File Nos. 33-7496 

811-4764 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	[X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No.	[ ]
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 35	[X]
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940		[X]
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Amendment No. 35	[X]
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<R>DREYFUS MUNICIPAL BOND OPPORTUNITY FUND</R>

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

c/o The Dreyfus Corporation
200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (212) 922-6000

Michael A. Rosenberg, Esq.
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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X	on September 1, 2009 pursuant to paragraph (b)
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	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
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	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
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Dreyfus Municipal Bond 

Opportunity Fund 

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Ticker symbol: Class A:	PTEBX
Class B:	PMUBX
Class C	DMBCX
Class Z:	DMBZX

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PROSPECTUS September 1, 2009
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Contents
The Fund
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Goal and Approach	1
Main Risks	2
Past Performance	4
Expenses	5
Management	6
Financial Highlights	8

 

Your Investment
Shareholder Guide	11
Distributions and Taxes	20
Services for Fund Investors	20

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For More Information 

See back cover. 

Dreyfus Municipal Bond
Opportunity Fund

The Fund

GOAL AND APPROACH

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The fund seeks to maximize current income exempt from federal income tax to the extent consistent with the preservation of capital. To pursue this goal, the fund normally invests substantially all of its assets in municipal bonds that provide income exempt from federal income tax.

The fund invests at least 70% of its assets in municipal bonds rated investment grade (Baa/BBB or higher) or the unrated equivalent as determined by Dreyfus. For additional yield, the fund may invest up to 30% of its assets in municipal bonds rated below investment grade (“high yield” or “junk” bonds) or the unrated equivalent as determined by Dreyfus.

The dollar-weighted average maturity of the fund’s portfolio normally exceeds ten years. Dollar-weighted average maturity is an average of the stated maturities of the bonds held by the fund, based on their dollar-weighted proportions in the fund.

The portfolio manager may buy and sell bonds based on credit quality, market outlook and yield potential. In selecting municipal bonds for investment, the portfolio manager may assess the current interest rate environment and the municipal bond’s potential volatility in different rate environments. The portfolio manager focuses on bonds with the potential to offer attractive current income, typically looking for bonds that can provide consistently attractive current yields or that are trading at competitive market prices. A portion of the fund’s assets may be allocated to “discount” bonds, which are bonds that sell at a price below their face value, or to “premium” bonds, which are bonds that sell at a price above their face value. The fund’s allocation to either discount bonds or to premium bonds will change along with the portfolio manager’s changing views of the current interest rate and market environment. The portfolio manager may also look to select bonds that are most likely to obtain attractive prices when sold. Although the fund seeks to provide income exempt from federal income tax, interest from some of its holdings may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax. In addition, the fund temporarily may invest in taxable bonds.

The fund may, but is not required to, use derivatives, such as options, futures and options on futures (including those relating to securities, indexes and interest rates), as a substitute for investing directly in an underlying asset, to increase returns, to manage interest rate risk, or as part of a hedging strategy. The fund may buy securities that pay interest at rates that float inversely with changes in prevailing interest rates (inverse floaters) and may make forward commitments in which the fund agrees to buy or sell a security in the future at a price agreed upon today. Inverse floaters are created by depositing municipal bonds in a trust which divides the bond’s income stream into two parts: a short-term variable rate demand note and a residual interest bond (the inverse floater) which receives interest based on the remaining cash flow of the trust after payment of interest on the note and various trust expenses. Interest on the inverse floater usually moves in the opposite direction as the interest on the variable rate demand note.

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MAIN RISKS

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The fund’s principal risks are discussed below. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit. It is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. It is not a complete investment program. The value of your investment in the fund will fluctuate, sometimes dramatically, which means you could lose money.

• Municipal bond market risk. The amount of public information available about municipal bonds is generally less than that for corporate equities or bonds. Special factors, such as legislative changes and local and business developments, may adversely affect the yield and/or value of the fund’s investments in municipal bonds. Other factors include the general conditions of the municipal bond market, the size of the particular offering, the maturity of the obligation and the rating of the issue.
• Interest rate risk. Prices of bonds tend to move inversely with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in rates will adversely affect bond prices and, accordingly, the fund’s share price. The longer the effective maturity and duration of the fund’s portfolio, the more the fund’s share price is likely to react to interest rates.
• Call risk. Some bonds give the issuer the option to call, or redeem, the bonds before their maturity date. If an issuer “calls” its bond during a time of declining interest rates, the fund might have to reinvest the proceeds in an investment offering a lower yield, and therefore might not benefit from any increase in value as a result of declining interest rates. During periods of market illiquidity or rising interest rates, prices of “callable” issues are subject to increased price fluctuation.
• Credit risk. Failure of an issuer to make timely interest or principal payments, or a decline or perception of a decline in the credit quality of a bond, can cause a bond’s price to fall, potentially lowering the fund’s share price. High yield (“junk”) bonds involve greater credit risk, including the risk of default, than investment grade bonds, and are considered predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s ability to make principal and interest payments. The prices of high yield bonds can fall dramatically in response to bad news about the issuer or its industry, or the economy in general.
• Liquidity risk. When there is little or no active trading market for specific types of securities, it can become more difficult to sell the securities at or near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities and the fund’s share price may fall dramatically, even during periods of declining interest rates. Liquidity risk also exists when a particular derivative instrument is difficult to purchase or sell. If a derivative transaction is particularly large or if the relevant market is illiquid (as is the case with many privately negotiated derivatives, including swap agreements), it may not be possible to initiate a transaction or liquidate a position at an advantageous time or price. The secondary market for certain municipal bonds tends to be less well developed or liquid than many other securities markets, which may adversely affect the fund's ability to sell such municipal bonds at attractive prices.
• Market sector risk. The fund’s overall risk level will depend on the market sectors in which the fund is invested and the current interest rate, liquidity and credit quality of such sectors. The fund may significantly overweight or underweight certain companies, industries or market sectors, which may cause the fund’s performance to be more or less sensitive to developments affecting those companies, industries or sectors.
• Tax risk. To be tax-exempt, municipal bonds generally must meet certain regulatory requirements. If any such municipal bond fails to meet these regulatory requirements, the interest received by the fund from its investment in such bonds and distributed to fund shareholders will be taxable.
• Derivatives risk. A small investment in derivatives could have a potentially large impact on the fund’s performance. The use of derivatives involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in the underlying assets. Derivatives can be highly volatile,

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illiquid and difficult to value, and there is the risk that changes in the value of a derivative held by the fund will not correlate with the underlying instruments or the fund’s other investments. Derivative instruments also involve the risk that a loss may be sustained as a result of the failure of the counterparty to the derivative instruments to make required payments or otherwise comply with the derivative instruments’ terms. Certain types of derivatives involve greater risks than the underlying obligations because, in addition to general market risks, they are subject to illiquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. Certain derivatives may cause taxable income. Additionally, some derivatives involve economic leverage, which could increase the volatility of these investments as they may fluctuate in value more than the underlying instrument. The fund may be required to segregate liquid assets in connection with the purchase of derivative instruments.
• Leveraging risk. The use of leverage, such as lending portfolio securities, entering into futures contracts, investing in inverse floaters, and engaging in forward commitment transactions may cause taxable income and may magnify the fund’s gains or losses.
• Other potential risks. The fund may lend its portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. In connection with such loans, the fund will receive collateral from the borrower equal to at least 100% of the value of loaned securities. If the borrower of the securities fails financially, there could be delays in recovering the loaned securities or exercising rights to the collateral.
  Under adverse market conditions, the fund could invest some or all of its assets in U.S. Treasury securities and money market securities. Although the fund would do this for temporary defensive purposes, it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. During such periods, the fund may not achieve its investment objectives.

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PAST PERFORMANCE

The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows changes in the performance of the fund’s Class A shares from year to year. The table compares the average annual total returns of the fund’s shares to those of a broad measure of market performance. The fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is no guarantee of future results. All returns assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Sales charges, if any, are not reflected in the bar chart, and if those charges were included, returns would have been less than those shown. After-tax performance is shown only for Class A shares. After-tax performance of the fund's other share classes will vary. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Year-by-year total returns as of 12/31 each year (%)
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Best Quarter (Q3, 2004): 4.04%. Worst Quarter (Q4, 2008): -5.06%.

The year-to-date total return of the fund’s Class A shares as of June 30, 2009 was 8.46%.

Average annual total returns (as of 12/31/08)
			10	Since
Share class/inception date	1 Year	5 Years	Years	Inception
Class A (11/26/86) returns before taxes	-12.83%	0.19%	1.78%	-
Class A returns after taxes on distributions	-12.83%	0.19%	1.75%	-
Class A returns after taxes on distributions and sale	-6.78%	0.87%	2.20%	-
of fund shares
Class B (1/15/93) returns before taxes	-12.61%	0.28%	1.94%*	-
Class C (7/13/95) returns before taxes	-10.17%	0.38%	1.50%	-
Class Z (10/14/04) returns before taxes	-8.67%	-	-	0.57%
Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index reflects no	-2.47%	2.71%	4.26%	2.43%**
deduction for fees, expenses or taxes
* Assumes conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares at the end of the sixth year following the date of purchase.
** Based on the life of Class Z. For comparative purposes, the value of the index on 9/30/04 is used as the beginning value on
10/14/04.

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EXPENSES

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As an investor, you pay certain fees and expenses in connection with the fund, which are described in the table below.

Shareholder transaction fees (paid directly from your		Class A	Class B*	Class C	Class Z
investment)
Maximum sales charge imposed on purchases
(% of offering price)		4.50	none	none	none
Maximum contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC)
(% of lower of purchase or sale price)		none**	4.00	1.00	none
Annual fund operating expenses (paid each year as a
% of the value of your investment)
Management fees		.55	.55	.55	.55
Distribution (12b-1) fees		none	.50	.75	none
Shareholder services fees		.25	.25	.25	.20
Other expenses		.13	.17	.14	.12
Interest expense***		.07	.07	.07	.07
Total		1.00	1.54	1.76	0.94
*	Class B shares of the fund are available only in connection with dividend reinvestment and permitted exchanges of Class B
	shares of certain other funds.
**	Shares bought without an initial sales charge as part of an investment of $1 million or more may be charged a CDSC of
	1.00% if redeemed within one year.
*** “Interest expense” represents for accounting purposes interest expense associated with the fund’s investment in inverse
	floaters. Not shown in the table is the additional income generated by these investments which amounted approximately to
	the interest expense as shown.

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EXAMPLE

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The Example below is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class A	$547	$754	$978	$1,620
Class B (with redemption)	$557	$786	$1,039	$1,556+
Class B (without redemption)	$157	$486	$839	$1,556+
Class C (with redemption)	$279	$554	$954	$2,073
Class C (without redemption)	$179	$554	$954	$2,073
Class Z	$96	$300	$520	$1,155
+ Assumes conversion of Class B to Class A at end of the sixth year following the date of purchase.

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MANAGEMENT

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The investment adviser for the fund is The Dreyfus Corporation (Dreyfus), 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166. Founded in 1947, Dreyfus manages approximately $337 billion in approximately 194 mutual fund portfolios. For the past fiscal year, the fund paid Dreyfus a management fee at the annual rate of 0.55% of the fund’s average daily net assets. A discussion regarding the basis for the board’s approving the fund’s management agreement with Dreyfus is available in the fund’s semi-annual report for the six-month period ended October 31, 2008. Dreyfus is the primary mutual fund business of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY Mellon), a global financial services company focused on helping clients move and manage their financial assets, operating in 34 countries and serving more than 100 markets. BNY Mellon is a leading provider of financial services for institutions, corporations and high-net-worth individuals, providing asset and wealth management, asset servicing, issuer services, and treasury services through a worldwide client-focused team. BNY Mellon has more than $20.7 trillion in assets under custody and administration and $926 billion in assets under management, and it services more than $11.8 trillion in outstanding debt. Additional information is available at www.bnymellon.com.

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The Dreyfus asset management philosophy is based on the belief that discipline and consistency are important to investment success. For each fund, Dreyfus seeks to establish clear guidelines for portfolio management and to be systematic in making decisions. This approach is designed to provide each fund with a distinct, stable identity.

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The fund’s primary portfolio manager is James Welch, a position he has held since November 2001. Michael Faloon also serves as an additional portfolio manager, a position he has held since April 2009. Mr. Welch is a portfolio manager for Standish Asset Management Company LLC (“Standish”), an affiliate of Dreyfus, where he has been employed since April 2009. Mr. Welch manages a number of national and state-specific municipal bond funds managed by Dreyfus, where he has been employed since 2001. Mr. Faloon is a portfolio manager for municipal bond funds and is responsible for quantitative research at Standish, where he has been employed since 1999. Mr. Faloon has also been employed by Dreyfus since April 2009.

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The fund’s Statement of Additional Information (SAI) provides additional portfolio manager information, including compensation, other accounts managed and ownership of fund shares.

MBSC Securities Corporation (MBSC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Dreyfus, serves as distributor of the fund and for the other funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds. Dreyfus or MBSC may provide cash payments out of its own resources to financial intermediaries that sell shares of funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds or provide other services. Such payments are separate from any sales charges, 12b-1 fees and/or shareholder services fees or other expenses that may be paid by a fund to those intermediaries. Because those payments are not made by fund shareholders or the fund, the fund’s total expense ratio will not be affected by any such payments. These payments may be made to intermediaries, including affiliates, that provide shareholder servicing, sub-administration, recordkeeping and/or sub-transfer agency services, marketing support and/or access to sales meetings, sales representatives and management representatives of the financial intermediary. Cash compensation also may be paid from Dreyfus’ or MBSC’s own resources to intermediaries for inclusion of a fund on a sales list, including a preferred or select sales list or in other sales programs. These payments sometimes are referred to as “revenue sharing.” From time to time, Dreyfus or MBSC also may provide cash or non-cash compensation to financial intermediaries or their representatives in the form of occasional gifts; occasional meals, tickets or other entertainment; support for due diligence trips; educational conference sponsorship; support for recognition programs; and other forms of cash or non-cash compensation permissible under broker-dealer regulations. In some cases, these payments or compensation may create an incentive for a financial intermediary or its employees to recommend or sell shares of the fund to you. Please contact your financial representative for details about any payments they or their firm may receive in connection with the sale of fund shares or the provision of services to the fund.

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The fund, Dreyfus and MBSC have each adopted a code of ethics that permits its personnel, subject to such code, to invest in securities, including securities that may be purchased or held by the fund. Each code of ethics restricts the personal securities transactions of employees, and requires portfolio managers and other investment personnel to comply with the code’s preclearance and disclosure procedures. The primary purpose of the respective codes is to ensure that personal trading by employees does not disadvantage any of the firms’ other clients.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

These financial highlights describe the performance of the fund’s shares for the fiscal periods indicated. “Total return” shows how much your investment in the fund would have increased (or decreased) during each period, assuming you had reinvested all dividends and distributions. These financial highlights have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the fund’s financial statements, is included in the annual report, which is available upon request.

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			Year Ended April 30,
Class A Shares	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
Per Share Data ($):
Net asset value, beginning of period	12.56	13.10	12.91	13.12	12.81
Investment Operations:
Investment income--neta	.57	.57	.57	.59	.59
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments	(.91)	(.54)	.18	(.21)	.31
Total from Investment Operations	(.34)	.03	.75	.38	.90
Distributions:
Dividends from investment income--net	(.57)	(.57)	(.56)	(.59)	(.59)
Net asset value, end of period	11.65	12.56	13.10	12.91	13.12
Total Return (%)b	(2.64)	.28	5.94	2.93	7.18
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%):
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets	1.00	1.17	1.16	1.09	1.03
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets	.99	1.17 c	1.16 c	1.09 c	1.02
Ratio of interest expense related to floating rate notes	.07	.23	.25	.18	.10
issued to average net assets
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets	4.85	4.49	4.33	4.51	4.54
Portfolio Turnover Rate	56.67	77.20	68.06	48.31	48.30
Net Assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)	269,846	300,982	256,047	258,504	279,612

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a Based on average shares outstanding at each month end. 

b Exclusive of sales charge. 

c Expense waivers and/or reimbursements amounted to less than .01%. 

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			Year Ended April 30,
Class B Shares	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
Per Share Data ($):
Net asset value, beginning of period	12.57	13.11	12.91	13.12	12.82
Investment Operations:
Investment income--neta	.49	.49	.49	.52	.52
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments	(.90)	(.53)	.21	(.21)	.31
Total from Investment Operations	(.41)	(.04)	.70	.31	.83
Distributions:
Dividends from investment income--net	(.51)	(.50)	(.50)	(.52)	(.53)
Net asset value, end of period	11.65	12.57	13.11	12.91	13.12
Total Return (%)b	(3.26)	(.25)	5.48	2.40	6.64
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%):
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets	1.54	1.67	1.67	1.61	1.54
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets	1.53	1.67 c	1.67 c	1.61 c	1.54 c
Ratio of interest expense related to floating rate notes	.07	.23	.25	.18	.10
issued to average net assets
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets	4.26	3.95	3.81	3.99	4.02
Portfolio Turnover Rate	56.67	77.20	68.06	48.31	48.30
Net Assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)	4,348	9,732	11,799	16,462	21,192

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a	Based on average shares outstanding at each month end.
b	Exclusive of sales charge.
c Expense waivers and/or reimbursements amounted to less than .01%.

