Prudential Mutual Funds
                        Supplement dated January 6, 1995

    The following information supplements the Prospectus of each of the Funds
listed below effective January 6, 1995.

                               SHAREHOLDER GUIDE

ALTERNATIVE PURCHASE PLAN

Class A Shares--Reduction and Waiver of Initial Sales Charges

    Other Waivers. Class A shares may be purchased at NAV, through Prudential
Securities or the Transfer Agent, by investors who have a business relationship
with a financial adviser who joined Prudential Securities from another
investment firm, provided that (i) the purchase is made within 90 days of the
commencement of the financial adviser's employment at Prudential Securities,
(ii) the purchase is made with proceeds of a redemption of shares of any
open-end, non-money market fund sponsored by the financial adviser's previous
employer (other than a fund which imposes a distribution or service fee .25 of
1% or less) and (iii) the financial adviser served as the client's broker on the
previous purchase.

HOW TO SELL YOUR SHARES

    90-day Repurchase Privilege. If you redeem your shares and have not
previously exercised the repurchase privilege, you may reinvest any portion or
all of the proceeds of such redemption in shares of the Fund at the NAV next
determined after the order is received, which must be within 90 days after the
date of the redemption. No sales charge will apply to such repurchases. You will
receive pro rata credit for any contingent deferred sales charge paid in
connection with the redemption of Class B or Class C shares. You must notify the
Fund's Transfer Agent, either directly or through Prudential Securities or
Prusec, at the time the repurchase privilege is exercised that you are entitled
to credit for the contingent deferred sales charge previously paid. Exercise of
the repurchase privilege will generally not effect federal tax treatment of any
gain realized upon redemption. If the redemption resulted in a loss, some or all
of the loss, depending on the amount reinvested, will generally not be allowed
for federal income tax purposes.



    Listed below are the names of the Prudential Mutual Funds and the dates of
the Prospectuses to which this supplement relates.

          Name of Fund                                        Prospectus Date
Prudential Adjustable Rate Securities Fund, Inc.              May 1, 1994
Prudential Allocation Fund                                    September 29, 1994
Prudential California Municipal Fund
     California Income Series                                 December 30, 1994
     California Series                                        December 30, 1994
Prudential Equity Fund, Inc.                                  August 1, 1994
Prudential Equity Income Fund                                 December 30, 1994
Prudential Global Fund, Inc.                                  January 3, 1995
Prudential Global Genesis Fund, Inc.                          August 1, 1994
Prudential Global Natural Resources Fund, Inc.                August 1, 1994
Prudential GNMA Fund, Inc.                                    August 1, 1994
Prudential Government Income Fund, Inc.                       August 1, 1994
Prudential Growth Opportunity Fund, Inc.                      August 1, 1994
Prudential High Yield Fund, Inc.                              August 1, 1994
Prudential IncomeVertible(R) Fund, Inc.                       August 1, 1994
Prudential Intermediate Global Income Fund, Inc.              August 1, 1994
Prudential Multi-Sector Fund, Inc.                            August 1, 1994
Prudential Municipal Bond Fund                                August 1, 1994
Prudential Municipal Series Fund
     Arizona Series                                           December 30, 1994
     Florida Series                                           December 30, 1994
     Georgia Series                                           December 30, 1994
     Hawaii Income Series                                     September 19, 1994
     Maryland Series                                          December 30, 1994
     Massachusetts Series                                     December 30, 1994
     Michigan Series                                          December 30, 1994
     Minnesota Series                                         December 30, 1994
     New Jersey Series                                        December 30, 1994
     New York Series                                          December 30, 1994
     North Carolina Series                                    December 30, 1994
     Ohio Series                                              December 30, 1994
     Pennsylvania Series                                      December 30, 1994
Prudential National Municipals Fund, Inc.                     August 1, 1994
Prudential Pacific Growth Fund, Inc.                          January 3, 1995
Prudential Short-Term Global Income Fund, Inc.
     Global Assets Portfolio                                  January 3, 1995
     Short-Term Global Income Fund                            January 3, 1995
Prudential Strategist Fund, Inc.                              August 1, 1994
Prudential Structured Maturity Fund, Inc.                     August 1, 1994
Prudential U.S. Government Fund                               January 3, 1995
Prudential Utility Fund, Inc.                                 August 1, 1994
The BlackRock Government Income Trust                         November 1, 1994
                                                              (as supplemented
                                                              December 30, 1994)
Global Utility Fund, Inc.                                     August 1, 1994
Nicholas-Applegate Fund, Inc.                                 August 1, 1994
 
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