SMITH BARNEY ADJUSTABLE RATE GOVERNMENT INCOME FUND, 497J, 1996-10-03

SMITH BARNEY ADJUSTABLE RATE GOVERNMENT INCOME FUND
497J, 1996-10-03

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							October 3, 1996

VIA EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549


ATTN.:		Office of Filings, Information and Consumer Services

RE:			Smith Barney Adjustable Rate Government Income Fund 
(the 				"Fund")
			File No. 33-47782, Accession Number:  0000091155-96-
000390

Gentlemen:

	Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as 
amended, please accept this letter as certification that the prospectus 
and statement of additional information of the Fund do not differ from 
those contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 (the "Amendment") to 
the Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A.  This Amendment was 
filed electronically on September 30, 1996 and became effective 
immediately.

	Any comments on this filing should be directed to the undersigned 
at (212) 816-5770.  Please return an electronic transmittal as evidence 
of your receipt of this filing.

						Very truly yours,
						SMITH BARNEY ADJUSTABLE 		
						RATE GOVERNMENT INCOME FUND.


						/s/ Michael Kocur
						Michael Kocur
						Assistant Secretary




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