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		Year Ended April 30,
Class C Shares	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
Per Share Data ($):
Net asset value, beginning of period	12.58	13.12	12.93	13.14	12.83
Investment Operations:
Investment income--neta	.49	.47	.47	.49	.49
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments	(.93)	(.53)	.19	(.21)	.32
Total from Investment Operations	(.44)	(.06)	.66	.28	.81
Distributions:
Dividends from investment income--net	(.48)	(.48)	(.47)	(.49)	(.50)
Net asset value, end of period	11.66	12.58	13.12	12.93	13.14
Total Return (%)b	(3.42)	(.46)	5.16	2.18	6.40
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%):
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets	1.76	1.91	1.89	1.82	1.76
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets	1.75	191c	1.89 c	1.82 c	1.76 c
Ratio of interest expense related to floating rate notes	.07	.23	.25	.18	.10
issued to average net assets
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets	4.12	3.74	3.58	3.78	3.81
Portfolio Turnover Rate	56.67	77.20	68.06	48.31	48.30
Net Assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)	14,702	12,586	10,274	9,121	9,158

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a Based on average shares outstanding at each month end. 

b Exclusive of sales charge. 

c Expense waivers and/or reimbursements amounted to less than .01%. 

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			Year Ended April 30,
Class Z Shares	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005a
Per Share Data ($):
Net asset value, beginning of period	12.56	13.10	12.91	13.12	13.09
Investment Operations:
Investment income--netb	.58	.58	.57	.60	.32
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments	(.91)	(.54)	.19	(.21)	.03
Total from Investment Operations	(.33)	.04	.76	.39	.35
Distributions:
Dividends from investment income--net	(.58)	(.58)	(.57)	(.60)	(.32)
Net asset value, end of period	11.65	12.56	13.10	12.91	13.12
Total Return (%)	(2.59)	.33	6.00	2.99	2.71 c
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%):
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets	.94	1.08	1.10	1.03	.98 d
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets	.94 e	1.08 e	1.10 e	1.03 e	.96 d
Ratio of interest expense related to floating rate notes	.07	.23	.25	.18	.10
issued to average net assets
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets	4.90	4.53	4.38	4.57	4.49 d
Portfolio Turnover Rate	56.67	77.20	68.06	48.31	48.30
Net Assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)	247,849	284,168	306,634	324,537	350,202

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a From October 14, 2004 (commencement of initial offering) to April 30, 2005.
b Based on average shares outstanding at each month end.
c	Not annualized.
d Annualized.
e	Expense waivers and/or reimbursements amounted to less than .01%.

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Your Investment

SHAREHOLDER GUIDE

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Choosing a share class

The fund is designed primarily for people who are investing through a third party, such as a bank, broker-dealer or financial adviser, or in a 401(k) or other retirement plan. Third parties with whom you open a fund account may impose policies, limitations and fees that are different from those described in this prospectus. Consult a representative of your plan or financial institution for further information.

This prospectus offers Class A, B, C and Z shares of the fund.

Your financial representative may receive different compensation for selling one class of shares than for selling another class. It is important to remember that the CDSCs and Rule 12b-1 fees have the same purpose as the front-end sales charge: to compensate the distributor for concessions and expenses it pays to dealers and financial institutions in connection with the sale of fund shares. A CDSC is not charged on fund shares acquired through the reinvestment of fund dividends. Because the Rule 12b-1 fee is paid out of the fund’s assets on an ongoing basis, over time it will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges.

The different classes of fund shares represent investments in the same portfolio of securities, but the classes are subject to different expenses and will likely have different share prices. When choosing a class, you should consider your investment amount, anticipated holding period, the potential costs over your holding period and whether you qualify for any reduction or waiver of the sales charge.

A complete description of these classes follows. You should review these arrangements with your financial representative before determining which class to invest in.

	Class A	Class C	Class Z*
Initial sales charge	up to 4.50%	none	none
Ongoing distribution fee
(Rule 12b-1 fee)	none	0.75%	none
Ongoing shareholder services fee	0.25%	0.25%	0.20%
Contingent deferred sales charge	1% on sale of	1% on sale of	none
	shares bought	shares held for
	within one year	one year or less
without an initial
sales charge as
part of an
investment of
$1 million
or more
Conversion feature	no	no	no
Recommended purchase maximum	none	$1 million	none
*Class Z shares generally are not available for new accounts

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Class A share considerations

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When you invest in Class A shares, you pay the public offering price, which is the share price, or net asset value (NAV), plus the initial sales charge that may apply to your purchase. The amount of the initial sales charge is based on the size of your investment, as the following table shows. We also describe below how you may reduce or eliminate the initial sales charge. (See “Sales charge reductions and waivers.”)

Since some of your investment goes to pay an upfront sales charge when you purchase Class A shares, you purchase fewer shares than you would with the same investment in Class C shares. Nevertheless, you are usually better off purchasing Class A shares, rather than Class C shares, and paying an up-front sales charge if you:

• plan to own the shares for an extended period of time, since the ongoing Rule 12b-1 fees on Class C shares may eventually exceed the cost of the up-front sales charge; and
• qualify for a reduced or waived sales charge

If you invest $1 million or more (and are not eligible to purchase Class Z shares), Class A shares will always be the most advantageous choice.

	Total Sales Load -- Class A Shares
	As a % of offering	As a % of net asset
Amount of Transaction	price per share	value per share
Less than $50,000	4.50	4.70
$50,000 to less than $100,000	4.00	4.20
$100,000 to less than $250,000	3.00	3.10
$250,000 to less than $500,000	2.50	2.60
$500,000 to less than $1,000,000	2.00	2.00
$1,000,000 or more*	-0-	-0-

*Investments of $1 million or more may be subject to a 1% contingent deferred sales charge if sold within one year of 

purchase.

Sales charge reductions and waivers

To receive a reduction or waiver of your initial sales charge, you must let your financial intermediary or the fund know at the time you purchase shares that you qualify for such a reduction or waiver. If you do not let your financial intermediary or the fund know that you are eligible for a reduction or waiver, you may not receive the reduction or waiver to which you are otherwise entitled. In order to receive a reduction or waiver, you may be required to provide your financial intermediary or the fund with evidence of your qualification for the reduction or waiver, such as records regarding shares of certain Dreyfus Funds held in accounts with that financial intermediary and other financial intermediaries. Additional information regarding reductions and waivers of sales loads is available, free of charge, at www.dreyfus.com and in the SAI.

You can reduce your initial sales charge in the following ways:

• Rights of accumulation. You can count toward the amount of your investment your total account value in all share classes of the fund and certain other Dreyfus Funds that are subject to a sales charge. For example, if you have $1 million invested in shares of certain other Dreyfus Funds that are subject to a sales charge, you can invest in Class A shares of any fund without an initial sales charge.
  We may terminate or change this privilege at any time on written notice.
• Letter of intent. You can sign a letter of intent, in which you agree to invest a certain amount (your goal) in the fund and certain other Dreyfus Funds over a 13-month period, and your initial sales charge will be based on your goal. A 90-day back-dated period can also be used to count previous

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purchases toward your goal. Your goal must be at least $50,000, and your initial investment must be at least $5,000. The sales charge will be adjusted if you do not meet your goal.
• Combine with family members. You can also count toward the amount of your investment all investments in certain other Dreyfus Funds, in any class of shares that is subject to a sales charge, by your spouse and your children under age 21 (family members), including their rights of accumulation and goals under a letter of intent. Certain other groups may also be permitted to combine purchases for purposes of reducing or eliminating sales charges. (See “How to Buy Shares” in the SAI.)

Class A shares may be purchased at NAV without payment of a sales charge by the following individuals and entities:

• full-time or part-time employees, and their family members, of Dreyfus or any of its affiliates
• board members of Dreyfus and board members of the Dreyfus Family of Funds
• full-time employees, and their family members, of financial institutions that have entered into selling agreements with the fund’s distributor
• “wrap” accounts for the benefit of clients of financial institutions, provided they have entered into an agreement with the fund’s distributor specifying operating policies and standards
• qualified separate accounts maintained by an insurance company; any state, county or city or instrumentality thereof; charitable organizations investing $50,000 or more in fund shares; and charitable remainder trusts
• qualified investors who (i) purchase Class A shares directly through the fund’s distributor, and (ii) have, or whose spouse or minor children have, beneficially owned shares and continuously maintained an open account directly through the distributor in a Dreyfus Fund since on or before February 28, 2006
• investors with cash proceeds from the investor’s exercise of employment-related stock options, whether invested in the fund directly or indirectly through an exchange from a Dreyfus-managed money market fund, provided that the proceeds are processed through an entity that has entered into an agreement with the fund’s distributor specifically relating to processing stock options. Upon establishing the account in the fund or the Dreyfus-managed money market fund, the investor and the investor’s spouse or minor children become eligible to purchase Class A shares of the fund at NAV, whether or not using the proceeds of the employment-related stock options
• members of qualified affinity groups who purchase Class A shares directly through the fund’s distributor, provided that the qualified affinity group has entered into an affinity agreement with the distributor

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Class B share considerations

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Class B shares are offered only in connection with dividend reinvestment and exchanges of Class B shares of certain other Dreyfus Funds or certain eligible shares of Dreyfus Worldwide Dollar Money Market Fund, Inc.

Class B shares are subject to an annual Rule 12b-1 fee. Class B shares convert to Class A shares (which are not subject to a Rule 12b-1 fee) approximately six years after the date they were purchased. Class B shares sold within six years of purchase are subject to the following CDSCs:

	CDSC as a % of Amount
	Invested or Redemption Proceeds
Year Since Purchase Payment Was Made	(whichever is less)
First	4.00
Second	4.00
Third	3.00
Fourth	3.00
Fifth	2.00
Sixth	1.00
Class C share considerations

Since you pay no initial sales charge, an investment of less than $1 million in Class C shares buys more shares than the same investment would in Class A shares. However, Class C shares are subject to an annual Rule 12b-1 fee . Over time, the Rule 12b-1 fees may cost you more than paying an initial sales charge on Class A shares. Class C shares redeemed within one year of purchase are subject to a 1% CDSC.

Because Class A shares will always be a more favorable investment than Class C shares for investments of $1 million or more, the fund will generally not accept a purchase order for Class C shares in the amount of $1 million or more. While the fund will take reasonable steps to prevent investments of $1 million or more in Class C shares, it may not be able to identify such investments made through certain financial intermediaries or omnibus accounts.

Class Z shares generally are not available for new accounts

Class Z shares generally are offered only to shareholders of the fund who received Class Z shares in exchange for their shares of the General Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. as a result of the reorganization of such fund.

CDSC waivers

The fund’s CDSC on Class A, B and C shares may be waived in the following cases:

• permitted exchanges of shares, except if shares acquired by exchange are then redeemed within the period during which a CDSC would apply to the initial shares purchased
• redemptions made within one year of death or disability of the shareholder
• redemptions due to receiving required minimum distributions from retirement accounts upon reaching age 70½
• redemptions made through the fund’s Automatic Withdrawal Plan, if such redemptions do not exceed 12% of the value of the account annually

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Valuing Shares

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Dreyfus generally calculates fund NAVs as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on days the NYSE is open for regular business. Your order will be priced at the next NAV calculated after your order is received in proper form by the fund’s transfer agent or other authorized entity. When calculating NAVs, Dreyfus values equity investments on the basis of market quotations or official closing prices. Dreyfus generally values fixed income investments based on values supplied by an independent pricing service approved by the fund’s board. The pricing service’s procedures are reviewed under the general supervision of the board. If market quotations or prices from a pricing service are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, the fund may value those investments at fair value as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the fund’s board. Fair value of investments may be determined by the fund’s board, its pricing committee or its valuation committee in good faith using such information as it deems appropriate under the circumstances. Under certain circumstances, the fair value of foreign equity securities will be provided by an independent pricing service. Using fair value to price investments may result in a value that is different from a security’s most recent closing price and from the prices used by other mutual funds to calculate their net asset values. Funds that seek tax-exempt income are not recommended for purchase in IRAs or other qualified retirement plans. Foreign securities held by a fund may trade on days when the fund does not calculate its NAV and thus may affect the fund’s NAV on days when investors have no access to the fund.

Investments in certain types of thinly traded securities may provide short-term traders arbitrage opportunities with respect to the fund’s shares. For example, arbitrage opportunities may exist when trading in a portfolio security or securities is halted and does not resume, or the market on which such securities are traded closes before the fund calculates its NAV. If short-term investors of the fund were able to take advantage of these arbitrage opportunities, they could dilute the NAV of fund shares held by long-term investors. Portfolio valuation policies can serve to reduce arbitrage opportunities available to short-term traders, but there is no assurance that such valuation policies will prevent dilution of the fund’s NAV by short-term traders. While the fund has a policy regarding frequent trading, it too may not be completely effective to prevent short-term NAV arbitrage trading, particularly in regard to omnibus accounts. Please see “Your Investment — Shareholder Guide — General Policies” for further information about the fund’s frequent trading policy.

Orders to buy and sell shares received by dealers by the close of trading on the NYSE and transmitted to the distributor or its designee by the close of its business day (usually 5:15 p.m. Eastern time) will be based on the NAV determined as of the close of trading on the NYSE that day.

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How to Buy Shares

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By Mail--Regular Accounts. To open a regular account, complete an application and mail, together with a check payable to The Dreyfus Family of Funds, to:

The Dreyfus Family of Funds
P.O. Box 55268
Boston, MA 02205-8502
Attn: Institutional Processing

To purchase additional shares in a regular account, mail a check payable to The Dreyfus Family of Funds (with your account number on your check), together with an investment slip, to the above address.

By Mail--IRA Accounts. To open an IRA account or make additional investments in an IRA account, be sure to specify the fund name and the year for which the contribution is being made. When opening a new account include a completed IRA application, and when making additional investments include an investment slip. Make checks payable to The Dreyfus Family of Funds, and mail to:

The Bank of New York Mellon, Custodian
P.O. Box 55552
Boston, MA 02205-8568
Attn: Institutional Processing

Electronic Check or Wire. To purchase shares in a regular or IRA account by wire or electronic check, please call 1-800-554-4611 (inside the U.S. only) for more information.

Dreyfus TeleTransfer. To purchase additional shares in a regular or IRA account by Dreyfus TeleTransfer, which will transfer money from a pre-designated bank account, request the account service on your application. Call 1-800-554-4611 (inside the U.S. only) or visit www.dreyfus.com to request your transaction.

Automatically. You may purchase additional shares in a regular or IRA account by selecting one of Dreyfus’ automatic investment services made available to the fund on your account application or service application. See “Services for Fund Investors.”

In Person. Visit a Dreyfus Financial Center. Please call us for locations.

The minimum initial and subsequent investment for regular accounts is $1,000 and $100, respectively. Investments made through Dreyfus Teletransfer are subject to a $150,000 maximum per day. All investments must be in U.S. dollars. Third-party checks, cash, travelers’ checks or money orders will not be accepted. You may be charged a fee for any check that does not clear.

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How to Sell Shares

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You may sell (redeem) shares at any time. Your shares will be sold at the next NAV calculated after your order is received in proper form by the fund’s transfer agent or other authorized entity. Any certificates representing fund shares being sold must be returned with your redemption request. Your order will be processed promptly and you will generally receive the proceeds within a week.

To keep your CDSC as low as possible, each time you request to sell shares we will first sell shares that are not subject to a CDSC, and then those subject to the lowest charge. The CDSC is based on the lesser of the original purchase cost or the current market value of the shares being sold, and is not charged on fund shares you acquired by reinvesting your fund dividends. As described above in this prospectus, there are certain instances when you may qualify to have the CDSC waived. Consult your financial representative or refer to the SAI for additional details.

Before selling or writing a check against shares recently purchased by check, Dreyfus TeleTransfer or Automatic Asset Builder, please note that:

• if you send a written request to sell such shares, the fund may delay sending the proceeds for up to eight business days following the purchase of those shares
• the fund will not honor redemption checks, or process wire, telephone, online or Dreyfus TeleTransfer redemption requests for up to eight business days following the purchase of those shares

By Mail--Regular Accounts. To sell shares in a regular account by mail, send a letter of instruction that includes your name, your account number, the name of the fund, the share class, the dollar amount to be redeemed and how and where to send the proceeds. Mail your request to:

The Dreyfus Family of Funds
P.O. Box 55268
Boston, MA 02205-8502

By Mail--IRA Accounts. To sell shares in an IRA account by mail, send a letter of instruction that includes all of the same information for regular accounts and indicate whether the distribution is qualified or premature and whether the 10% TEFRA should be withheld. Mail your request to:

The Bank of New York Mellon, Custodian
P.O. Box 55552
Boston, MA 02205-8568

A signature guarantee is required for some written sell orders. These include:

• amounts of $10,000 or more on accounts whose address has been changed within the last 30 days
• requests to send the proceeds to a different payee or address
• amounts of $100,000 or more

A signature guarantee helps protect against fraud. You can obtain one from most banks or securities dealers, but not from a notary public. For joint accounts, each signature must be guaranteed. Please call to ensure that your signature guarantee will be processed correctly.

