DREYFUS SHORT TERM FUND INC, RW, 1994-04-19

DREYFUS SHORT TERM FUND INC
RW, 1994-04-19

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DREYFUS SHORT-TERM FUND, INC.
144 Glenn Curtiss Boulevard
Uniondale, New York  11556-0144


                                        April 8, 1994



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

     Re:  Dreyfus Short-Term Fund, Inc.
          Registration Statement on Form N-1A
          (Registration No. 33-49804)        

Gentlemen:

          Pursuant to Rule 477 of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
Dreyfus Short-Term Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") desires to withdraw,
and hereby requests that the Commission withdraw, the above-
referenced Registration Statement.  The Fund believes that such
action would be consistent with the public interest and the
protection of investors since the Fund has not made a public
offering of its shares of common stock and the above-referenced
Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the
Staff of the Commission.


                              Very truly yours,

                              DREYFUS SHORT-TERM FUND, INC.



                              By:/s/ Daniel C. Maclean          
                                 Daniel C. Maclean,
                                 Agent for Service of Process