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The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company of New York
555 Theodore Fremd Avenue
Rye, New York 10580
May 6, 1998
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 5th Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company of New York Separate
Account A
File No. 33-46217
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Dear Sirs:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j), please be advised that the form of prospectus
and statement of additional information dated May 1, 1998 for The Manufacturers
Life Insurance Company of New York Separate Account A (the "Registrant"), a
separate account of The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company of New York,
contains no changes from the form of prospectus and statement of additional
information for the Registrant contained in post-effective amendment no. 8 under
the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act") to the Registrant's registration
statement on Form N-4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April
29, 1998 via EDGAR.
If you have any questions, please call the undersigned at (617)
854-4416.
Very truly yours,
/s/ SUZAN M. BARRON
Suzan M. Barron
Counsel
