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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 prospectus included as part of
Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 to the Form N-1A Registration Statement of
Nicholas-Applegate Mutual Funds (the "Fund"), which became effective on July
17, 1997. The Fund hereby certifies that the form of prospectus that would
have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the
Securities Act of 1933 would not have differed from that 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