Telephone or Online. To sell shares in a regular account, call Dreyfus at 1-800-554-4611 (inside the U.S. only) or visit www.dreyfus.com to request your transaction.

A check will be mailed to your address of record or you may request a wire or electronic check (Dreyfus TeleTransfer). For wires or Dreyfus TeleTransfer, be sure that the fund has your bank account information on file. Proceeds will be wired or sent by electronic check to your bank account.

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You may request that redemption proceeds be paid by check and mailed to your address of record (maximum $250,000 per day). You may request that redemption proceeds be sent to your bank by wire (minimum $1,000/maximum $20,000 per day) or by Dreyfus Teletransfer (minimum $500/maximum $20,000 per day). Holders of jointly registered fund or bank accounts may redeem by wire or through Dreyfus Teletransfer for up to $500,000 within any 30-day period.

Automatically. You may sell shares in a regular account by calling 1-800-554-4611 (inside the U.S. only) for instructions on how to establish the Dreyfus Automatic Withdrawal Plan. You may sell shares in an IRA account by calling the above number for instructions on the Automatic Withdrawal Plan.

In Person. Visit a Dreyfus Financial Center. Please call us for locations.

General Policies

Unless you decline teleservice privileges on your application, the fund’s transfer agent is authorized to act on telephone or online instructions from any person representing himself or herself to be you and reasonably believed by the transfer agent to be genuine. You may be responsible for any fraudulent telephone or online order as long as the fund’s transfer agent takes reasonable measures to confirm that instructions are genuine.

The fund is designed for long-term investors. Frequent purchases, redemptions and exchanges may disrupt portfolio management strategies and harm fund performance by diluting the value of fund shares and increasing brokerage and administrative costs. As a result, Dreyfus and the fund’s board have adopted a policy of discouraging excessive trading, short-term market timing and other abusive trading practices (frequent trading) that could adversely affect the fund or its operations. Dreyfus and the fund will not enter into arrangements with any person or group to permit frequent trading.

The fund also reserves the right to:

• change or discontinue its exchange privilege, or temporarily suspend the privilege during unusual market conditions
• change its minimum or maximum investment amounts
• delay sending out redemption proceeds for up to seven days (generally applies only during unusual market conditions or in cases of very large redemptions or excessive trading)
• “redeem in kind,” or make payments in securities rather than cash, if the amount redeemed is large enough to affect fund operations (for example, if it exceeds 1% of the fund’s assets)
• refuse any purchase or exchange request, including those from any individual or group who, in Dreyfus’ view, is likely to engage in frequent trading

More than four roundtrips within a rolling 12-month period generally is considered to be frequent trading. A roundtrip consists of an investment that is substantially liquidated within 60 days. Based on the facts and circumstances of the trades, the fund may also view as frequent trading a pattern of investments that are partially liquidated within 60 days.

Transactions made through Automatic Investment Plans, Automatic Withdrawal Plans, Dreyfus Auto-Exchange Privileges, automatic non-discretionary rebalancing programs, and minimum required retirement distributions generally are not considered to be frequent trading. For employer-sponsored benefit plans, generally only participant-initiated exchange transactions are subject to the roundtrip limit. Dreyfus monitors selected transactions to identify frequent trading. When its surveillance systems identify multiple roundtrips, Dreyfus evaluates trading activity in the account for evidence of frequent trading. Dreyfus considers the investor’s trading history in other accounts under common ownership or control, in other Dreyfus Funds and BNY Mellon Funds, and if known, in non-affiliated mutual funds and accounts under common control. These evaluations involve judgments that are inherently subjective, and while Dreyfus seeks to apply the policy and procedures uniformly, it is possible that similar transactions may be

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treated differently. In all instances, Dreyfus seeks to make these judgments to the best of its abilities in a manner that it believes is consistent with shareholder interests. If Dreyfus concludes the account is likely to engage in frequent trading, Dreyfus may cancel or revoke the purchase or exchange on the following business day. Dreyfus may also temporarily or permanently bar such investor’s future purchases into the fund in lieu of, or in addition to, canceling or revoking the trade. At its discretion, Dreyfus may apply these restrictions across all accounts under common ownership, control or perceived affiliation.

Fund shares often are held through omnibus accounts maintained by financial intermediaries, such as brokers and retirement plan administrators, where the holdings of multiple shareholders, such as all the clients of a particular broker, are aggregated. Dreyfus’ ability to monitor the trading activity of investors whose shares are held in omnibus accounts is limited. However, the agreements between the distributor and financial intermediaries include obligations to comply with the terms of this prospectus and to provide Dreyfus, upon request, with information concerning the trading activity of investors whose shares are held in omnibus accounts. If Dreyfus determines that any such investor has engaged in frequent trading of fund shares, Dreyfus may require the intermediary to restrict or prohibit future purchases or exchanges of fund shares by that investor.

Certain retirement plans and intermediaries that maintain omnibus accounts with the fund may have developed policies designed to control frequent trading that may differ from the fund’s policy. At its sole discretion, the fund may permit such intermediaries to apply their own frequent trading policy. If you are investing in fund shares through an intermediary (or in the case of a retirement plan, your plan sponsor), please contact the intermediary for information on the frequent trading policies applicable to your account.

To the extent the fund significantly invests in thinly traded securities, certain investors may seek to trade fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of these securities (referred to as price arbitrage). Any such frequent trading strategies may interfere with efficient management of the fund’s portfolio to a greater degree than funds that invest in highly liquid securities, in part because the fund may have difficulty selling these portfolio securities at advantageous times or prices to satisfy large and/or frequent redemption requests. Any successful price arbitrage may also cause dilution in the value of fund shares held by other shareholders.

Although the fund’s frequent trading and fair valuation policies and procedures are designed to discourage market timing and excessive trading, none of these tools alone, nor all of them together, completely eliminates the potential for frequent trading.

Small Account Policy

To offset the relatively higher costs of servicing smaller accounts, the fund charges regular accounts with balances below $2,000 an annual fee of $12. The fee will be imposed during the fourth quarter of each calendar year. The fee will be waived for: any investor whose aggregate Dreyfus mutual fund investments total at least $25,000; IRA accounts; Education Savings Accounts; accounts participating in automatic investment programs; and accounts opened through a financial institution.

If your account falls below $500, the fund may ask you to increase your balance. If it is still below $500 after 30 days, the fund may close your account and send you the proceeds.

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DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES

The fund earns dividends, interest and other income from its investments, and distributes this income (less expenses) to shareholders as dividends. The fund also realizes capital gains from its investments, and distributes these gains (less any losses) to shareholders as capital gain distributions. The fund normally pays dividends once a month and capital gain distributions annually. Fund dividends and distributions will be reinvested in the fund unless you instruct the fund otherwise. There are no fees or sales charges on reinvestments.

The fund anticipates that virtually all dividends paid to you will be exempt from federal income tax. However, for federal tax purposes, certain distributions, such as distributions of short-term capital gains, are taxable to you as ordinary income, while long-term capital gains are taxable to you as capital gains. High portfolio turnover and more volatile markets can result in significant taxable distributions to shareholders, regardless of whether their shares have increased in value. The tax status of any distribution generally is the same regardless of how long you have been in the fund and whether you reinvest your distributions or take them in cash.

If you buy shares of a fund when the fund has realized but not yet distributed income or capital gains, you will be “buying a dividend” by paying the full price for the shares and then receiving a portion back in the form of a taxable distribution.

Your sale of shares, including exchanges into other funds, may result in a capital gain or loss for tax purposes. A capital gain or loss on your investment in the fund generally is the difference between the cost of your shares and the amount you receive when you sell them.

The tax status of your distributions will be detailed in your annual tax statement from the fund. Because everyone’s tax situation is unique, please consult your tax advisor before investing.

SERVICES FOR FUND INVESTORS

Automatic services

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Buying or selling shares automatically is easy with the services described below. With each service, you select a schedule and amount, subject to certain restrictions. If you purchase shares through a third party, the third party may impose different restrictions on these services and privileges, or may not make them available at all. For information, call your financial representative or 1-800-554-4611. Holders of Class Z shares should call 1-800-645-6561.

Dreyfus Automatic Asset Builder® permits you to purchase fund shares (minimum of $100 and maximum of $150,000 per transaction) at regular intervals selected by you. Fund shares are purchased by transferring funds from the bank account designated by you.

Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan permits you to purchase fund shares (minimum of $100 per transaction) automatically through a payroll deduction.

Dreyfus Government Direct Deposit permits you to purchase fund shares (minimum of $100 and maximum of $50,000 per transaction) automatically from your federal employment, Social Security or other regular federal government check.

Dreyfus Dividend Sweep permits you to automatically reinvest dividends and distributions from the fund into another Dreyfus Fund (not available for IRAs).

Dreyfus Auto-Exchange Privilege permits you to exchange at regular intervals your shares in the fund for shares of other Dreyfus Funds.

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Dreyfus Automatic Withdrawal Plan permits you to make withdrawals (minimum of $50) on a monthly or quarterly basis, provided your account balance is at least $5,000. Any CDSC will be waived, as long as the amount of any withdrawal does not exceed on an annual basis 12% of the greater of the account value at the time of the first withdrawal under the plan, or at the time of the subsequent withdrawal.

Exchange privilege

Generally, you can exchange shares worth $500 or more (no minimum for retirement accounts) into other Dreyfus Funds. You can request your exchange by contacting your financial representative. Be sure to read the current prospectus for any fund into which you are exchanging before investing. Any new account established through an exchange generally will have the same privileges as your original account (as long as they are available). There is currently no fee for exchanges, although you may be charged a sales load when exchanging into any fund that has one.

You can also exchange Class Z shares into shares of certain other Dreyfus Funds. You can request your exchange by contacting your financial representative. Holders of Class Z shares also may request an exchange in writing, by phone or online.

Dreyfus TeleTransfer privilege

To move money between your bank account and your Dreyfus fund account with a phone call or online, use the Dreyfus TeleTransfer privilege. You can set up Dreyfus TeleTransfer on your account by providing bank account information and following the instructions on your application, or contacting your financial representative. Shares held in an IRA or Education Savings Account may not be redeemed through the Dreyfus TeleTransfer privilege.

Account Statements

Every Dreyfus Fund investor automatically receives regular account statements. You will also be sent a yearly statement detailing the tax characteristics of any dividends and distributions you have received.

Reinvestment Privilege

Upon written request, you can reinvest up to the number of Class A shares you redeemed within 45 days of selling them at the current share price without any sales charge. If you paid a CDSC, it will be credited back to your account. This privilege may be used only once.

Checkwriting privilege

You may write redemption checks against your account for Class A or Class Z shares in amounts of $500 or more. These checks are free; however, a fee will be charged if you request a stop payment or if the transfer agent cannot honor a redemption check due to insufficient funds or another valid reason. Please do not postdate your checks or use them to close your account.

Dreyfus Express® voice-activated account access (Class Z only)

You can easily manage your Dreyfus accounts, check your account balances, purchase fund shares, transfer money between your Dreyfus Funds, get price and yield information, and much more, by calling 1-800-645-6561. Certain requests require the services of a representative.

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For More Information

Dreyfus Municipal Bond Opportunity Fund

(formerly: Dreyfus Premier Municipal Bond Fund)
SEC file number: 811-4764

More information on this fund is available free upon request, including the following:

Annual/Semiannual Report

Describes the fund’s performance, lists portfolio holdings and contains a letter from the fund’s manager discussing recent market conditions, economic trends and fund strategies that significantly affected the fund’s performance during the last fiscal year.The fund’s most recent annual and semiannual reports are available at www.dreyfus.com.

Statement of Additional Information (SAI)

Provides more details about the fund and its policies. A current SAI is available at www.dreyfus.com and is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SAI is incorporated by reference (is legally considered part of this prospectus).

Portfolio Holdings

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Dreyfus funds generally disclose their complete schedule of portfolio holdings monthly with a 30-day lag at www.dreyfus.com under Mutual Fund Center – Dreyfus Mutual Funds – Mutual Fund Total Holdings. Complete holdings as of the end of the calendar quarter are disclosed 15 days after the end of such quarter. Dreyfus money market funds generally disclose their complete schedule of holdings daily. The schedule of holdings for a fund will remain on the website until the fund files its Form N-Q or Form N-CSR for the period that includes the dates of the posted holdings.

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A complete description of the fund’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the fund’s portfolio securities is available in the fund’s SAI.

To obtain information:

By telephone Call 1-800-554-4611. Holders of Class Z shares should call 1-800-645-6561

By mail Write to:
The Dreyfus Family of Funds
144 Glenn Curtiss Boulevard
Uniondale, NY 11556-0144

By E-mail Send your request to info@dreyfus.com 

On the Internet Certain fund documents can be viewed online or downloaded from: 

SEC http://www.sec.gov 

Dreyfus http://www.dreyfus.com 

You can also obtain copies, after paying a duplicating fee, by visiting the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC (for information, call 1-202-551-8090) or by E-mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing to the SEC’s Public Reference Section, Washington, DC 20549-0102.

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CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C AND CLASS Z SHARES 

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

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     This Statement of Additional Information, which is not a prospectus, supplements and should be read in conjunction with the current Prospectus of Dreyfus Municipal Bond Opportunity Fund (the "Fund"), dated September 1, 2009 , as the Prospectus may be revised from time to time. To obtain a copy of the Fund's Prospectus, please call your financial adviser, write to the Fund at 144 Glenn Curtiss Boulevard, Uniondale, New York 11556-0144, visit www.dreyfus.com, or call 1-800-554-4611 (holders of Class Z shares should call 1-800-645-6561).

     The Fund's most recent Annual Report and Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders are separate documents supplied with this Statement of Additional Information, and the financial statements, accompanying notes and report of independent registered public accounting firm appearing in the Annual Report are incorporated by reference into this Statement of Additional Information.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Description of the Fund	B-2
Management of the Fund	B-18
Management Arrangements	B-26
How to Buy Shares	B-32
Distribution Plan and Shareholder Services Plan	B-38
How to Redeem Shares	B-40
Shareholder Services	B-46
Determination of Net Asset Value	B-51
Dividends, Distributions and Taxes	B-51
Portfolio Transactions	B-54
Information About the Fund	B-57
Counsel and Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	B-61
Appendix	B-62

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DESCRIPTION OF THE FUND

     The Fund is a Massachusetts business trust that commenced operations on November 26, 1987. The Fund is an open-end management investment company, known as a municipal bond fund. As a municipal bond fund, the Fund invests in debt obligations issued by states, territories and possessions of the United States and the District of Columbia and their political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities, or multistate agencies or authorities, and certain other specified securities, the interest from which is, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, exempt from Federal income tax ("Municipal Bonds"). The Fund is a diversified fund, which means that, with respect to 75% of its total assets, the Fund will not invest more than 5% of its assets in the securities of any single issuer nor hold more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any single issuer (other than, in each case, securities of other investment companies or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities).

     The Dreyfus Corporation (the "Manager" or "Dreyfus") serves as the Fund's investment adviser.

MBSC Securities Corporation (the "Distributor") is the distributor of the Fund's shares.

Certain Portfolio Securities

     The following information supplements and should be read in conjunction with the Fund's Prospectus.

     Municipal Bonds. As a fundamental policy, the Fund normally invests at least 80% of the value of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in Municipal Bonds. Municipal Bonds generally include debt obligations issued to obtain funds for various public purposes as well as certain industrial development bonds issued by or on behalf of public authorities. Municipal Bonds are classified as general obligation bonds, revenue bonds and notes. General obligation bonds are secured by the issuer's pledge of its full faith, credit and taxing power for the payment of principal and interest. Revenue bonds are payable from the revenue derived from a particular facility or class of facilities or, in some cases, from the proceeds of a special excise or other specific revenue source, but not from the general taxing power. Tax exempt industrial development bonds, in most cases, are revenue bonds that do not carry the pledge of the credit of the issuing municipality, but generally are guaranteed by the corporate entity on whose behalf they are issued. Notes are short-term instruments which are obligations of the issuing municipalities or agencies and are sold in anticipation of a bond sale, collection of taxes or receipt of other revenues. Municipal Bonds include municipal lease/purchase agreements, which are similar to installment purchase contracts for property or equipment issued by municipalities. Municipal Bonds bear fixed, floating or variable rates of interest, which are determined in some instances by formulas under which the securities' interest rate will change directly or inversely to changes in interest rates or an index, or multiples thereof, in many cases subject to a maximum and minimum. Certain Municipal Bonds are subject to redemption at a date earlier than their stated maturity pursuant to call options, which may be separated from the related security and purchased and sold separately.

     The yields on Municipal Bonds are dependent on a variety of factors, including general economic and monetary conditions, money market factors, conditions in the Municipal Bond market, size of a particular offering, maturity of the obligation and rating of the issue.

     Municipal Bonds include certain private activity bonds (a type of revenue bond), the income from which is subject to the alternative minimum tax (AMT). The Fund may invest without limitation in such Municipal Bonds if the Manager determines that their purchase is consistent with the Fund's investment objective.

