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CARTER LEDYARD & MILBURN
Two Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(212)732-3200
February 2, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: SPDR Trust, Series 1
File #033-46080
Rule 497(j) Filing
Dear Sir/Madam:
On behalf of the Registrant, the undersigned certifies that the form of
Prospectus that would have been filed under Section 497(b) would not have
differed from that contained in the text of the Registrant's most recent
registration statement that was filed electronically via EDGAR with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 2000.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Kathleen H.Moriarty, Esq.
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Kathleen H.Moriarty, Esq.
cc: Houghton Hallock, Jr.
