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Law Offices
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Philadelphia National Bank Building
1345 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107-3496
Telephone: (215) 988-2700
Fax: (215) 988-2757
July 31, 1997
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549
Re: GALAXY FUND II
File Nos. (33-33617/811-06051
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Galaxy Fund II (the "Trust") and pursuant to Rule 497(j)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), I hereby certify
that (i) the Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information listed below
that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 under the 1933 Act
would not have differed from those Prospectuses and Statements of Additional
Information contained in the Trust's most recent Post-Effective Amendment to
its Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the 1933 Act and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, ("PEA #23"), which was filed on July 29, 1997;
and (ii) the text of PEA #23 has been filed electronically.
The Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information referenced
above, which would otherwise have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c), are:
(1) Prospectus dated July 29, 1997 for the Large Company Index Fund,
Small Company Index Fund, Utility Index Fund, and U.S. Treasury
Index Fund;
(2) Prospectus dated July 29, 1997 for the Municipal Bond Fund;
(3) Statement of Additional Information dated July 29, 1997 for the
Large Company Index Fund, Small Company Index Fund, Utility Index
fund, and U.S. Treasury Index Fund; and
(4) Statement of Additional Information dated July 29, 1997 for the
Municipal Bond Fund.
Questions and comments concerning this letter may be directed to the
undersigned at (215) 988-1137.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Mary Jo Reilly
Mary Jo Reilly