Certain Tax Exempt Obligations. The Fund may purchase floating and variable rate demand notes and bonds, which are tax exempt obligations ordinarily having stated maturities in excess of one year, but which permit the holder to demand payment of principal at any time or at specified intervals. Variable rate demand notes include master demand notes which are obligations that permit the Fund to invest fluctuating amounts, at varying rates of interest, pursuant to direct arrangements between the Fund, as lender, and the borrower. These obligations permit daily changes in the amount borrowed. Because these obligations are direct lending arrangements between the lender and borrower, it is not contemplated that such instruments generally will be traded, and there generally is no established secondary market for these obligations, although they are redeemable at face value, plus accrued interest. Accordingly, where these obligations are not secured by letters of credit or other credit support arrangements, the Fund's right to redeem is dependent on the ability of the borrower to pay principal and interest on demand. Each obligation purchased by the Fund will meet the quality criteria established for the purchase of Municipal Bonds.

Tax Exempt Participation Interests. The Fund may purchase from financial institutions participation interests in Municipal Bonds (such as industrial development bonds and municipal lease/purchase agreements). A participation interest gives the Fund an undivided interest in the Municipal Bond in the proportion that the Fund's participation interest bears to the total principal amount of the Municipal Bond. These instruments may have fixed, floating or variable rates of interest. If the participation interest is unrated, it will be backed by an irrevocable letter of credit or guarantee of a bank that the Fund's Board has determined meets prescribed quality standards for banks, or the payment obligation otherwise will be collateralized by U.S. Government securities. For certain participation interests, the Fund will have the right to demand payment, on not more than seven days' notice, for all or any part of the Fund's participation interest in the Municipal Bond, plus accrued interest. As to these instruments, the Fund intends to exercise its right to demand payment only upon a default under the terms of the Municipal Bond, as needed to provide liquidity to meet redemptions, or to maintain or improve the quality of its investment portfolio.

     Municipal lease obligations or installment purchase contract obligations (collectively, "lease obligations") have special risks not ordinarily associated with Municipal Bonds. Although lease obligations do not constitute general obligations of the municipality for which the municipality's taxing power is pledged, a lease obligation ordinarily is backed by the municipality's covenant to budget for, appropriate and make the payments due under the lease obligation. However, certain lease obligations in which the Fund may invest may contain "non-appropriation" clauses which provide that the municipality has no obligation to make lease

or installment purchase payments in future years unless money is appropriated for such purpose on a yearly basis. Although "non-appropriation" lease obligations are secured by the leased property, disposition of the property in the event of foreclosure might prove difficult. Certain lease obligations may be considered illiquid. Determination as to the liquidity of such securities is made in accordance with guidelines established by the Fund's Board. Pursuant to such guidelines, the Board has directed the Manager to monitor carefully the Fund's investment in such securities with particular regard to: (1) the frequency of trades and quotes for the lease obligation; (2) the number of dealers willing to purchase or sell the lease obligation and the number of other potential buyers; (3) the willingness of dealers to undertake to make a market in the lease obligation; (4) the nature of the marketplace trades, including the time needed to dispose of the lease obligation, the method of soliciting offers and the mechanics of transfer; and (5) such other factors concerning the trading market for the lease obligation as the Manager may deem relevant. In addition, in evaluating the liquidity and credit quality of a lease obligation that is unrated, the Fund's Board has directed the Manager to consider: (a) whether the lease can be canceled; (b) what assurance there is that the assets represented by the lease can be sold; (c) the strength of the lessee's general credit (e.g., its debt, administrative, economic, and financial characteristics); (d) the likelihood that the municipality will discontinue appropriating funding for the leased property because the property is no longer deemed essential to the operations of the municipality (e.g., the potential for an "event of nonappropriation"); (e) the legal recourse in the event of failure to appropriate; and (f) such other factors concerning credit quality as the Manager may deem relevant. The Fund will not invest more than 15% of the value of its net assets in lease obligations that are illiquid and in other illiquid securities.

Tender Option Bonds. The Fund may purchase tender option bonds. A tender option bond is a Municipal Bond (generally held pursuant to a custodial arrangement) having a relatively long maturity and bearing interest at a fixed rate substantially higher than prevailing short-term tax exempt rates, that has been coupled with the agreement of a third party, such as a bank, broker-dealer or other financial institution, pursuant to which such institution grants the security holders the option, at periodic intervals, to tender their securities to the institution and receive the face value thereof. As consideration for providing the option, the financial institution receives periodic fees equal to the difference between the Municipal Bond's fixed coupon rate and the rate, as determined by a remarketing or similar agent at or near the commencement of such period, that would cause the securities, coupled with the tender option, to trade at par on the date of such determination. Thus, after payment of this fee, the security holder effectively holds a demand obligation that bears interest at the prevailing short-term tax exempt rate. The Manager, on behalf of the Fund, will consider on an ongoing basis the creditworthiness of the issuer of the underlying Municipal Bond, of any custodian and of the third party provider of the tender option. In certain instances and for certain tender option bonds, the option may be terminable in the event of a default in payment of principal or interest on the underlying Municipal Bond and for other reasons.

     The Fund will purchase tender option bonds only when the Manager is satisfied that the custodial and tender option arrangements, including the fee payment arrangements, will not adversely affect the tax exempt status of the underlying Municipal Bonds and that payment of any tender fees will not have the effect of creating taxable income for the Fund. Based on the

tender option bond agreement, the Fund expects to be able to value the tender option bond at par; however, the value of the instrument will be monitored to assure that it is valued at fair value.

Custodial Receipts. The Fund may purchase custodial receipts representing the right to receive certain future principal and interest payments on Municipal Bonds which underlie the custodial receipts. A number of different arrangements are possible. In a typical custodial receipt arrangement, an issuer or a third party owner of Municipal Bonds deposits such obligations with a custodian in exchange for two classes of custodial receipts. The two classes have different characteristics, but, in each case, payments on the two classes are based on payments received on the underlying Municipal Bonds. One class has the characteristics of a typical auction rate security, where at specified intervals its interest rate is adjusted, and ownership changes, based on an auction mechanism. The interest rate on this class generally is expected to be below the coupon rate of the underlying Municipal Bonds and generally is at a level comparable to that of a Municipal Bond of similar quality and having a maturity equal to the period between interest rate adjustments. The second class bears interest at a rate that exceeds the interest rate typically borne by a security of comparable quality and maturity; this rate also is adjusted, but in this case inversely to changes in the rate of interest of the first class. The aggregate interest paid with respect to the two classes will not exceed the interest paid by the underlying Municipal Bonds. The value of the second class and similar securities should be expected to fluctuate more than the value of a Municipal Bond of comparable quality and maturity, which would increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value. These custodial receipts are sold in private placements. The Fund also may purchase directly from issuers, and not in a private placement, Municipal Bonds having characteristics similar to custodial receipts. These securities may be issued as part of a multi-class offering and the interest rate on certain classes may be subject to a cap or floor.

Inverse Floaters. The Fund may invest in residual interest Municipal Bonds whose interest rates bear an inverse relationship to the interest rate on another security or the value of an index ("inverse floaters"). An investment in inverse floaters may involve greater risk than an investment in a fixed-rate Municipal Bond. Because changes in the interest rate on the other security or index inversely affect the residual interest paid on the inverse floater, the value of an inverse floater is generally more volatile than that of a fixed-rate Municipal Bond. Inverse floaters have interest rate adjustment formulas which generally reduce or, in the extreme, eliminate the interest paid to the Fund when short-term interest rates rise, and increase the interest paid to the Fund when short-term interest rates fall. Investing in inverse floaters involves leveraging which may magnify the Fund’s gains or losses. Although volatile, inverse floaters typically offer the potential for yields exceeding the yields available on fixed-rate Municipal Bonds with comparable credit quality, coupon, call provisions and maturity. These securities usually permit the investor to convert the floating rate to a fixed rate (normally adjusted downward), and this optional conversion feature may provide a partial hedge against rising rates if exercised at an opportune time.

     Inverse floaters typically are derivative instruments created by depositing Municipal Bonds in a trust which divides the bond’s income stream into two parts: a short-term variable rate demand note and a residual interest bond (the inverse floater) which receives interest based on the remaining cash flow of the trust after payment of interest on the note and various trust expenses. Interest on the inverse floater usually moves in the opposite direction as the interest

on the variable rate demand note. The Fund may either participate in structuring an inverse floater or purchase an inverse floater in the secondary market. When structuring an inverse floater, the Fund will transfer to a trust fixed rate Municipal Bonds held in the Fund’s portfolio. The trust then typically issues the inverse floaters and the variable rate demand notes that are collateralized by the cash flows of the fixed rate Municipal Bonds. In return for the transfer of the Municipal Bonds to the trust, the Fund receives the inverse floaters and cash associated with the sale of the notes from the trust. The Fund treats these transfers as part of a secured borrowing or financing transaction (not a sale), and the interest payments and related expenses due on the notes issued by the trusts and sold to third parties as liabilities of the Fund. Inverse floaters purchased in the secondary market are treated as the purchase of a security and not as a secured borrowing or financing transaction.

Zero Coupon, Pay-In-Kind and Step-Up Municipal Bonds. The Fund may invest in zero coupon securities, which are Municipal Bonds issued or sold at a discount from their face value that do not entitle the holder to any periodic payment of interest prior to maturity or a specified redemption date or cash payment date; pay-in-kind bonds, which are Municipal Bonds that generally pay interest through the issuance of additional coupon bonds; and step-up bonds, which are Municipal Bonds that typically do not pay interest for a specified period of time and then pay interest at a series of different rates. For zero coupon securities, the amount of any discount varies depending on the time remaining until maturity or cash payment date, prevailing interest rates, liquidity of the security and perceived credit quality of the issuer. Zero coupon securities also may take the form of Municipal Bonds that have been stripped of their unmatured interest coupons, the coupons themselves and receipts or certificates representing interests in such stripped debt obligations and coupons. The market prices of these securities generally are more volatile and are likely to respond to a greater degree to changes in interest rates than the market prices of Municipal Bonds that pay cash interest periodically having similar maturities and credit qualities. In addition, unlike Municipal Bonds which pay interest throughout the period to maturity, the Fund will realize no cash until the cash payment date unless a portion of such securities is sold and, if the issuer defaults, the Fund may obtain no return at all on its investment.

Ratings of Municipal Bonds. The Fund will invest at least 70% of the value of its net assets in securities which, in the case of Municipal Bonds, are rated no lower than Baa by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's") or BBB by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services ("S&P") or Fitch Ratings ("Fitch" and, together with Moody's and S&P, the "Rating Agencies"). The Fund may invest up to 30% of the value of its net assets in securities which, in the case of Municipal Bonds, are rated lower than Baa by Moody's and BBB by S&P and Fitch and as low as the lowest rating assigned by the Rating Agencies. Municipal Bonds rated BBB by S&P and Fitch are regarded as having adequate capacity to pay principal and interest, while those rated Baa by Moody's are considered medium grade obligations which lack outstanding investment characteristics and have speculative characteristics. If a security is not rated or is subject to some external agreement (such as a letter of credit) from a bank which was not considered when the security was rated, the Manager may determine that the security is of comparable quality to those rated securities in which the Fund may invest. For purposes of the 70% requirement described in this paragraph, such unrated securities will be considered to have the rating so determined.

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     The average distribution of Fund investments (at value) in Municipal Bonds (including notes) by ratings for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2009, computed on a monthly basis, was as follows:

					Percentage
Fitch	or	Moody's	or	S&P	of Value
AAA		Aaa		AAA	35.4%
AA		Aa		AA	20.0%
A		A		A	13.7%
BBB		Baa		BBB	14.8%
BB		Ba		BB	3.6%
B		B		B	3.5%
CCC		Caa		CCC	0.5%
F-1+/F-1		MIG1/VMIG1, P-1		SP-1+,SP-1,
				A1+/A1	1.3%
Not Rated		Not Rated		Not Rated	7.2%*
					100.0%

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     Subsequent to its purchase by the Fund, an issue of rated Municipal Bonds may cease to be rated or its rating may be reduced below the minimum required for purchase by the Fund. Neither event will require the sale of such Municipal Bonds by the Fund, but the Manager will consider such event in determining whether the Fund should continue to hold the Municipal Bonds. To the extent that the ratings given by a Rating Agency for Municipal Bonds may change as a result of changes in such organizations or its rating system, the Fund will attempt to use comparable ratings as standards for its investments in accordance with the investment policies described in the Prospectus and this Statement of Additional Information. The ratings of the Rating Agencies represent their opinions as to the quality of the Municipal Bonds which they undertake to rate. It should be emphasized, however, that ratings are relative and subjective and are not absolute standards of quality. Although these ratings may be an initial criterion for selection of portfolio investments, the Manager also will evaluate these securities and the creditworthiness of the issuers of such securities.

     Illiquid Securities. The Fund may invest up to 15% of the value of its net assets in securities as to which a liquid trading market does not exist, provided such investments are consistent with the Fund's investment objective. Such securities may include securities that are not readily marketable, such as securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale, and repurchase agreements providing for settlement in more than seven days after notice. As to these securities, the Fund is subject to a risk that should the Fund desire to sell them when a ready buyer is not available at a price the Fund deems representative of their value, the value of the Fund's net assets could be adversely affected.

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* Those securities which are not rated have been determined by the Manager to be of comparable quality to 

   securities in the following rating categories: AAA/Aaa (1.9%); BBB/Baa (1.6%); BB/Ba (2.4%); B/B 

    (1.0%); and DDD (0.3%). 

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     Taxable Investments. From time to time, on a temporary basis other than for temporary defensive purposes (but not to exceed 20% of the value of the Fund's net assets) or for temporary defensive purposes, the Fund may invest in taxable short-term investments ("Taxable Investments") consisting of: notes of issuers having, at the time of purchase, a quality rating within the two highest grades of a Rating Agency; obligations of the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities; commercial paper rated not lower than P-1 by Moody's, A-1 by S&P or F-1 by Fitch; certificates of deposit of U.S. domestic banks, including foreign branches of domestic banks, with assets of $1 billion or more; time deposits; bankers' acceptances and other short-term bank obligations; and repurchase agreements in respect of any of the foregoing. Dividends paid by the Fund that are attributable to income earned by the Fund from Taxable Investments will be taxable to investors. See "Dividends, Distributions and Taxes." Except for temporary defensive purposes, at no time will more than 20% of the value of the Fund's net assets be invested in Taxable Investments. When the Fund has adopted a temporary defensive position, including when acceptable Municipal Bonds are unavailable for investment by the Fund, in excess of 20% of the Fund's net assets may be invested in securities that are not exempt from Federal income taxes. Under normal market conditions, the Fund anticipates that not more than 5% of the value of its total assets will be invested in any one category of Taxable Investments.

     Investment Companies. The Fund may invest in securities issued by other investment companies. Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), the Fund's investment in such securities, subject to certain exceptions, currently is limited to (i) 3% of the total voting stock of any one investment company, (ii) 5% of the Fund's total assets with respect to any one investment company and (iii) 10% of the Fund's total assets in the aggregate. As a shareholder of another investment company, the Fund would bear, along with other shareholders, its pro rata portion of the other investment company's expenses, including advisory fees. These expenses would be in addition to the advisory fees and other expenses that the Fund bears directly in connection with its own operations. The Fund also may invest its uninvested cash reserves or cash it receives as collateral from borrowers of its portfolio securities in connection with the Fund's securities lending program, in shares of one or more money market funds advised by the Manager. Such investments will not be subject to the limitations described above. See "Lending Portfolio Securities."

Investment Techniques

     The following information supplements and should be read in conjunction with the Fund's Prospectus. The Fund's use of certain of the investment techniques described below may give rise to taxable income.

     Borrowing Money. The Fund is permitted to borrow to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, which permits an investment company to borrow in an amount up to 33-1/3% of the value of its total assets. The Fund currently intends to borrow money only for temporary or emergency (not leveraging) purposes, in an amount up to 15% of the value of its total assets (including the amount borrowed) valued at the lesser of cost or market, less liabilities (not including the amount borrowed) at the time the borrowing is made. While such borrowings exceed 5% of the Fund's total assets, the Fund will not make any additional investments.

     Short-Selling. In these transactions, the Fund sells a security it does not own in anticipation of a decline in the market value of the security. The Fund may make short-sales to hedge positions, for duration and risk management, to maintain portfolio flexibility or to enhance returns. To complete a short-sale transaction, the Fund must borrow the security to make delivery to the buyer. The Fund is obligated to replace the security borrowed by purchasing it subsequently at the market price at the time of replacement. The price at such time may be more or less than the price at which the security was sold by the Fund, which would result in a loss or gain, respectively.

     The Fund will not sell securities short if, after effect is given to any such short sale, the total market value of all securities sold short would exceed 25% of the value of the Fund's net assets. The Fund may not make a short sale which results in the Fund having sold short in the aggregate more than 5% of the outstanding securities of any class of an issuer.

     The Fund also may make short sales "against the box," in which the Fund enters into a short sale of a security it owns or has the immediate and unconditional right to acquire at no additional cost at the time of the sale. At no time will more than 15% of the value of the Fund's net assets be in deposits on short sales against the box.

     Until the Fund closes its short position or replaces the borrowed security, the Fund will: (a) segregate permissible liquid assets in an amount that, together with the amount provided as collateral, always equals the current value of the security sold short; or (b) otherwise cover its short position.

