DAVIS INTERNATIONAL TOTAL RETURN FUND, INC.
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 497 (j)
The undersigned on behalf of Davis International Total Return Fund, Inc.
(the "Registrant") hereby certifies that the form of prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information that would have been filed under Rule 497 (c) would not
have differed from that contained in the Registrant's most recent post-effective
amendment to its registration statement. The text of such amendment to the
registration statement was filed electronically.
Dated February 3, 1998
DAVIS INTERNATIONAL TOTAL RETURN FUND, INC.
By: /s/ Thomas D. Tays
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Thomas D. Tays,
Secretary
