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October 4, 1995
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Prudential Allocation Fund
(Securities Act Registration No. 33-12531)
(Investment Company Registration No. 811-5055)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to subparagraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of
1933 (the "1933 Act"), the Fund hereby certifies (i) that its Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed pursuant to Rule
497(c) would not have differed from the Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 and (ii) that the text
of Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 was filed electronically on September 27,
1995.
Prudential Allocation Fund
By: /s/ Marguerite E.H. Morrison
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Marguerite E.H. Morrison
Assistant Secretary