     Lending Portfolio Securities. The Fund may lend securities from its portfolio to brokers, dealers and other financial institutions needing to borrow securities to complete certain transactions. In connection with such loans, the Fund remains the owner of the loaned securities and continues to be entitled to payments in amounts equal to the interest or other distributions payable on the loaned securities. The Fund also has the right to terminate a loan at any time. The Fund may call the loan to vote proxies if a material issue affecting the Fund's investment is to be voted upon. Loans of portfolio securities may not exceed 33-1/3% of the value of the Fund's total assets (including the value of assets received as collateral for the loan). The Fund will receive collateral consisting of cash, U.S. Government securities or irrevocable letters of credit which will be maintained at all times in an amount equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the loaned securities. If the collateral consists of a letter of credit or securities, the borrower will pay the Fund a loan premium fee. If the collateral consists of cash, the Fund will reinvest the cash and pay the borrower a pre-negotiated fee or "rebate" from any return earned on the investment. The Fund may participate in a securities lending program operated by The Bank of New York Mellon, as lending agent (the "Lending Agent"). The Lending Agent will receive a percentage of the total earnings of the Fund derived from lending its portfolio securities. Should the borrower of the securities fail financially, the Fund may experience delays in recovering the loaned securities or exercising its rights in the collateral. Loans are made only to borrowers that are deemed by the Manager to be of good financial standing. In a loan transaction, the Fund will also bear the risk of any decline in value of securities acquired with cash collateral. The Fund will minimize this risk by limiting the investment of cash collateral to

money market funds advised by the Manager, repurchase agreements or other high quality instruments with short maturities.

     Derivatives. The Fund may invest in, or enter into, derivatives, for a variety of reasons, including to hedge certain market and interest rate risks, to provide a substitute for purchasing or selling particular securities or to increase potential returns. Generally, a derivative is a financial contract whose value depends upon, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index, and may relate to stocks, bonds, interest rates, currencies or currency exchange rates, commodities, and related indexes. Derivatives may provide a cheaper, quicker or more specifically focused way for the Fund to invest than "traditional" securities would. Examples of derivative instruments the Fund may use include options contracts, futures contracts, and options on futures contracts. The Fund's portfolio managers may decide not to employ any of these strategies and there is no assurance that any derivatives strategy used by the Fund will succeed.

     Derivatives can be volatile and involve various types and degrees of risk, depending upon the characteristics of the particular derivative and the portfolio as a whole. Derivatives permit the Fund to increase or decrease the level of risk, or change the character of the risk, to which its portfolio is exposed in much the same way as the Fund can increase or decrease the level of risk, or change the character of the risk, of its portfolio by making investments in specific securities. However, derivatives may entail investment exposures that are greater than their cost would suggest, meaning that a small investment in derivatives could have a large potential impact on the Fund's performance.

     If the Fund invests in derivatives at inopportune times or judges market conditions incorrectly, such investments may lower the Fund's return or result in a loss. The Fund also could experience losses if its derivatives were poorly correlated with its other investments, or if the Fund were unable to liquidate its position because of an illiquid secondary market. The market for many derivatives is, or suddenly can become, illiquid. Changes in liquidity may result in significant, rapid and unpredictable changes in the prices for derivatives.

     Derivatives may be purchased on established exchanges or through privately negotiated transactions referred to as over-the-counter derivatives. Exchange-traded derivatives generally are guaranteed by the clearing agency which is the issuer or counterparty to such derivatives. This guarantee usually is supported by a daily variation margin system operated by the clearing agency in order to reduce overall credit risk. As a result, unless the clearing agency defaults, there is relatively little counterparty credit risk associated with derivatives purchased on an exchange. By contrast, no clearing agency guarantees over-the-counter derivatives. Therefore, each party to an over-the-counter derivative bears the risk that the counterparty will default. Accordingly, the Manager will consider the creditworthiness of counterparties to over-the-counter derivatives in the same manner as it would review the credit quality of a security to be purchased by the Fund. Over-the-counter derivatives are less liquid than exchange-traded derivatives since the other party to the transaction may be the only investor with sufficient understanding of the derivative to be interested in bidding for it.

     Some derivatives the Fund may use may involve leverage (e.g., an instrument linked to the value of a securities index may return income calculated as a multiple of the price movement

of the underlying index). This economic leverage will increase the volatility of these instruments as they may increase or decrease in value more quickly than the underlying security, index, futures contract, or other economic variable. Pursuant to regulations and/or published positions of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the Fund may be required to segregate permissible liquid assets, or engage in other measures approved by the SEC or its staff, to "cover" the Fund's obligations relating to its transactions in derivatives. For example, in the case of futures contracts that are not contractually required to cash settle, the Fund must set aside liquid assets equal to such contracts' full notional value (generally, the total numerical value of the asset underlying a futures contract at the time of valuation) while the positions are open. With respect to futures contracts that are contractually required to cash settle, however, the Fund is permitted to set aside liquid assets in an amount equal to the Fund's daily marked-to-market net obligation (i.e., the Fund's daily net liability) under the contracts, if any, rather than such contracts' full notional value. By setting aside assets equal to only its net obligations under cash-settled futures contracts, the Fund may employ leverage to a greater extent than if the Fund were required to segregate assets equal to the full notional value of such contracts.

     The Fund will not be a commodity pool. The Fund has filed notice with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and National Futures Association of its eligibility, as a registered investment company, for an exclusion from the definition of commodity pool operator and that the Fund is not subject to registration or regulation as a commodity pool operator under the Commodity Exchange Act.

Futures Transactions--In General. A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a security for a set price on a future date. These contracts are traded on exchanges, so that, in most cases, either party can close out its position on the exchange for cash, without delivering the security. An option on a futures contract gives the holder of the option the right to buy from or sell to the writer of the option a position in a futures contract at a specified price on or before a specified expiration date.

     Although some futures contracts call for making or taking delivery of the underlying securities, generally these obligations are closed out before delivery by offsetting purchases or sales of matching futures contracts (same exchange, underlying security or index, and delivery month). Closing out a futures contract sale is effected by purchasing a futures contract for the same aggregate amount of the specific type of financial instrument with the same delivery date. If an offsetting purchase price is less than the original sale price, the Fund realizes a capital gain, or if it is more, the Fund realizes a capital loss. Conversely, if an offsetting sale price is more than the original purchase price, the Fund realizes a capital gain, or if it is less, the Fund realizes a capital loss. Transaction costs also are included in these calculations.

     The Fund may enter into futures contracts in U.S. domestic markets. Engaging in these transactions involves risk of loss to the Fund which could adversely affect the value of the Fund's net assets. Although the Fund intends to purchase or sell futures contracts only if there is an active market for such contracts, no assurance can be given that a liquid market will exist for any particular contract at any particular time. Many futures exchanges and boards of trade limit the amount of fluctuation permitted in futures contract prices during a single trading day. Once the daily limit has been reached in a particular contract, no trades may be made that day at a price

beyond that limit or trading may be suspended for specified periods during the trading day. Futures contract prices could move to the limit for several consecutive trading days with little or no trading, thereby preventing prompt liquidation of futures positions and potentially subjecting the Fund to substantial losses.

     Successful use of futures and options with respect thereto by the Fund also is subject to the Manager's ability to predict correctly movements in the direction of the relevant market, and, to the extent the transaction is entered into for hedging purposes, to ascertain the appropriate correlation between the securities being hedged and the price movements of the futures contract. For example, if the Fund uses futures to hedge against the possibility of a decline in the market value of securities held in its portfolio and the prices of such securities instead increase, the Fund will lose part or all of the benefit of the increased value of securities which it has hedged because it will have offsetting losses in its futures positions. Furthermore, if in such circumstances the Fund has insufficient cash, it may have to sell securities to meet daily variation margin requirements. The Fund may have to sell such securities at a time when it may be disadvantageous to do so.

Specific Futures Transactions. The Fund may purchase and sell interest rate futures contracts. An interest rate future obligates the Fund to purchase or sell an amount of a specific debt security at a future date at a specific price.

     The Fund may purchase and sell municipal bond index futures contracts. Municipal bond index futures contracts are based on an index of Municipal Bonds. The index assigns relative values to the Municipal Bonds included in the index and fluctuates with changes in the market value of such Municipal Bonds. The contract is an agreement pursuant to which two parties agree to take or make delivery of an amount of cash based upon the difference between the value of the index at the close of the last trading day of the contract and the price at which the index contract was originally written.

Options--In General. The Fund may invest up to 5% of its assets, represented by the premium paid, in the purchase of call and put options. The Fund may write (i.e., sell) covered call and put option contracts to the extent of 20% of the value of its net assets at the time such option contracts are written. A call option gives the purchaser of the option the right to buy, and obligates the writer to sell, the underlying security or securities at the exercise price at any time during the option period, or at a specific date. Conversely, a put option gives the purchaser of the option the right to sell, and obligates the writer to buy, the underlying security or securities at the exercise price at any time during the option period, or at a specific date.

     A covered call option written by the Fund is a call option with respect to which the Fund owns the underlying security or otherwise covers the transaction such as by segregating permissible liquid assets. A put option written by the Fund is covered when, among other things, the Fund segregates permissible liquid assets having a value equal to or greater than the exercise price of the option to fulfill the obligation undertaken or otherwise covers the transaction. The principal reason for writing covered call and put options is to realize, through the receipt of premiums, a greater return than would be realized on the underlying securities alone. The Fund receives a premium from writing covered call or put options which it retains whether or not the option is exercised.

     There is no assurance that sufficient trading interest to create a liquid secondary market on a securities exchange will exist for any particular option or at any particular time, and for some options no such secondary market may exist. A liquid secondary market in an option may cease to exist for a variety of reasons. In the past, for example, higher than anticipated trading activity or order flow, or other unforeseen events, at times have rendered certain of the clearing facilities inadequate and resulted in the institution of special procedures, such as trading rotations, restrictions on certain types of orders or trading halts or suspensions in one or more options. There can be no assurance that similar events, or events that may otherwise interfere with the timely execution of customers' orders, will not recur. In such event, it might not be possible to effect closing transactions in particular options. If, as a covered call option writer, the Fund is unable to effect a closing purchase transaction in a secondary market, it will not be able to sell the underlying security until the option expires or it delivers the underlying security upon exercise or it otherwise covers its position.

Specific Options Transactions. The Fund may purchase and sell call and put options in respect of specific securities (or groups or "baskets" of specific securities) or indices listed on national securities exchanges or traded in the over-the-counter market. An option on an index is similar to an option in respect of specific securities, except that settlement does not occur by delivery of the securities comprising the index. Instead, the option holder receives an amount of cash if the closing level of the index upon which the option is based is greater than in the case of a call, or less than in the case of a put, the exercise price of the option. Thus, the effectiveness of purchasing or writing index options will depend upon price movements in the level of the index rather than the price of a particular security.

     Successful use by the Fund of options and options on futures will be subject to the Manager's ability to predict correctly movements in interest rates. To the extent the Manager's predictions are incorrect, the Fund may incur losses.

     Future Developments. The Fund may take advantage of opportunities in options and futures contracts and options on futures contracts and any other derivatives which are not presently contemplated for use by the Fund or which are not currently available but which may be developed, to the extent such opportunities are both consistent with the Fund's investment objective and legally permissible for the Fund. Before the Fund enters into such transactions or makes any such investment, the Fund will provide appropriate disclosure in its Prospectus or Statement of Additional Information.

     Stand-By Commitments. The Fund may acquire "stand-by commitments" with respect to Municipal Bonds held in its portfolio. Under a stand-by commitment, the Fund obligates a broker, dealer or bank to repurchase, at the Fund's option, specified securities at a specified price and, in this respect, stand-by commitments are comparable to put options. The exercise of a stand-by commitment, therefore, is subject to the ability of the seller to make payment on demand. The Fund will acquire stand-by commitments solely to facilitate its portfolio liquidity and does not intend to exercise its rights thereunder for trading purposes. The Fund may pay for stand-by commitments if such action is deemed necessary, thus increasing to a degree the cost of the underlying Municipal Bond and similarly decreasing such security's yield to investors. Gains realized in connection with stand-by commitments will be taxable. The Fund also may acquire

call options on specific Municipal Bonds. The Fund generally would purchase these call options to protect the Fund from the issuer of the related Municipal Bond redeeming, or other holder of the call option from calling away, the Municipal Bond before maturity. The sale by the Fund of a call option that it owns on a specific Municipal Bond could result in the receipt of taxable income by the Fund.

     Forward Commitments. The Fund may purchase and sell Municipal Bonds and other securities on a forward commitment, when-issued or delayed-delivery basis, which means that delivery and payment take place in the future after the date of the commitment to purchase. The payment obligation and the interest rate receivable on a forward commitment, when-issued, or delayed-delivery security are fixed when the Fund enters into the commitment, but the Fund does not make payment until it receives delivery from the counterparty. The Fund will commit to purchase such securities only with the intention of actually acquiring the securities, but the Fund may sell these securities before the settlement date if it is deemed advisable. The Fund will segregate permissible liquid assets at least equal at all times to the amount of the Fund's purchase commitments.

     Municipal Bonds or other securities purchased on a forward commitment, when-issued or delayed-delivery basis are subject to changes in value (generally changing in the same way, i.e., appreciating when interest rates decline and depreciating when interest rates rise) based upon the public's perception of the creditworthiness of the issuer and changes, real or anticipated, in the level of interest rates. Securities purchased on a forward commitment, when-issued or delayed-delivery basis may expose the Fund to risks because they may experience such fluctuations prior to their actual delivery. Purchasing securities on a forward commitment, when-issued or delayed-delivery basis can involve the additional risk that the yield available in the market when the delivery takes place actually may be higher than that obtained in the transaction itself. Purchasing securities on a forward commitment, when-issued or delayed-delivery basis when the Fund is fully or almost fully invested may result in greater potential fluctuation in the value of the Fund's net assets and its net asset value per share.

Certain Investment Considerations and Risks

     Investing in Municipal Bonds. The Fund may invest more than 25% of the value of its total assets in Municipal Bonds which are related in such a way that an economic, business or political development or change affecting one such security also would affect the other securities; for example, securities the interest upon which is paid from revenues of similar types of projects, or securities whose issuers are located in the same state. As a result, the Fund may be subject to greater risk as compared to a municipal bond fund that does not follow this practice.

     Certain provisions in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), relating to the issuance of Municipal Bonds may reduce the volume of Municipal Bonds qualifying for Federal tax exemption. One effect of these provisions could be to increase the cost of the Municipal Bonds available for purchase by the Fund and thus reduce available yield. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers concerning the effect of these provisions on an investment in the Fund. Proposals that may restrict or eliminate the income tax exemption for interest on Municipal Bonds may be introduced in the future. If any such proposal were enacted

that would reduce the availability of Municipal Bonds for investment by the Fund so as to adversely affect Fund shareholders, the Fund would reevaluate its investment objective and policies and submit possible changes in the Fund's structure to shareholders for their consideration. If legislation were enacted that would treat a type of Municipal Bond as taxable, the Fund would treat such security as a permissible Taxable Investment within the applicable limits set forth herein.

     Lower Rated Bonds. The Fund may invest up to 30% of the value of its net assets in higher yielding (and, therefore, higher risk) municipal securities such as those rated below investment grade by the Rating Agencies (commonly known as "high yield" or "junk" bonds). They may be subject to greater risks and market fluctuations than certain lower yielding, higher rated municipal securities. See the Appendix for a general description of the Rating Agencies' ratings of municipal securities. Although ratings may be useful in evaluating the safety of interest and principal payments, they do not evaluate the market value risk of these bonds. The Fund will rely on the Manager's judgment, analysis and experience in evaluating the creditworthiness of an issuer.

     The market values of many of these bonds tend to be more sensitive to economic conditions than are higher rated securities and will fluctuate over time. These bonds generally are considered by the Rating Agencies to be, on balance, predominantly speculative with respect to capacity to pay interest and repay principal in accordance with the terms of the obligation and generally will involve more credit risk than securities in the higher rating categories.

     Because there is no established retail secondary market for many of these securities, the Fund anticipates that such securities could be sold only to a limited number of dealers or institutional investors. To the extent a secondary trading market for these bonds does exist, it generally is not as liquid as the secondary market for higher rated securities. The lack of a liquid secondary market may have an adverse impact on market price and yield and the Fund's ability to dispose of particular issues when necessary to meet the Fund's liquidity needs or in response to a specific economic event such as a deterioration in the creditworthiness of the issuer. The lack of a liquid secondary market for certain securities also may make it more difficult for the Fund to obtain accurate market quotations for purposes of valuing the Fund's portfolio and calculating its net asset value. Adverse publicity and investor perceptions, whether or not based on fundamental analysis, may decrease the values and liquidity of these securities. In such cases, the Manager's judgment may play a greater role in valuation because less reliable objective data may be available.

     These bonds may be particularly susceptible to economic downturns. An economic recession could adversely affect the ability of the issuers of lower rated bonds to repay principal and pay interest thereon which would increase the incidence of default for such securities. It is likely that any economic recession also could disrupt severely the market for such securities and have an adverse impact on their value.

     The Fund may acquire these bonds during an initial offering. Such securities may involve special risks because they are new issues. The Fund has no arrangement with any person concerning the acquisition of such securities, and the Manager will review carefully the credit and other characteristics pertinent to such new issues.

