DELAWARE GROUP LIMITED-TERM GOVERNMENT FUNDS
                               ADOPTION AGREEMENT
                      (Relating to Distribution Agreements)
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         This Adoption Agreement (the "Agreement") made as of December 15, 1999
by and between Delaware Group Limited-Term Government Funds, a Delaware Business
Trust (the "Trust"), on behalf of each of its series (each, a "Series"), and
Delaware Distributors, L.P. ("DDLP"), a Delaware limited partnership.

                                    RECITALS:

         WHEREAS, the Trust is an investment company registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and

         WHEREAS, the Trust is the successor to Delaware Group Limited-Term
Government Funds, Inc. (the "Predecessor Corporation") and, on behalf of each
Series, intends to adopt the Distribution Agreement applicable to the
corresponding series (the "Predecessor Series") of the Predecessor Corporation.

         WHEREAS, the Distribution Agreements in effect between the Predecessor
Corporation, on behalf of the Predecessor Series, and DDLP are set forth in
Schedule A to this Agreement.

         NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.       Each Distribution Agreement previously in effect between the
         Predecessor Corporation, on behalf of a Predecessor Series, and DDLP is
         hereby adopted in its entirety by the Trust on behalf of the
         corresponding Series, except that all references to the Predecessor
         Corporation shall be replaced with references to the Trust and all
         references to the Predecessor Series shall be replaced with references
         to the corresponding Series.


2.       Each Distribution Agreement shall continue in full force and effect as
         set forth therein for the remainder of its term.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of
the date set forth above.

                                            DELAWARE GROUP LIMITED-TERM
                                            GOVERNMENT FUNDS


                                            By: /s/ David K. Downes
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                                            Name:  David K. Downes
                                            Title: President


                                            DELAWARE DISTRIBUTORS, L.P.

                                            By: Delaware Distributors, Inc., its
                                                General Partner


                                            By: /s/ J. Chris Meyer
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                                            Name:  J. Chris Meyer
                                            Title: Senior Vice President


                  DELAWARE GROUP LIMITED-TERM GOVERNMENT FUNDS
                               ADOPTION AGREEMENT
                      (Relating to Distribution Agreements)
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                                   SCHEDULE A

         Distribution Agreement dated as of 4/3/95 between Delaware Group
Limited-Term Government Funds, Inc., on behalf of Limited-Term Government Fund,
and Delaware Distributors, L.P.