SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
File No. 33-67490
File No. 811-7972
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 X
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 X
AND
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY
ACT OF 1940 X
Amendment No. 16 X
DELAWARE GROUP ADVISER FUNDS
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
1818 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
____________________________________________________________________
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number,
including Area Code: (215) 255-1255
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Eric E. Miller
1818 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
_____________________________________________________________________
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Approximate Date of Public Offering: February 1, 2000
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[x] on February 1, 2000 pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
[ ] on (date)pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
If appropriate, check the following box:
[x] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date
for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
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This Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to Registration File No. 33-67490
includes the following:
1. Facing Page
2. Contents Page
3. Part A -- Prospectuses*
4. Part B -- Statement of Additional Information**
5. Part C -- Other Information***
6. Signatures
* Part A - Prospectuses. The prospectuses for the Registrant's Delaware
U.S. Growth Fund are incorporated into this filing by reference to the
electronic filing of Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 made pursuant to
Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 on December 2, 1999. The
Prospectuses for the Registrant's Delaware Overseas Equity Fund Class A,
Class B and Class C and Institutional Class and Delaware New Pacific Fund
Class A, Class B and Class C and Institutional Class are incorporated into
this filing by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to the
Registration Statement of Delaware Group Global & International Funds
filed on December 2, 1999.
** Part B - Statement of Additional Information. The Statement of
Additional Information for the Registrant's Delaware U.S. Growth Fund is
incorporated into this filing by reference to the electronic filing of
Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 made pursuant to Rule 485(a) under the
Securities Act of 1933 on December 2, 1999. The Statement of Additional
Information for the Registrant's Delaware Overseas Equity Fund Class A,
Class B and Class C and Institutional Class and Delaware New Pacific Fund
Class A, Class B, Class C and Institutionnal Class are incorporated into
this filing by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to the
Registration Statement of Delaware Group Global & International Funds filed
on December 2, 1999.
*** Part C - Other Information. All items under Other Information are
incorporated into this filing by reference to the electronic filing of
Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 made pursuant to Rule 485(a) under the
Securities Act of 1933 on December 2, 1999.
SIGNATURES
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, this Registrant certifies that it meets all the
requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to
Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in this City of Philadelphia and Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania on this 24th day of January, 2000.
DELAWARE GROUP ADVISER FUNDS
By /s/David K. Downes
_______________________
David K. Downes
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
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Signature Title Date
__________________________ _________________ ______________
<S> <C> <C>
/s/David K. Downes
____________________ President/Chief Executive January 24, 2000
David K. Downes Officer/Chief Operating
Officer/Chief Financial
Officer and Trustee
(Principal Executive
Officer/Principal Financial
Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
/s/Wayne A. Stork *
_________________________ Trustee January 24, 2000
Wayne A. Stork
/s/Walter P. Babich *
_________________________ Trustee January 24, 2000
Walter P. Babich
/s/John H. Durham *
_________________________
John H. Durham Trustee January 24, 2000
/s/Anthony D. Knerr *
_________________________ Trustee January 24, 2000
Anthony D. Knerr
/s/Ann R. Leven *
_________________________ Trustee January 24, 2000
Ann R. Leven
/s/ Thomas F. Madison *
_________________________ Trustee January 24, 2000
Thomas F. Madison
/s/Charles E. Peck * Trustee January 24, 2000
__________________________
Charles E. Peck
/s/Janet L. Yeomans *
_________________________ Trustee January 24, 2000
Janet L. Yeomans
</TABLE>
*By /s/David K. Downes
________________________
David K. Downes
as Attorney-in-Fact for
each of the persons indicated
