additional Information and our opinion is based in part on information contained
in these documents.

                  We  understand  that the Fund was  created  under  the laws of
Pennsylvania  as a common  law  trust.  The  Fund is  targeted  to  Pennsylvania
investors and has a portfolio  consisting  primarily of  Pennsylvania  state and
municipal obligations.

                  The Fund is a non-diversified  open-end management  investment
company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Fund has qualified for and
elected  regulated  investment  company  treatment  under  Subchapter  M of  the
Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly,  the Fund distributes its ordinary income to
its  shareholders  currently,  as well as  substantially  all of its net capital
gains.

Pennsylvania Taxes

         A.       Taxation of the Fund

                  Business trusts qualifying as regulated  investment  companies
and registered with the United States  Securities and Exchange  Commission under
the  Investment  Company  Act of 1940  are not  included  in the  definition  of
corporations for Pennsylvania tax purposes.  Thus, the Fund is not be subject to
the  corporate net income tax and capital stock tax which would be applicable if
the Fund were incorporated.



<PAGE>


         B.       Taxation of Non-Corporate Shareholders

                  1.       Income Tax

                  The  Pennsylvania  personal  income tax is a flat-rate  tax on
certain   specified   classes  of  income  received  by  Pennsylvania   resident
individuals,  trusts and  estates.1 The tax is imposed by Article III of the Tax
Reform  Code of 1971,  Act of March 4, 1971,  P.L.  6, as amended  ("Tax  Reform
Code").

                  Article  III of the Tax Reform  Code was amended by the Act of
December 3, 1993, P.L. 473 to provide for the treatment of distributions from an
"investment company",  defined as "any incorporated or unincorporated enterprise
registered  with The  Federal  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  under  the
Investment  Company  Act of 1940".  Under this  amendment,  distributions  by an
investment  company will not be considered  "dividends"  to the extent that such
distributions are from earnings and profits derived from statutorily  tax-exempt
interest from  Pennsylvania  state and local  obligations  or obligations of the
United States.

                  The Fund clearly qualifies as an "investment  company" for the
purposes of Article III of the Tax Reform  Code,  and any  distributions  by the
Fund will not be treated as dividends to the extent specified.  The Pennsylvania
Act of August 31, 1971, P.L. 395,  exempts from all income taxes in Pennsylvania
interest on, and gains from the disposition of, obligations of Pennsylvania, its
political  subdivisions,  instrumentalities  and  agencies.  This  rule has been
modified by the Act of December 3, 1993, P.L. 473, which provides that, for such
obligations issued on or after its effective date (60 days after enactment), the
interest  thereon and income  therefrom  is exempt from  Pennsylvania  state and
local  taxation,  but the  profits,  gains or income from the sale,  exchange or
other  disposition of the  obligations is made subject to state and local taxes.
Federal law (31 U.S.C.  ss. 3124) provides that "[s]tocks and obligations of the
United  States  Government  are exempt  from  taxation  by a State or  political
subdivision of a State," with exceptions not applicable  here.  These exemptions
are reflected both in the Tax Reform Code (Section  303(a)(3)) and (as to exempt
interest) in the regulations  thereunder.  (Reg.  Sec.  103.16(e)).  Hence,  the
interest on Pennsylvania state and municipal  obligations and obligations of the
U.S. is not subject to Pennsylvania personal income tax. Consequently,  interest
on Pennsylvania state and municipal obligations and obligations of the U.S. will
not  constitute  taxable  income  when  received  by the  Fund.  However,  other
investment  income,  such as gains with respect to such obligations and interest
or gains with respect to state and municipal  obligations of other states,  bank
certificates of deposit and other non-public obligations, will be taxable.

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                  2.       Personal Property Tax

                  Residents of Pennsylvania,  including partnerships and trusts,
may be required to pay personal  property  taxes  annually on the value of their
intangible  assets  subject  to  such  taxes.  The  Personal  Property  Tax is a
state-wide  county  tax of four  mills2,  but it does not apply to  Pennsylvania
state and municipal  obligations,  including  municipal  authority  bonds, or to
obligations of the U.S.

                  Taxable  securities held in trust are normally  taxable to the
trust  and  not  the  beneficiary.   However,  if  (a)  no  trustee  resides  in
Pennsylvania or (b) one or more trustees reside in Pennsylvania  and one or more
trustees  reside  elsewhere and the trust  property is held and managed  outside
Pennsylvania,   the  trust  is  not  taxable  but  its   Pennsylvania   resident
beneficiaries  are taxable on their  proportionate  equitable  interests  in the
trust's taxable holdings.  In our opinion the Fund is subject to these rules and
its shares will not be directly taxable to their Pennsylvania shareholders,  but
the shareholders will be taxable on their proportionate interests in any taxable
holdings of the Funds.

                  If these  rules do not apply,  essentially  the same result is
reached  through a provision in the taxing  statute to the effect that the value
of any "taxable" shares of stock3 issued by a regulated  investment  company (as
defined for federal income tax purposes) --

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                  ..."shall be that part of the current  value of such shares to
be determined by multiplying said current value by a fraction,  the numerator of
which shall be the total value of so much of the personal  property owned by the
regulated  investment  company  as  would be  taxable  by this act if owned by a
resident of Pennsylvania,  and the denominator of which shall be the total value
of all the personal property owned by the regulated investment company." (Act of
June 17, 1913, P.L. 507, as amended.)