     The credit risk factors pertaining to lower rated securities also apply to lower rated zero coupon bonds, pay-in-kind bonds and step-up bonds, in which the Fund may invest up to 5% of its total assets. In addition to the risks associated with the credit rating of the issuers, the market price of these securities may be very volatile during the period no interest is paid.

     Simultaneous Investments. Investment decisions for the Fund are made independently from those of other investment companies advised by the Manager. If, however, such other investment companies desire to invest in, or dispose of, the same securities as the Fund, the Manager will ordinarily seek to aggregate (or "bunch") orders that are placed or received concurrently for more than one investment company and available investments or opportunities for sales will be allocated equitably to each investment company. In some cases, this procedure may adversely affect the size of the position obtained for or disposed of by the Fund or the price paid or received by the Fund. The Fund, together with other investment companies advised by the Manager and its affiliates, may own significant positions in certain Municipal Bond issues that, depending on market conditions, may affect adversely the Fund's ability to dispose of some or all of such positions should it desire to do so.

Investment Restrictions

     The Fund's investment objective and its policy to normally invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in Municipal Bonds (or other instruments with similar economic characteristics) are fundamental policies, which cannot be changed without approval by the holders of a majority (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund's outstanding voting shares. In addition, the Fund has adopted investment restrictions numbered 1 through 9 as fundamental policies. Investment restrictions numbered 10 through 12 are not fundamental policies and may be changed by a vote of a majority of the Fund's Board members at any time. The Fund may not:

1.	Purchase securities other than Municipal Bonds and Taxable Investments as those terms
	are defined above and in the Prospectus and those arising out of transactions in futures
	and options.
2.	Borrow money, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act (which currently limits
	borrowing to no more than 33-1/3% of the value of the Fund's total assets). Transactions
	in futures and options and the entry into short sales transactions do not involve any
	borrowing for purposes of this restriction.
3.	Purchase securities on margin, but the Fund may make margin deposits in connection
	with transactions in futures, including those related to indices, and options on futures or
	indices.
4.	Underwrite the securities of other issuers, except that the Fund may bid separately or as
	part of a group for the purchase of Municipal Bonds directly from an issuer for its own
	portfolio to take advantage of the lower purchase price available, and except to the extent
	the Fund may be deemed an underwriter under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
	by virtue of disposing of portfolio securities.

5.	Purchase or sell real estate, real estate investment trust securities, commodities or
	commodity contracts, or oil and gas interests, but this shall not prevent the Fund from
	investing in Municipal Bonds secured by real estate or interests therein or prevent the
	Fund from purchasing and selling futures contracts, including those related to indices,
	and options on futures contracts or indices.
6.	Make loans to others except through the purchase of qualified debt obligations and the
	entry into repurchase agreements referred to above and in the Fund's Prospectus;
	however, the Fund may lend its portfolio securities in an amount not to exceed 33-1/3%
	of the value of its total assets. Any loans of portfolio securities will be made according to
	guidelines established by the SEC and the Fund's Board members.
7.	Invest more than 15% of its assets in the obligations of any one bank for temporary
	defensive purposes, or invest more than 5% of its assets in the obligations of any other
	issuer, except that up to 25% of the value of the Fund's total assets may be invested, and
	securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its agencies or
	instrumentalities may be purchased, without regard to any such limitations.
	Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent required by the rules of the SEC, the Fund
	will not invest more than 5% of its assets in the obligations of any one bank, except that
	up to 25% of the value of the Fund's total assets may be invested without regard to such
	limitation.
8.	Invest more than 25% of its total assets in the securities of issuers in any single industry;
	provided that there shall be no such limitation on the purchase of Municipal Bonds and,
	for temporary defensive purposes, obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S.
	Government, its agencies or instrumentalities.
9.	Invest in companies for the purpose of exercising control.
10.	Purchase securities of other investment companies, except to the extent permitted under
	the 1940 Act.
11.	Pledge, hypothecate, mortgage or otherwise encumber its assets, except to the extent
	necessary to secure permitted borrowings. The deposit of assets in escrow in connection
	with the writing of covered put and call options and the purchase of securities on a when-
	issued or delayed-delivery basis and collateral arrangements with respect to initial or
	variation margin for futures contracts and options on futures contracts or indices will not
	be deemed to be pledges of the Fund's assets.
12.	Enter into repurchase agreements providing for settlement in more than seven days after
	notice or purchase securities which are illiquid (which securities could include
	participation interests that are not subject to the demand feature described in the Fund's
	Prospectus and floating and variable rate demand obligations as to which no secondary
	market exists and the Fund cannot exercise the demand feature described in the Fund's
	Prospectus on less than seven days' notice), if, in the aggregate, more than 15% of the
	value of its net assets would be so invested.

     For purposes of Investment Restriction No. 8, industrial development bonds, where the payment of principal and interest is the ultimate responsibility of companies within the same industry, are grouped together as an "industry."

     If a percentage restriction is adhered to at the time of investment, a later change in percentage resulting from a change in values or assets will not constitute a violation of such restriction. With respect to Investment Restriction No. 2, however, if borrowings exceed 33-1/3% of the value of the Fund's total assets as a result of changes in values or assets, the Fund must take steps to reduce such borrowings at least to the extent of such excess.

MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND

     The Fund's Board is responsible for the management and supervision of the Fund, and approves all significant agreements with those companies that furnish services to the Fund. These companies are as follows:

The Dreyfus Corporation	Investment Adviser
MBSC Securities Corporation	Distributor
Dreyfus Transfer, Inc.	Transfer Agent
The Bank of New York Mellon	Custodian

Board Members of the Fund¹

Board members of the Fund, together with information as to their positions with the Fund, principal occupations and other board memberships and affiliations, are shown below.

¹ None of the Board members are "interested persons" of the Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act.

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Name (Age)	Principal Occupation
Position with Fund (Since)	During Past 5 Years	Other Board Memberships and Affiliations
Joseph S. DiMartino (65)	Corporate Director and	The Muscular Dystrophy Association,
Chairman of the Board	Trustee	Director
(1995)		CBIZ, (formerly, Century Business Services,
		Inc.), a provider of outsourcing functions for
		small and medium size companies, Director
		The Newark Group, a provider of a national
		market of paper recovery facilities,
		paperboard mills and paperboard converting
		plants, Director
		Sunair Services Corporation, a provider of
		certain outdoor-related services to homes
		and businesses, Director
Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. (75)	President of Alexander &	Mutual of America Life Insurance Company,
Board Member	Associates, Inc., a	Director
(1988)	management consulting
	firm (January 1981 –
	present)
David W. Burke (73)	Corporate Director and	John F. Kennedy Library Foundation,
Board Member	Trustee	Director
(2007)
Peggy C. Davis (66)	Shad Professor of Law,	None
Board Member (1990)	New York University
	School of Law (1983 –
	present)
	Writer and teacher in the
	fields of evidence,
	constitutional theory, family
	law, social sciences and the
	law, legal process and
	professional methodology
	and training
Diane Dunst (69)	President, Huntting House	None
Board Member	Antiques
(2007)

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Name (Age)	Principal Occupation
Position with Fund (Since)	During Past 5 Years	Other Board Memberships and Affiliations
Ernest Kafka (76)	Physician engaged in private	None
Board Member	practice specializing in the
(1988)	psychoanalysis of adults
	and adolescents (1962-
	Present)
	Instructor, The New York
	Psychoanalytic Institute
	(1981 – present)
Nathan Leventhal (66)	Commissioner,	Movado Group, Inc., Director
Board Member	NYC Planning Commission	Mayor’s Committee on Appointments,
(1989)	(March 2007 – present)	Chairman
	Chairman, Avery Fisher
	Artist Program
	(November 1977 – present)
Daniel Rose (79)	Chairman and Chief	Baltic-American Enterprise Fund, Vice
Board Member	Executive Officer of Rose	Chairman and Director
(2007)	Associates, Inc., a New	Harlem Educational Activities Fund, Inc.,
	York based real estate	Chairman
	development and	Housing Committee of the Real Estate Board
	management firm	of New York, Inc., Director
Warren B. Rudman (79)	Stonebridge International	Boston Scientific, Director
Board Member	LLC, Co-Chairman	D.B. Zwirn & Co., Vice Chairman of the
(2007)	Of Counsel to (from January	International Advisory Board
	1993 to December 31,
	2003, Partner in) the law
	firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,
	Wharton & Garrison, LLP

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     Board members are elected to serve for an indefinite term. The Fund has standing audit, nominating and compensation committees, each comprised of its Board members who are not "interested persons" of the Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act. The function of the audit committee is (i) to oversee the Fund's accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of the Fund's financial statements and (ii) to assist in the Board's oversight of the integrity of the Fund's financial statements, the Fund's compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and the independent registered public accounting firm's qualifications, independence and performance. The Fund's nominating committee is responsible for selecting and nominating persons as members of the Board for election or appointment by the Board and for election by shareholders. In evaluating potential nominees, including any nominees recommended by shareholders, the committee takes into consideration various factors listed in the nominating committee charter, including character and integrity, business and professional experience, and whether the committee believes the person has the ability to apply sound and independent business judgment and would act in the interest of the Fund and its shareholders. The nominating committee will consider recommendations for nominees from shareholders submitted to the Secretary of the Company, c/o The Dreyfus Corporation Legal Department, 200 Park Avenue, 8^th Floor East, New York, New York 10166, which includes information regarding the recommended nominee as specified in the nominating committee charter. The function of the compensation committee is to establish the appropriate compensation for serving on the Board. The Fund also has a standing pricing committee comprised of any one Board member. The function of the pricing committee is to assist in valuing the Fund's investments. The audit committee met four times during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2009. The nominating, compensation and pricing committees did not meet during the last fiscal year.

     The table below indicates the dollar range of each Board member's ownership of Fund shares and shares of other funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds for which he or she is a Board member, in each case as of December 31, 2008.

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		Aggregate Holding of
		Funds in the Dreyfus
		Family of Funds for which
		Responsible as a Board
Name of Board Member	Fund	Member
Joseph S. DiMartino	None	Over $100,000
Clifford L. Alexander, Jr.	None	None
David W. Burke	None	None
Peggy C. Davis	None	None
Diane Dunst	None	$50,001 - $100,000
Ernst Kafka	None	$50,001 - $100,000
Nathan Leventhal	None	None
Daniel Rose	None	$10,001 - $50,000
Warren B. Rudman	None	None

     As of December 31, 2008, none of the Board members or their immediate family members owned securities of the Manager, the Distributor or any person (other than a registered investment company) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Manager or the Distributor.

     The Fund pays its Board members its allocated portion of an annual retainer of $62,500 and a fee of $8,000 per in-person meeting and $1,000 per telephone meeting (with a minimum of $500 per meeting and per telephone meeting) attended for the Fund and 12 other funds (comprised of 22 portfolios) in the Dreyfus Family of Funds, and reimburses them for their expenses. The Chairman of the Board receives an additional 25% of such compensation. Each Emeritus Board member is entitled to receive an annual retainer of one-half the amount paid at the time the Board member became Emeritus and a per meeting attended fee of one-half the amount paid to Board members. The aggregate amount of compensation paid to each Board member by the Fund for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2009, and by all funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds for which such person was a Board member (the number of portfolios of such funds is set forth in parenthesis next to each Board member’s total compensation) during the year ended December 31, 2008, are set forth below:

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		Total Compensation
	Aggregate	From the Fund and Fund
Name of Board	Compensation from the	Complex Paid to
Member	Fund*	Board Member(**)
Joseph S. DiMartino	$1,718	$873,275 (196)
Clifford L. Alexander, Jr.	$1,380	$261,500 (60)
David W. Burke	$1,380	$390,000 (127)
Peggy C. Davis	$1,380	$247,500 (64)
Diane Dunst	$1,380	$106,500 (22)
Ernest Kafka	$1,380	$106,000 (22)
Saul B. Klaman***	$ 325	$ 25,000 (22)
Nathan Leventhal	$1,380	$104,000 (22)
Jay I. Meltzer****	$ 829	$ 82,239 (22)
Daniel Rose	$1,367	$144,000 (37)
Warren B. Rudman	$1,239	$139,500 (34)
Sander Vanocur*****	$ 689	$ 79,889 (37)

*	Amount does not include the cost of office space, secretarial services and health benefits for the Chairman
	and expenses reimbursed to the Board members for attending Board meetings, which in the aggregate
	amounted to $2,746.
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**	Represents the number of separate portfolios comprising the investment companies in the fund complex,
	including the Fund, for which the Board member serves.
***	Emeritus Board member as of January 18, 2000.
****	Emeritus Board member as of July 20, 2008.
*****	Emeritus Board member as of January 8, 2008.

Officers of the Fund

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J. DAVID OFFICER, President since November 2001. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Founders Asset Management LLC, an affiliate of the Manager, and an officer of 76 investment companies (comprised of 173 portfolios) managed by the Manager.  Prior to June 2009, Mr. Officer was Chief Operating Officer, Vice Chairman and a director of the Manager, where he had been employed since April 1998. He is 60 years old.

PHILLIP N. MAISANO, Executive Vice President since July 2007. Chief Investment Officer, Vice Chair and a director of the Manager, and an officer of 76 investment companies (comprised of 173 portfolios) managed by the Manager. Mr. Maisano also is an officer and/or board member of certain other investment management subsidiaries of BNY Mellon, each of which is an affiliate of the Manager. He is 62 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since November 2006. Prior to joining the Manager, Mr. Maisano served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EACM Advisors, an affiliate of the Manager, since August 2004, and served as Chief Executive Officer of Evaluation Associates, a leading institutional investment consulting firm, from 1988 until 2004.

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JAMES WINDELS, Treasurer since November 2001. Director-Mutual Fund Accounting of the Manager, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 194 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 49 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since April 1985.

MICHAEL A. ROSENBERG, Vice President and Secretary since August 2005. Assistant General Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 194 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 49 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1991.

JAMES BITETTO, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005. Senior Counsel of BNY Mellon and Secretary of the Manager, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 194 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 43 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since December 1996.

JONI LACKS CHARATAN, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005. Senior Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 194 portfolios) managed by the Manager. She is 53 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1988.

JOSEPH M. CHIOFFI, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005. Senior Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 194 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 47 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since June 2000.

JANETTE E. FARRAGHER, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005. Assistant General Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 194 portfolios) managed by the Manager. She is 46 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since February 1984.

JOHN B. HAMMALIAN, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005. Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 194 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 46 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since February 1991.

ROBERT R. MULLERY, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005. Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 194 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 57 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since May 1986.

JEFF PRUSNOFSKY, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005. Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 194 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 44 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1990.

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RICHARD S. CASSARO, Assistant Treasurer since January 2008. Senior Accounting Manager – Money Market and Municipal Bond Funds of the Manager, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 194 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 50 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1982.

GAVIN C. REILLY, Assistant Treasurer since December 2005. Tax Manager of the Investment Accounting and Support Department of the Manager, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 194 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 40 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since April 1991.

ROBERT S. ROBOL, Assistant Treasurer since August 2005. Senior Accounting Manager –Fixed Income Funds of the Manager, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 194 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 45 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1988.

ROBERT SALVIOLO, Assistant Treasurer since July 2007. Senior Accounting Manager –Equity Funds of the Manager, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 194 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 42 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since June 1989.

ROBERT SVAGNA, Assistant Treasurer since August 2005. Senior Accounting Manager –Equity Funds of the Manager, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 194 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 42 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since November 1990.

WILLIAM GERMENIS, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer since September 2002. Vice President and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer of the Distributor, and the Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer of 73 investment companies (comprised of 190 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 38 years old and has been an employee of the Distributor since October 1998.

JOSEPH W. CONNOLLY, Chief Compliance Officer since October 2004. Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager and The Dreyfus Family of Funds (77 investment companies, comprised of 194 portfolios). From November 2001 through March 2004, Mr. Connolly was first Vice-President, Mutual Fund Servicing for Mellon Global Securities Services.  In that capacity, Mr. Connolly was responsible for managing Mellon’s Custody, Fund Accounting and Fund Administration services to third-party mutual fund clients. He is 52 years old and has served in various capacities with the Manager since 1980, including manager of the firm’s Fund Accounting Department from 1997 through October 2001.

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     The address of each Board member and officer of the Fund is 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166.

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     The Fund’s Board members and officers, as a group, owned less than 1% of the Fund shares outstanding on August 13, 2009. See “Information About the Fund” for a list of shareholders known by the Fund to own of record 5% or more of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities as of August 13, 2009.

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MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS

     Investment Adviser. The Manager is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation ("BNY Mellon"), a global financial services company focused on helping clients move and manage their financial assets, operating in 34 countries and serving more than 100 markets. BNY Mellon is a leading provider of financial services for institutions, corporations and high-net-worth individuals, providing asset and wealth management, asset servicing, issuer services, and treasury services through a worldwide client-focused team.

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     The Manager provides management services pursuant to a Management Agreement (the "Agreement") between the Manager and the Fund. The Agreement is subject to annual approval by (i) the Fund's Board or (ii) vote of a majority (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund's outstanding voting securities, provided that in either event the continuance also is approved by a majority of the Fund's Board members who are not "interested persons" (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund or the Manager, by vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. The Agreement is terminable without penalty, on 60 days' notice, by the Fund's Board or by vote of the holders of a majority of the Fund's outstanding voting securities, or, on not less than 90 days' notice, by the Manager. The Agreement will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act).

