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RULE 497(J) CERTIFICATION
Date: November 13, 1998
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act"), First Funds (the "Trust"), on behalf of each of its
outstanding series (the "Portfolios"), hereby certifies that;
(1) the forms of the Statement of Additional Information relating to the
Portfolios that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(b) or (c)
under the 1933 Act would not have differed from those contained in Post-
Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Trust's Registration Statement
pertaining to the Portfolios; and
(2) the text of Post Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Trust's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on October 26, 1998.
FIRST FUNDS
By:/s/ James V. Hyatt
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Title: James V. Hyatt, Secretary
