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THE BRADFORD FUNDS, INC.
400 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, Delaware 19809
May 2, 1996
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Attention: Filing Desk
Stop 1-4
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
Subject: The Bradford Funds, Inc. -- Securities Act of 1933
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Registration No. 33-25137 and Investment Company Act of 1940
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File No. 811-5682 -- Rule 497(j) Filing
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of The Bradford Funds, Inc. (the "Fund"), the undersigned
hereby certifies, on behalf of the Fund, that the form of Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed under paragraph
(c) of Rule 497 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, would not have
differed from that contained in the most recent post-effective amendment to the
Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed on April 24, 1996, and that
the text of such post-effective amendment has been filed electronically.
THE BRADFORD FUNDS, INC.
By /s/ Allan L. Erb, President
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