     The following persons are officers and/or directors of the Manager: Jonathan Baum, Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer; J. Charles Cardona, President and a director; Diane P. Durnin, Vice Chair and a director; Phillip N. Maisano, Chief Investment Officer, Vice Chair and a director; Bradley J. Skapyak, Chief Operating Officer and a director; Dwight Jacobsen, Executive Vice President and a director; Patrice M. Kozlowski, Senior Vice President – Corporate Communications; Gary E. Abbs, Vice President – Tax; Joanne S. Huber, Vice President – Tax; Jill Gill, Vice President-Human Resources; Anthony Mayo, Vice President-Information Systems; John E. Lane, Vice President; Jeanne M. Login, Vice President; Gary Pierce, Controller; Joseph W. Connolly, Chief Compliance Officer; James Bitetto, Secretary; and Mitchell E. Harris, Ronald P. O'Hanley III, Cyrus Taraporevala and Scott E. Wennerholm, directors.

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     BNY Mellon and its affiliates may have deposit, loan and commercial banking or other relationships with the issuers of securities purchased by the Fund. Dreyfus has informed management of the Fund that in making its investment decisions it does not obtain or use material inside information that BNY Mellon or its affiliates may possess with respect to such issuers.

     The Fund, the Manager and the Distributor each have a Code of Ethics that permits its personnel, subject to such Code of Ethics, to invest in securities, including securities that may be purchased or held by the Fund. The Code of Ethics subjects the personal securities transactions of the Manager's employees to various restrictions to ensure that such trading does not

disadvantage any fund advised by the Manager. In that regard, portfolio managers and other investment personnel of the Manager must preclear and report their personal securities transactions and holdings, which are reviewed for compliance with the Code of Ethics and are also subject to the oversight of BNY Mellon's Investment Ethics Committee (the "Committee"). Portfolio managers and other investment personnel of the Manager who comply with the preclearance and disclosure procedures of the Code of Ethics and the requirements of the Committee may be permitted to purchase, sell or hold securities which also may be or are held in fund(s) they manage or for which they otherwise provide investment advice.

     The Manager maintains office facilities on behalf of the Fund, and furnishes statistical and research data, clerical help, accounting, data processing, bookkeeping and internal auditing and certain other required services to the Fund. The Manager may pay the Distributor for shareholder services from the Manager's own assets, including past profits but not including the management fee paid by the Fund. The Distributor may use part or all of such payments to pay certain financial institutions (which may include banks), securities dealers ("Selected Dealers") and other industry professionals (collectively, "Service Agents") in respect of these services. The Manager also may make such advertising and promotional expenditures, using its own resources, as it from time to time deems appropriate.

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     Portfolio Management. The Manager provides day-to-day management of the Fund's portfolio of investments in accordance with the stated policies of the Fund, subject to the approval of the Fund's Board members. The Manager is responsible for investment decisions and provides the Fund with portfolio managers who are authorized by the Fund's Board to execute purchases and sales of securities. The Fund's portfolio managers are Joseph P. Darcy, Michael Faloon, Douglas J. Gaylor and James Welch. The Manager also maintains a research department with a professional staff of portfolio managers and securities analysts who provide research services for the Fund and for other funds advised by the Manager.

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     Portfolio Manager Compensation. Portfolio manager compensation is comprised primarily of a market-based salary and an incentive compensation plan. The Fund's portfolio managers are compensated by Dreyfus or its affiliates and not by the Fund. The incentive compensation plan is comprised of three components: portfolio performance (approximately 60%), individual qualitative performance (approximately 20%) and Dreyfus financial performance as measured by Dreyfus' pre-tax net income (approximately 20%). Up to 10% of the incentive plan compensation may be paid in BNY Mellon restricted stock.

     Portfolio performance is measured by a combination of yield (35%) and total return (65%) relative to the appropriate Lipper peer group. 1-year performance in each category is weighted at 40% and 3-year performance at 60%. The portfolio manager's performance is measured on either a straight average (each account weighted equally) or a combination of straight average and asset-weighted average. Generally, if the asset-weighted average is higher, then that is used to measure performance. If the straight average is higher, then typically an average of the two is used to measure performance.

     Individual qualitative performance is based on Dreyfus' Chief Investment Officer's evaluation of the portfolio manager's performance based on any combination of the following:

marketing contributions; new product development; performance on special assignments; people development; methodology enhancements; fund growth/gain in market; and support to colleagues. The Chief Investment Officer may consider additional factors at his discretion.

     Portfolio managers are also eligible for Dreyfus' Long Term Incentive Plan. Under that plan, cash and/or BNY Mellon restricted stock is awarded at the discretion of the Chief Investment Officer based on individual performance and contributions to the Investment Management Department and the BNY Mellon organization.

     Additional Information About the Portfolio Managers. The following table lists the number and types of other accounts advised by the Fund's primary portfolio managers and assets under management in those accounts as of the end of the Fund's fiscal year:

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	Registered
	Investment
	Company	Assets	Pooled	Assets	Other	Assets
Portfolio Managers	Accounts	Managed	Accounts	Managed	Accounts	Managed
James Welch	10	$5.2 Billion	0	0	0	0

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None of the funds or accounts are subject to a performance-based advisory fee.

     The dollar range of Fund shares beneficially owned by the primary portfolio managers are as follows as of the end of the Fund's fiscal year:

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		Dollar Range of Fund
Portfolio Managers	Fund Name	Shares Beneficially Owned
James Welch	Dreyfus Municipal Bond	None
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     Portfolio managers at Dreyfus may manage multiple accounts for a diverse client base, including mutual funds, separate accounts (assets managed on behalf of institutions such as pension funds, insurance companies and foundations), bank common trust accounts and wrap fee programs ("Other Accounts").

     Potential conflicts of interest may arise because of Dreyfus' management of the Fund and Other Accounts. For example, conflicts of interest may arise with both the aggregation and allocation of securities transactions and allocation of limited investment opportunities, as Dreyfus may be perceived as causing accounts it manages to participate in an offering to increase Dreyfus' overall allocation of securities in that offering, or to increase Dreyfus' ability to participate in future offerings by the same underwriter or issuer. Allocations of bunched trades, particularly trade orders that were only partially filled due to limited availability, and allocation of investment opportunities generally, could raise a potential conflict of interest, as Dreyfus may have an incentive to allocate securities that are expected to increase in value to preferred accounts. Initial public offerings, in particular, are frequently of very limited availability. Additionally, portfolio managers may be perceived to have a conflict of interest if there are a

large number of Other Accounts, in addition to the Fund, that they are managing on behalf of Dreyfus. Dreyfus periodically reviews each portfolio manager's overall responsibilities to ensure that he or she is are able to allocate the necessary time and resources to effectively manage the Fund. In addition, Dreyfus could be viewed as having a conflict of interest to the extent that Dreyfus or its affiliates and/or portfolios managers have a materially larger investment in Other Accounts than their investment in the Fund.

     Other Accounts may have investment objectives, strategies and risks that differ from those of the Fund. For these or other reasons, the portfolio manager may purchase different securities for the Fund and the Other Accounts, and the performance of securities purchased for the Fund may vary from the performance of securities purchased for Other Accounts. The portfolio manager may place transactions on behalf of Other Accounts that are directly or indirectly contrary to investment decisions made for the Fund, which could have the potential to adversely impact the Fund, depending on market conditions.

     A potential conflict of interest may be perceived to arise if transactions in one account closely follow related transactions in another account, such as when a purchase increases the value of securities previously purchased by the other account, or when a sale in one account lowers the sale price received in a sale by a second account.

     Dreyfus' goal is to provide high quality investment services to all of its clients, while meeting Dreyfus' fiduciary obligation to treat all clients fairly. Dreyfus has adopted and implemented policies and procedures, including brokerage and trade allocation policies and procedures, that it believes address the conflicts associated with managing multiple accounts for multiple clients. In addition, Dreyfus monitors a variety of areas, including compliance with Fund guidelines, the allocation of IPOs, and compliance with Dreyfus' Code of Ethics. Furthermore, senior investment and business personnel at Dreyfus periodically review the performance of the portfolio managers for Dreyfus-managed Funds.

     Expenses. All expenses incurred in the operation of the Fund are borne by the Fund, except to the extent specifically assumed by the Manager. The expenses borne by the Fund include, without limitation, the following: taxes, interest, loan commitment fees, interest and distributions paid on securities sold short, brokerage fees and commissions, if any, fees of Board members who are not officers, directors, employees or holders of 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the Manager or its affiliates, SEC fees and state Blue Sky qualification fees, advisory fees, charges of custodians, transfer and dividend disbursing agents' fees, certain insurance premiums, industry association fees, outside auditing and legal expenses, costs of independent pricing services, costs of maintaining the Fund's existence, costs attributable to investor services (including, without limitation, telephone and personnel expenses), costs of preparing and printing prospectuses and statements of additional information for regulatory purposes and for distribution to existing shareholders, costs of shareholders' reports and meetings, and any extraordinary expenses. In addition, each class of shares bears any class specific expenses allocated to such class, such as expenses related to the distribution and/or shareholder servicing of such class. Shares of each Class are subject to an annual shareholder services fee and Class B and Class C shares are subject to an annual distribution fee. See "Distribution Plan and Shareholder Services Plan."

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     As compensation for the Manager's services, the Fund has agreed to pay the Manager a monthly management fee at the annual rate of 0.55% of the value of the Fund's average daily net assets. For the fiscal years ended April 30, 2007, 2008 and 2009, the management fees paid by the Fund amounted to $3,276,242, $3,228,675 and $3,055,999, respectively.

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     The Manager has agreed that if in any fiscal year the aggregate expenses of the Fund, exclusive of taxes, brokerage, interest on borrowings and (with the prior written consent of the necessary state securities commissions) extraordinary expenses, but including the management fee, exceed the expense limitation of any state having jurisdiction over the Fund, the Fund may deduct from the payment to be made to the Manager under the Agreement, or the Manager will bear, such excess expense to the extent required by state law. Such deduction or payment, if any, will be estimated daily, and reconciled and effected or paid, as the case may be, on a monthly basis.

     The aggregate of the fees payable to the Manager is not subject to reduction as the value of the Fund's net assets increases.

     Distributor. The Distributor, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager, located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166, serves as the Fund's distributor on a best efforts basis pursuant to an agreement with the Fund which is renewable annually. The Distributor also serves as distributor for the other funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds and BNY Mellon Funds Trust. Before June 30, 2007, the Distributor was known as "Dreyfus Service Corporation."

     The Distributor compensates Service Agents for selling Class A shares subject to a contingent deferred sales charge ("CDSC") and Class C shares at the time of purchase from its own assets. The Distributor also compensated certain Service Agents for selling Class B shares at the time of purchase from its own assets when the Fund offered Class B shares; the Fund no longer offers Class B shares, except in connection with dividend reinvestment and permitted exchanges. The proceeds of the CDSC and fees pursuant to the Fund's Distribution Plan (described below), in part, are used to defray these expenses. The Distributor also may act as a Service Agent and retain sales loads and CDSCs and Distribution Plan fees. For purchases of Class A shares subject to a CDSC, the Distributor generally will pay Service Agents on new investments made through such Service Agents a commission of up to 1% of the amount invested. The Distributor generally will pay Service Agents 1% on new investments of Class C shares made through such Service Agents, and generally paid Service Agents 4% on new investments of Class B shares made through such Service Agents, of the net asset value of such shares purchased by their clients. With respect to Class B shares of the Fund issued to shareholders in exchange for shares originally issued by a series of The Bear Stearns Funds (the "Acquired Fund"), the proceeds of any CDSC and fees pursuant to the Distribution Plan with respect to such Class B shares are payable to the Acquired Fund's former distributor to defray the expenses it incurred in connection with the sale of such shares when originally issued by the Acquired Fund.

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     The amounts retained on the sale of the Fund's shares by the Distributor from sales loads and from CDSC, as applicable, with respect to the Fund's Class A, Class B, and Class C shares, for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2007, 2008 and 2009 were: $8,663, $11,091 and $11,475,

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respectively, from Class A shares; $22,071, $27,692 and $29,401, respectively, from Class B shares; $423, $1,491 and $1,194, respectively, from Class C shares.

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     The Manager or the Distributor may provide cash payments out of its own resources to financial intermediaries that sell shares of the Fund or provide other services. Such payments are separate from any sales charges, 12b-1 fees and/or shareholder services fees or other expenses paid by the Fund to those intermediaries. Because those payments are not made by you or the Fund, the Fund’s total expense ratio will not be affected by any such payments. These additional payments may be made to intermediaries, including affiliates, that provide shareholder servicing, sub-administration, recordkeeping and/or sub-transfer agency services, marketing support and/or access to sales meetings, sales representatives and management representatives of the financial intermediary. Cash compensation also may be paid from the Manager’s or the Distributor’s own resources to intermediaries for inclusion of the Fund on a sales list, including a preferred or select sales list or in other sales programs. These payments sometimes are referred to as "revenue sharing." From time to time, the Manager or the Distributor also may provide cash or non-cash compensation to financial intermediaries or their representatives in the form of occasional gifts; occasional meals, tickets or other entertainment; support for due diligence trips; educational conference sponsorship; support for recognition programs; and other forms of cash or non-cash compensation permissible under broker-dealer regulations. In some cases, these payments or compensation may create an incentive for a financial intermediary or its employees to recommend or sell shares of the Fund to you. Please contact your financial representative for details about any payments they or their firm may receive in connection with the sale of Fund shares or the provision of services to the Fund.

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     Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent and Custodian. Dreyfus Transfer, Inc. (the "Transfer Agent"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager, located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166, is the Fund's transfer and dividend disbursing agent. Under a transfer agency agreement with the Fund, the Transfer Agent arranges for the maintenance of shareholder account records for the Fund, the handling of certain communications between shareholders and the Fund and the payment of dividends and distributions payable by the Fund. For these services, the Transfer Agent receives a monthly fee computed on the basis of the number of shareholder accounts it maintains for the Fund during the month, and is reimbursed for certain out-of-pocket expenses. The Fund also makes payments to certain financial intermediaries, including affiliates, who provide sub-administration, recordkeeping and/or sub-transfer agency services to beneficial owners of Fund shares.

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     The Bank of New York Mellon (the "Custodian"), an affiliate of the Manager, located at One Wall Street, New York, New York 10286, is the Fund's custodian. The Custodian has no part in determining the investment policies of the Fund or which securities are to be purchased or sold by the Fund. Under a custody agreement with the Fund, the Custodian holds the Fund's securities and keeps all necessary accounts and records. For its custody services, the Custodian receives a monthly fee based on the market value of the Fund's assets held in custody and receives certain securities transaction charges.

HOW TO BUY SHARES

     General. Class A and Class C shares may be purchased only by clients of Service Agents, including the Distributor. Subsequent purchases may be sent directly to the Transfer Agent or your Service Agent. You will be charged a fee if an investment check is returned unpayable.

     Class Z shares are offered only to shareholders of the Fund who received Class Z shares in exchange for their shares of General Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. as a result of the reorganization of such fund and who continue to maintain Fund accounts at the time of purchase. In addition, certain broker-dealers and other financial institutions maintaining accounts with General Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. at the time of the reorganization of such fund may open new accounts in Class Z of the Fund on behalf of qualified retirement plans and "wrap accounts" or similar programs. Class Z shares generally are not available for new accounts.

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     As of June 1, 2006 (the "Effective Date"), Class B shares of the Fund are offered only in connection with dividend reinvestment and exchanges of Class B shares of certain other funds advised by Dreyfus or shares of Dreyfus Worldwide Dollar Money Market Fund, Inc. ("Worldwide Dollar Fund") held in an Exchange Account (as defined under "Shareholder Services—Fund Exchanges") as a result of a previous exchange of Class B shares. No new or subsequent investments, including through automatic investment plans, are allowed in Class B shares of the Fund, except through dividend reinvestment or permitted exchanges. If you hold Class B shares and make a subsequent investment in Fund shares, unless you specify the Class of shares you wish to purchase, such subsequent investment will be made in Class A shares and will be subject to any applicable sales load. For Class B shares outstanding on the Effective Date and Class B shares acquired upon reinvestment of dividends, all Class B attributes, including associated CDSC schedules, conversion to Class A features and Distribution and Shareholder Services Plan fees, will continue in effect.

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     Share certificates are issued only upon your written request. No certificates are issued for fractional shares. It is not recommended that the Fund be used as a vehicle for Keogh, IRA or other qualified retirement plans.

     The Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase order. The Fund will not establish an account for a "foreign financial institution," as that term is defined in Department of the Treasury rules implementing section 312 of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001. Foreign financial institutions include: foreign banks (including foreign branches of U.S. depository institutions); foreign offices of U.S. securities broker-dealers, futures commission merchants, and mutual funds; non-U.S. entities that, if they were located in the United States, would be securities broker-dealers, futures commission merchants or mutual funds; and non-U.S. entities engaged in the business of currency dealer or exchanger or money transmitter. The Fund will not accept cash, travelers’ checks or money orders as payment for shares.

     When purchasing Fund shares, you must specify which Class is being purchased. Your Service Agent can help you choose the share class that is appropriate for your investment. The decision as to which Class of shares is most beneficial to you depends on a number of factors,

including the amount and the intended length of your investment in the Fund. Please refer to the Fund's prospectus for a further discussion of those factors.

