VOYAGEUR MUTUAL FUNDS
N-8A/A, 1999-11-01
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM N-8A

                  ADOPTION OF AND AMENDMENT TO NOTIFICATION OF
                                  REGISTRATION
                      FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8(a) OF THE
                         INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

                    Investment Company Act File No. 811-7742

           The undersigned,  a Delaware business trust, hereby notifies the U.S.
Securities  and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Commission")  that the Trust hereby
adopts the  Notification  of  Registration  of Voyageur  Mutual  Funds,  Inc., a
Maryland  corporation,  under and pursuant to the  provisions of Section 8(a) of
the  Investment  Company Act of 1940, as amended,  and in  connection  with such
notification of registration submits the following information:

Name of Registrant:       Voyageur Mutual Funds
                          (a Delaware business trust, as successor
                          registrant to Voyageur Mutual Funds, Inc., a Maryland
                          corporation)

Address of Principal Business Office (No. & Street,
City, State, Zip Code):

                          1818 Market Street
                          Philadelphia, PA 19103

Telephone Number (including area code):      (215) 255-1255

Name and address of agent for service of process:

                          Eric E. Miller, Esq.
                          1818 Market Street
                          Philadelphia, PA 19103

Check Appropriate Box:

                     Registrant  is  filing  an  Amendment  to its  Registration
                     Statement  pursuant  to  Section  8(b)  of  the  Investment
                     Company  Act of 1940,  as  amended,  concurrently  with the
                     filing of Form N-8A:

                          YES   [ ]     NO   [X] 1

Item 1.              Exact name of Registrant:  Voyageur Mutual Funds

Item 2.              State and Date of Organization: Delaware; December 17, 1998

Item 3.              Form of Organization:  business trust

Item 4.              Classification of Registrant: management company

Item 5(a).           Registrant is an open-end company.

Item 5(b).           Registrant is a non-diversified investment company.

Item 6.              Name and address of Investment Adviser of Registrant:

                     Delaware Management Company
                     a series of Delaware Management Business Trust
                     2005 Market Street
                     One Commerce Square
                     Philadelphia, PA 19103

Item 7.              Trustees and Officers of the Registrant:

                     Wayne A. Stork, Chairman and Trustee
                     David A. Downes, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief
                        Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Trustee
                     Walter P. Babich, Trustee
                     Anthony D. Knerr, Trustee
                     Ann R. Leven, Trustee
                     Thomas F. Madison, Trustee
                     Charles E. Peck, Trustee
                     Jan L. Yoemans, Trustee
                     H. Thomas McMeekin, Executive Vice President and Chief
                        Investment Officer, Fixed Income
                     Richard J. Flannery, Esq.,
                        Executive Vice President and General Counsel
                     Eric E. Miller, Esq., Senior Vice President, Deputy General
                        Counsel, Secretary
                     Joseph H. Hastings, Senior Vice President, Corporate
                        Controller
                     Michael P. Bishof, Senior Vice President, Treasurer
                     Patrick P. Coyne, Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager
                     Mitchell L. Conery, Vice President, Senior Portfolio
                         Manager
                     Elizabeth H. Howell, Vice President, Senior Portfolio
                         Manager
                     Andrew M. McCullagh, Vice President, Senior Portfolio
                         Manager

                     The address for each of the trustees and officers of the
                     Registrant:

                          1818 Market Street
                          Philadelphia, PA 19103

Item 8.              Not Applicable.

Item 9(a).           No.

Item 9(b).           Not Applicable.

Item 9(c).           Yes.  The Registrant, Voyageur Mutual Funds, proposes to
                     begin a public offering of its shares of beneficial
                     interest commencing after the closing of the reorganization
                     of Voyageur Mutual Funds, Inc. (which is currently a
                     registered investment company engaged in a public offering
                     of its shares) into the Registrant, which is scheduled to
                     occur on November 1, 1999, before 9:00 a.m.  In this
                     reorganization, the Registrant will receive all of the
                     assets and liabilities of Voyageur Mutual Funds, Inc. in
                     exchange for shares of the Registrant.

Item 9(d).           No.

Item 9(e).           Not Applicable.

Item 10.             Current value of Registrant's total assets:  None

Item 11.             No.

Item 12.             None.


                                   SIGNATURES

           Pursuant to the  requirements of the Investment  Company Act of 1940,
as  amended,  the  Registrant  has caused  this  Adoption  of and  Amendment  to
Notification  of  Registration  to be duly  signed on its  behalf in the City of
Philadelphia,  and  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  as of the  29th  day of
October, 1999.


                               VOYAGEUR MUTUAL FUNDS


                               By  /S/ ERIC E. MILLER
                                   Eric E. Miller, Senior
                                   Vice President and Secretary


Attest:    /S/ MICHAEL D. MABRY
           Michael D. Mabry, Vice President
           and Assistant Secretary

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1   On August 16, 1999, Voyageur Mutual Funds filed Post-Effective Amendment No.
    23 to the registration statement on Form N-lA of Voyageur Mutual Funds, Inc.
    in connection with the  reorganization  of Voyageur Mutual Funds,  Inc. into
    Voyageur Mutual Funds. By and in Post-Effective  Amendment No. 23, which was
    filed  pursuant to Rule 485(a) under the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended
    (the  "1933  Act"),  Voyageur  Mutual  Funds,  as  successor,   adopted  the
    registration  statement on Form N-1A of Voyageur  Mutual Funds,  Inc. as its
    own registration statement pursuant to Rule 414 under the 1933 Act.



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