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THE CARDINAL GROUP
155 East Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
May 6, 1996
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Attention: Filing Desk
Stop 1-4
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
Subject: THE CARDINAL GROUP -- SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 REGISTRATION
NO. 33-59984 AND INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 FILE
NO. 811-7588 -- RULE 497(j) FILING
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of The Cardinal Group (the "Group"), the undersigned hereby
certifies, on behalf of the Group, that the form of Prospectuses of The
Cardinal Fund, Cardinal Government Obligations Fund, Cardinal Government
Securities Money Market Fund, Cardinal Tax Exempt Money Market Fund, Cardinal
Balanced Fund and Cardinal Aggressive Growth Fund that would have been filed
under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
would not have differed from that contained in the most recent post-effective
amendment to the Group's Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed on April
26, 1996, and that the text of such post-effective amendment has been filed
electronically.
THE CARDINAL GROUP
By /s/ James M. Schrack
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James M. Schrack II, Treasurer
