ALBEMARLE INVESTMENT TRUST/, 497J, 1998-01-05

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497J, 1998-01-05

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                                 January 5, 1998




VIA EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC  20549

RE:      Albemarle  Investment  Trust (the  "Trust");  (File Nos.  33-13133  and
         811-05098) on behalf of North Carolina Tax Free Bond Fund (the "Fund")


Ladies and Gentlemen,


Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended,  please
accept  this  letter as  certification  that the  prospectus  and  statement  of
additional  information for the Fund does not differ from that contained in Post
Effective  Amendment  No.  27  (the  "Amendment")  to the  Trust's  Registration
Statement on Form N-1A, which was filed electronically.


Yours truly,


/s/ C. Frank Watson III
C. Frank Watson III
Secretary