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THE CARDINAL GROUP
155 East Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
February 3, 1998
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
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of The Cardinal Group (the "Group"), the undersigned hereby
certifies, on behalf of the Group, that the form of Prospectus of Cardinal
Government Securities Money Market Fund and Cardinal Tax Exempt Money Market
Fund and the form of Investor Share Prospectuses of The Cardinal Fund, Cardinal
Balanced Fund, Cardinal Aggressive Growth Fund and Cardinal Government
Obligations 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 January 29, 1998, 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
