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File Nos. 811-4748 and 33-7172
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [ X ]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 [ X ]
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ X ]
Amendment No. 11 [ X ]
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
DREYFUS STRATEGIC INCOME
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
c/o The Dreyfus Corporation
200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (212) 922-6020
Daniel C. Maclean, Esq.
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
_____ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
__X__ on June 16, 1995 pursuant to paragraph (b)
_____ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (i)
_____ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) (i)
_____ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (ii)
_____ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) (ii) of Rule 485
Registrant has registered an indefinite number of shares of its Beneficial
Interest under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Sec. 24(f) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940. Registrant's Rule 24f-2 Notice for the fiscal
year ended October 31, 1994 was filed December 22, 1994.
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILE NOS. 811-4748 AND 33-7172
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
For Registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of Securities of Open-End
Management Investment Companies registered on Form N-1A.
A. Exact name of Company specified in Charter:
DREYFUS STRATEGIC INCOME
B. Complete address of Company's principal executive offices:
c/o The Dreyfus Corporation, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166
C. Name and complete address of agent for service:
Daniel C. Maclean, Esq.
The Dreyfus Corporation
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166
D. Title and amount of Securities being registered (number of shares or
other units):
1,402,865 Shares (See Note Below)
E. Proposed aggregate offering price to the public of the securities being
registered:
$290,002 (Determined on the basis of the closing
price on June 2, 1995; i.e. $14.62
per share (See Note Below))
F. Amount of filing fee, computed at one twenty-ninth of one percent of
the proposed maximum aggregate offering price to the public:
$100 (See Note Below)
G. Appropriate date of proposed public offering:
As soon as practicable after the effective date of this
Registration Statement, and thereafter from day to day
NOTE: Shares to be registered pursuant to Rule 24e-2
Aggregate
Offering Price
Total Shares Registered: 1,402,865 X $14.62 = $20,509,886
Less Adjustment for Shares
Redeemed in excess of Shares
Sold during Fiscal Year
ended October 31, 1994: 1,383,029 X $14.62 = $20,219,884
19,836 X $14.62 = $ 290,002
Fee at 1/29 of 1% $ 100
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CONSENT OF STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN
The Consent of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, counsel to the Registrant, has
been included in their Opinion filed as Exhibit 10 to this Amendment to the
Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the
requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to the Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused
this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, and State of
New York, on the 12th day of June, 1995.
DREYFUS STRATEGIC INCOME
BY: /s/ Marie E. Connolly*
MARIE E. CONNOLLY, PRESIDENT
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, this Amendment to the Registration Statement
has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE
/s/ Marie E. Connolly* President and Treasurer
Marie E. Connolly (Principal Executive and
Financial Officer)
/s/ Joseph S. DiMartino Chairman of the Board
Joseph S. DiMartino
/s/ David W. Burke* Trustee
David W. Burke
/s/ Diane Dunst* Trustee
Diane Dunst
/s/ Rosalind Gersten Jacobs* Trustee
Rosalind Gersten Jacobs
/s/ Jay I. Meltzer* Trustee
Jay I. Meltzer
/s/ Daniel Rose* Trustee
Daniel Rose
/s/ Warren B. Rudman* Trustee
Warren B. Rudman
/s/ Sander Vanocur* Trustee
Sander Vanocur
*BY: /s/ Frederick C. Dey
Frederick C. Dey, Attorney-in-Fact
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Frederick C. Dey, Eric
B. Fischman, Ruth D. Leibert and John E. Pelletier and each of them, with full
power to act without the other, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution or resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (until revoked in writing)
to sign any and all amendments to the Registration Statement for each Fund
listed on Schedule A attached hereto (including post-effective amendments and
amendments thereto), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or agents or any of
them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ Joseph S. DiMartino
Joseph S. DiMartino, Chairman of the Board
Dated: April 20, 1995
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SCHEDULE A
Dreyfus BASIC Money Market Fund, Inc.
Dreyfus BASIC U.S. Government Money Market Fund
Dreyfus Strategic Income
Dreyfus Strategic Governments Income, Inc.
Dreyfus California Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
Dreyfus Connecticut Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
Dreyfus Massachusetts Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
Dreyfus New Jersey Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
Dreyfus Pennsylvania Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
Dreyfus Strategic Investing
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