                  On   either   analysis,   therefore,   Pennsylvania   resident
shareholders of the Fund will be subject to personal  property taxes only to the
extent that the value of their shares on the  assessment  date (January 1 of the
taxable year) is  attributable  to holdings of the Fund other than  Pennsylvania
state and municipal obligations,  U.S. obligations and certain other statutorily
exempt classes of investments.

         C.       Taxation of Corporate Shareholders

                  1.       Corporate Net Income Tax

                  Business   corporations   engaged  in  taxable  activities  in
Pennsylvania  must pay  corporate  net income  tax  imposed by Article IV of the
Pennsylvania  Code.  This tax is based on the  corporation's  taxable income for
federal income tax purposes,  subject to certain adjustments and, in appropriate
circumstances,  to  allocation  or  apportionment  reflecting  the extent of the
corporation's activities in Pennsylvania.


<PAGE>


                  One of the statutory  adjustments to federal taxable income is
the  exclusion  therefrom of "dividends  received  from any other  corporation".
"Dividends,"   for  this  purpose,   has  its  Internal  Revenue  Code  meaning.
Commonwealth v. General  Refractories Co., 417 Pa. 153, 162 (1965) (interpreting
the same exclusion  under prior law). This case also holds that the reference to
"corporations" in this context does not have the same limited meaning as it does
in the tax  imposition  clause of the taxing  statute,  i.e.,  is not limited to
those   corporations   that  are  subject  to  the  corporate  net  income  tax.
Inferentially  "corporations,"  like  "dividends," is to be read in the Internal
Revenue Code sense.  (The Fund,  although a trust for state law purposes,  falls
within the  definition of  "corporation"  in Section  7701(a)(3) of the Internal
Revenue  Code.)  We  believe,  therefore,  that a  distribution  by a  regulated
investment  company  that is defined as a "dividend"  under  Subchapter M of the
Internal  Revenue  Code is entitled to the  corporate  net income tax  dividends
received exclusion  regardless of whether the payor is organized in corporate or
trust form.

                  Section  852(b)(5) of the Internal  Revenue Code provides that
"exempt-interest  dividends"  are  treated by the  shareholders  of a  regulated
investment  company as  interest  excludable  from gross  income  under  Section
103(a). We assume that most of the Fund's distributions to its shareholders will
constitute  exempt-interest dividends. These distributions will be excluded from
the starting  federal  taxable income base in computing the corporate net income
tax liability of a corporate shareholder.

                  We are of the opinion,  therefore, that dividend distributions
by the Fund,  whether  ordinary  or capital  gains,  as well as  exempt-interest
dividends,  will not be taxable to  corporate  shareholders  for  corporate  net
income tax purposes.

                  Gain or loss realized by a corporate  shareholder  on the sale
or redemption of Fund shares will be reflected in the shareholder's Pennsylvania
corporate  net income tax base in the same manner as in its  federal  income tax
base.

                  2.       Personal Property Tax

                  The Pennsylvania  personal property taxes discussed earlier in
this opinion apply in terms to, among others, corporations liable to taxation in
Pennsylvania.  However,  the  taxing  enactment  goes  on  to  exempt  from  tax
corporations  subject to  Pennsylvania  tax on their shares,  including  capital
stock tax or franchise tax. Business corporations subject to tax in Pennsylvania
are liable for one of these taxes,  with the result that  business  corporations
are  not  in  fact  required  to  pay  Pennsylvania   personal  property  taxes.
Consequently,  corporate shareholders of the Fund will have no personal property
tax liability with respect to their Fund shares  regardless of the nature of the
portfolio of the particular Fund whose shares they hold.

<PAGE>


                  We hereby  consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit
to the  Registration  Statement,  and to the  reference  to us under the heading
"Pennsylvania  Taxes".  In giving such consent,  we do not thereby admit that we
are in the category of persons whose consent is required  under Section 7 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

                                     Very truly yours,


                                     /s/ Ballard Spahr Andrews &
                                           Ingersoll

<PAGE>


1        Nonresident  individuals,  trusts and  estates  are also liable for the
         tax, but only with respect to income from Pennsylvania sources.  Income
         received from an investment  company registered under the 1940 Act does
         not constitute  Pennsylvania  source income.  (Tax Reform Code of 1971,
         Section 301(k)). Accordingly the balance of our opinion with respect to
         this tax addresses the situation of Pennsylvania resident beneficiaries
         only.


2        Imposition  of this tax is optional  with each county but most counties
         have elected to impose the tax.


3        Shares  of  stock  of  a  regulated   investment   company  are  not  a
         specifically enumerated category of taxable property under the Personal
         Property Tax Act. However, shares of stock of incorporated entities are
         taxable  unless  the  issuer  is  a  corporation   subject  to  certain
         Pennsylvania corporate taxes. Thus, the stock of a regulated investment
         company in  corporate  form is wholly  exempt  from  personal  property
         taxes,  regardless of the nature of its  investment  portfolio,  if the
         company is a Pennsylvania corporation subject to capital stock tax or a
         foreign  corporation  doing  business  in  Pennsylvania  and subject to
         franchise tax.  Since the Fund will be a trust,  it will not be subject
         to any Pennsylvania corporate tax and its shares, if determined to fall
         within  the  "share  of  stock"  category  for  personal  property  tax
         purposes,  would be "taxable" and subject to the  regulated  investment
         company apportionment rule quoted below.




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