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NICHOLAS-APPLEGATE MUTUAL FUNDS
600 West Broadway, 30th Floor
San Diego, California 92101
August 18, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Nicholas-Applegate Mutual Funds
Rule 497(j) Certificate
File Nos. 811-7428, 33-56094
CIK No. 0000895430
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This is in reference to the prospectuses included as part of
Post-Effective Amendment No. 46 to the Form N-1A Registration Statement of
Nicholas-Applegate Mutual Funds (the "Fund"), which became effective on July 29,
1997. The Fund hereby certifies that the forms of prospectuses that would have
been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the Securities Act
of 1933 would not have differed from those contained in the Amendment, and that
the text of the most recent amendment to such Registration Statement has been
filed electronically.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Charles Field
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Assistant Secretary
