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August 22, 1996
VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commissions
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund
File Nos. 33-42484 and 811-6400
Filing Pursuant to Rule 497(j)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of our client, The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund (the "Trust"), we are
filing, pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this letter certifying that the Trust's Prospectus Supplement and Supplement to
the Statement of Additional Information for the Clover Capital Small Cap Value
Fund, each dated August 16, 1996, do not differ from that contained in the
Trust's Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 which was filed via EDGAR on August 16,
1996.
Please call me at (202) 467-7087 with your questions or comments regarding this
filing.
Sincerely,
/s/ John H. Grady, Jr.
John H. Grady, Jr.
cc: Ms. Cassandra Arnold
