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New England Life Insurance Company
501 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116-3700
May 3, 1999
VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Office of Insurance Products
Division of Investment Management
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: New England Variable Annuity Separate Account
File No. 33-85442 - (American Growth Series)
Rule 497(j) Certification
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Commissioners:
On behalf of New England Life Insurance Company (the "Company") and New
England Variable Annuity Separate Account (the "Account"), I hereby certify,
pursuant to paragraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933, that the
form of a profile, two prospectuses and two statements of additional information
("SAI") being used for certain variable annuity contracts offered by the Company
through the Account and otherwise required to be filed under paragraph (c) of
Rule 497 does not differ from the profile, prospectuses and SAIs contained in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 for the Account filed electronically with the
Commission on April 28, 1999.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (617) 578-3514.
Sincerely,
Michele H. Abate