     In many cases, neither the Distributor nor the Transfer Agent will have the information necessary to determine whether a quantity discount or reduced sales charge is applicable to a purchase. You or your Service Agent must notify the Distributor whenever a quantity discount or reduced sales charge is applicable to a purchase and must provide the Distributor with sufficient information at the time of purchase to verify that each purchase qualifies for the privilege or discount.

     Service Agents may receive different levels of compensation for selling different Classes of shares. Management understands that some Service Agents may impose certain conditions on their clients which are different from those described in the Fund's Prospectus and this Statement of Additional Information, and, to the extent permitted by applicable regulatory authority, may charge their clients direct fees. As discussed under "Management Arrangements—Distributor," Service Agents may receive revenue sharing payments from the Manager or the Distributor. The receipt of such payments could create an incentive for a Service Agent to recommend or sell shares of the Fund instead of other mutual funds where such payments are not received. Please contact your Service Agent for details about any payments it may receive in connection with the sale of Fund shares or the provision of services to the Fund.

     For Class A, Class C and Class Z shares of the Fund, the minimum initial investment is $1,000. Subsequent investments must be at least $100. For full-time or part-time employees of the Manager or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries who elect to have a portion of their pay directly deposited into their Fund accounts, the minimum initial investment is $50. Fund shares are offered without regard to the minimum initial investment requirements to Board members of a fund advised by the Manager, including members of the Fund's Board, who elect to have all or a portion of their compensation for serving in that capacity automatically invested in the Fund. Fund shares are offered without regard to the minimum initial or subsequent investment amount requirements to investors purchasing Fund shares through wrap fee accounts or other fee-based account programs. The Fund reserves the right to vary further the initial and subsequent investment minimum requirements at any time.

     The minimum initial investment through an exchange for Class B shares of the Fund is $1,000. Subsequent exchanges for Class B shares of the Fund must be at least $500.

     Class A, Class C and Class Z shares of the Fund also may be purchased through Dreyfus Automatic Asset Builder^®, Dreyfus Government Direct Deposit Privilege or Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan described under "Shareholder Services." These services enable you to make regularly scheduled investments and may provide you with a convenient way to invest for long-term financial goals. You should be aware, however, that periodic investment plans do not guarantee a profit and will not protect an investor against loss in a declining market.

     Fund shares are sold on a continuous basis. Net asset value per share of each Class is determined as of the close of trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (usually 4:00 p.m., Eastern time), on each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular business. For purposes of determining net asset value, certain options and futures contracts may be valued 15

minutes after the close of trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Net asset value per share of each Class is computed by dividing the value of the Fund's net assets represented by such Class (i.e., the value of its assets less liabilities) by the total number of shares of such Class outstanding. For information regarding the methods employed in valuing the Fund's investments, see "Determination of Net Asset Value."

     If an order is received in proper form by the Transfer Agent or other entity authorized to receive orders on behalf of the Fund by the close of trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (usually 4:00 p.m., Eastern time) on a regular business day, Fund shares will be purchased at the public offering price determined as of the close of trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on that day. Otherwise, Fund shares will be purchased at the public offering price determined as of the close of trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on the next regular business day, except where shares are purchased through a dealer as provided below.

     Orders for the purchase of Fund shares received by dealers by the close of trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on a regular business day and transmitted to the Distributor or its designee by the close of such business day (usually 5:15 p.m., Eastern time) will be based on the public offering price per share determined as of the close of trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on that day. Otherwise, the orders will be based on the next determined public offering price. It is the dealer's responsibility to transmit orders so that they will be received by the Distributor or its designee before the close of its business day.

     Class A Shares. The public offering price for Class A shares is the net asset value per share of that Class plus a sales load as shown below:

	Total Sales Load*
	As a % of	As a % of	Dealers'
	offering price	net asset value	reallowance as a %
Amount of Transaction	per share	per share	of offering price
Less than $50,000	4.50	4.70	4.25
$50,000 to less than $100,000	4.00	4.20	3.75
$100,000 to less than $250,000	3.00	3.10	2.75
$250,000 to less than $500,000	2.50	2.60	2.25
$500,000 to less than $1,000,000	2.00	2.00	1.75
$1,000,000 or more	-0-	-0-	-0-

* Due to rounding, the actual sales load you pay may be more or less than that calculated using these percentages.

     Class A shares purchased without an initial sales charge as part of an investment of $1,000,000 or more will be assessed at the time of redemption a 1% CDSC if redeemed within one year of purchase. The Distributor may pay Service Agents an up-front commission of up to

1% of the net asset value of Class A shares purchased by their clients as part of a $1,000,000 or more investment in Class A shares that are subject to a CDSC. See "Management Arrangements--Distributor."

     The scale of sales loads applies to purchases of Class A shares made by any "purchaser," which term includes an individual and/or spouse purchasing securities for his, her or their own account or for the account of any minor children, or a trustee or other fiduciary purchasing securities for a single trust estate or a single fiduciary account (including a pension, profit-sharing or other employee benefit trust created pursuant to a plan qualified under Section 401 of the Code) although more than one beneficiary is involved; or a group of accounts established by or on behalf of the employees of an employer or affiliated employers pursuant to an employee benefit plan or other program (including accounts established pursuant to Sections 403(b), 408(k), and 457 of the Code); or an organized group which has been in existence for more than six months, provided that it is not organized for the purpose of buying redeemable securities of a registered investment company and provided that the purchases are made through a central administration or a single dealer, or by other means which result in economy of sales effort or expense.

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     Set forth below is an example of the method of computing the offering price of the Fund's Class A shares. The example assumes a purchase of Class A shares aggregating less than $50,000 subject to the schedule of sales charges set forth above at a price based upon the net asset value of the Fund's Class A shares on April 30, 2009:

NET ASSET VALUE per Share	$11.65
Per Share Sales Charge - 4.5%
of offering price (4.7% of net
asset value per share)	$ 0.55
Per Share Offering Price to the
Public	$12.20

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     Full-time employees of FINRA member firms and full-time employees of other financial institutions which have entered into an agreement with the Distributor pertaining to the sale of Fund shares (or which otherwise have a brokerage related or clearing arrangement with an FINRA member firm or financial institution with respect to the sale of such shares) may purchase Class A shares for themselves directly or pursuant to an employee benefit plan or other program, or for their spouses or minor children, at net asset value, without a sales load, provided they have furnished the Distributor with such information as it may request from time to time in order to verify eligibility for this privilege. This privilege also applies to full-time employees of financial institutions affiliated with FINRA member firms whose full-time employees are eligible to purchase Class A shares at net asset value. In addition, Class A shares are offered at net asset value to full-time or part-time employees of the Manager or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, directors of the Manager, Board members of a fund advised by the Manager, including members of the Fund's Board, or the spouse or minor child of any of the foregoing.

     Class A shares may be purchased at net asset value, without a sales load, through certain broker-dealers and other financial institutions which have entered into an agreement with the Distributor, which includes a requirement that such shares be sold for the benefit of clients participating in a "wrap account" or a similar program under which such clients pay a fee to such broker-dealer or other financial institution.

     Class A shares also may be purchased at net asset value, without a sales load, subject to appropriate documentation, by (i) qualified separate accounts maintained by an insurance company pursuant to the laws of any State or territory of the United States, (ii) a State, county or city or instrumentality thereof, (iii) a charitable organization (as defined in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code) investing $50,000 or more in Fund shares, and (iv) a charitable remainder trust (as defined in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code).

     Class A shares may be purchased at net asset value, without a sales load, by qualified investors who (i) purchase Class A shares directly through the Distributor, and (ii) have, or whose spouse or minor children have, beneficially owned shares and continuously managed an open account directly through the Distributor in a Dreyfus-managed fund since on or before February 28, 2006.

     Class A shares may be purchased at net asset value, without a sales load, with the cash proceeds from an investor's exercise of employment-related stock options, whether invested in the Fund directly or indirectly through an exchange from a Dreyfus-managed money market fund, provided that the proceeds are processed through an entity that has entered into an agreement with the Distributor specifically relating to processing stock options. Upon establishing the account in the Fund or Dreyfus-managed money market fund, the investor and the investor's spouse or minor children become eligible to purchase Class A shares of the Fund at net asset value, whether or not using the proceeds of the employment-related stock options.

     Class A shares may be purchased at net asset value, without a sales load by members of qualified affinity groups who purchase Class A shares directly through the Distributor, provided that the qualified affinity group has entered into an affinity agreement with the Distributor.

     Class B Shares. Class B shares of the Fund are offered only in connection with dividend reinvestment and permitted exchanges of Class B shares of certain other funds. The public offering price for such Class B shares is the net asset value per share of that Class. No initial sales charge is imposed at the time of dividend reinvestment or exchange. A CDSC is imposed on certain redemptions of Class B shares as described in the Fund's Prospectus and in this Statement of Additional Information under "How to Redeem Shares--Contingent Deferred Sales Charge--Class B Shares."

     Approximately six years after the date of purchase, Class B shares automatically will convert to Class A shares, based on the relative net asset values for shares of each such Class. Class B shares of the Fund that have been acquired through the reinvestment of the Fund's dividends and distributions will be converted on a pro rata basis together with other Class B shares, in the proportion that a shareholder's Class B shares converting to Class A shares bears to the total Class B shares not acquired through the reinvestment of the Fund's dividends and distributions. Class B shares of the Fund acquired by shareholders in exchange for Class B

shares originally issued by the Acquired Fund before December 1, 2003 are subject to different CDSC and conversion to Class A schedules. See "How to Redeem Shares–Contingent Deferred Sales Charge–Class B Shares."

     Class C Shares. The public offering price for Class C shares is the net asset value per share of that Class. No initial sales charge is imposed at the time of purchase. A CDSC is imposed, however, on redemptions of Class C shares made within the first year of purchase. See "How to Redeem Shares – Contingent Deferred Sales Charge – Class C Shares."

     Class Z Shares. The public offering price for Class Z shares is the net asset value per share of that Class. Class Z shares generally are not available for new accounts.

     Right of Accumulation – Class A Shares. Reduced sales loads apply to any purchase of Class A shares by you and any related "purchaser" as defined above, where the aggregate investment, including such purchase, is $50,000 or more. If, for example, you previously purchased and still hold shares of the Fund or shares of certain other funds advised by the Manager, that are subject to a front-end sales load or CDSC, or shares acquired by a previous exchange of such shares (hereinafter referred to as "Eligible Funds"), or combination thereof, with an aggregate current market value of $40,000 and subsequently purchase Class A shares of the Fund having a current value of $20,000, the sales load applicable to the subsequent purchase would be reduced to 4.0% of the offering price. All present holdings of Eligible Funds may be combined to determine the current offering price of the aggregate investment in ascertaining the sales load applicable to each subsequent purchase.

     To qualify for reduced sales loads, at the time of purchase you or your Service Agent must notify the Distributor if orders are made by wire, or the Transfer Agent if orders are made by mail. The reduced sales load is subject to confirmation of your holdings through a check of appropriate records.

     Using Federal Funds. The Transfer Agent or the Fund may attempt to notify you upon receipt of checks drawn on banks that are not members of the Federal Reserve System as to the possible delay in conversion into immediately available funds ("Federal Funds") and may attempt to arrange for a better means of transmitting the money. If you are a customer of a Selected Dealer and your order to purchase Fund shares is paid for other than in Federal Funds, the Selected Dealer, acting on your behalf, will complete the conversion into, or itself advance, Federal Funds generally on the business day following receipt of your order. The order is effective only when so converted and received by the Transfer Agent. An order for the purchase of Fund shares placed by you with sufficient Federal Funds or a cash balance in your brokerage account with a Selected Dealer will become effective on the day that the order, including Federal Funds, is received by the Transfer Agent.

     Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege. You may purchase Class A, Class C or Class Z shares by telephone or online if you have checked the appropriate box and supplied the necessary information on the Account Application or have filed a Shareholder Services Form with the Transfer Agent. The proceeds will be transferred between the bank account designated in one of these documents and your Fund account. Only a bank account maintained in a domestic

financial institution which is an Automated Clearing House ("ACH") member may be so designated.

     Dreyfus TeleTransfer purchase orders may be made at any time. If purchase orders are received by 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on any day the Transfer Agent and the New York Stock Exchange are open for regular business, Fund shares will be purchased at the public offering price determined on that day. If purchase orders are made after 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on any day the Transfer Agent and the New York Stock Exchange are open for regular business, or on Saturday, Sunday or any Fund holiday (e.g., when the New York Stock Exchange is not open for business), Fund shares will be purchased at the public offering price determined on the next bank business day following such purchase order. To qualify to use the Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege, the initial payment for purchase of shares must be drawn on, and redemption proceeds paid to, the same bank and account as are designated on the Account Application or Shareholder Services Form on file. If the proceeds of a particular redemption are to be sent to an account at any other bank, the request must be in writing and signature-guaranteed. See "How to Redeem Shares--Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege."

     Reopening an Account. You may reopen an account with a minimum investment of $100 without filing a new Account Application during the calendar year the account is closed or during the following calendar year, provided the information on the old Account Application is still applicable.

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     Converting Shares. Under certain circumstances, shares may be converted from one Class of shares to another Class of shares of the Fund. The aggregate dollar value of the shares of the Class received upon any such conversion will equal the aggregate dollar value of the converted shares on the date of the conversion. An investor whose Fund shares are converted from one Class to another Class of the Fund will not realize taxable gain or loss as a result of the conversion.

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DISTRIBUTION PLAN AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICES PLAN

     Class B and Class C shares are subject to a Distribution Plan and Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Z shares are subject to a Shareholder Services Plan.

     Distribution Plan. Rule 12b-1 (the "Rule"), adopted by the SEC under the 1940 Act, provides, among other things, that an investment company may bear expenses of distributing its shares only pursuant to a plan adopted in accordance with the Rule. The Fund's Board has adopted such a plan (the "Distribution Plan") with respect to the Fund's Class B and Class C shares, pursuant to which the Fund pays the Distributor for distributing each such Class of shares a fee at the annual rate of 0.50% of the value of the average daily net assets of Class B and 0.75% of the average daily net assets of Class C. The Distributor may pay one or more Service Agents in respect of advertising, marketing and other distribution services, and determines the amounts, if any, to be paid to Service Agents and the basis on which such payments are made. The Fund's Board believes that there is a reasonable likelihood that the Distribution Plan will benefit the Fund and holders of Class B and Class C shares.

     A quarterly report of the amounts expended under the Distribution Plan, and the purposes for which such expenditures were incurred, must be made to the Board for its review. In addition, the Distribution Plan provides that it may not be amended to increase materially the costs which holders of Class B or Class C shares may bear for distribution pursuant to the Distribution Plan without the approval of such shareholders and that other material amendments of the Distribution Plan must be approved by the Board, and by the Board members who are not "interested persons" (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund or the Manager and have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Distribution Plan, or in any agreements entered into in connection with the Distribution Plan, by vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of considering such amendments. The Distribution Plan is subject to annual approval by such vote of the Board members cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on the Distribution Plan. As to each of Class B and Class C, the Distribution Plan may be terminated at any time (i) by vote of a majority of the Board members who are not "interested persons" and have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Distribution Plan, or in any agreements entered into in connection with the Distribution Plan or (ii) by vote of the holders of a majority of such Class.

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     For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2009, the Fund paid the Distributor $32,135 and $97,798 with respect to Class B and Class C, respectively, pursuant to the Distribution Plan.

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     Shareholder Services Plan. The Fund has adopted a Shareholder Services Plan, pursuant to which the Fund pays the Distributor for the provision of certain services to the holders each Class of the Fund a fee at the annual rate of 0.25% of the value of the average daily net assets of Class A, Class B and Class C, respectively, and a fee at the annual rate of 0.20% of the value of the average daily net assets of Class Z. The services provided may include personal services relating to shareholder accounts, such as answering shareholder inquiries regarding the Fund and providing reports and other information, and services related to the maintenance of such shareholder accounts. Under the Shareholder Services Plan, the Distributor may make payments to certain Service Agents in respect of these services.

     A quarterly report of the amounts expended under the Shareholder Services Plan, and the purposes for which such expenditures were incurred, must be made to the Board for its review. In addition, the Shareholder Services Plan provides that material amendments must be approved by the Fund's Board, and by the Board members who are not "interested persons" (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund and have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Shareholder Services Plan, or in any agreements entered into in connection with the Shareholder Services Plan, by vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of considering such amendments. The Shareholder Services Plan is subject to annual approval by such vote of the Board members cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on the Shareholder Services Plan. As to each Class of shares, the Shareholder Services Plan is terminable at any time by vote of a majority of the Board members who are not "interested persons" and have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Shareholder Services Plan, or in any agreements entered into in connection with the Shareholder Services Plan.

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     For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2009, the Fund paid the Distributor $698,145, $16,068, $32,599 and $513,823 with respect to Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Z, respectively, pursuant to the Shareholder Services Plan.

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HOW TO REDEEM SHARES

     General. If you hold more than one Class of Fund shares, any request for redemption must specify the Class of shares being redeemed. If you fail to specify the Class of shares to be redeemed or if you own fewer shares of the Class than specified to be redeemed, the redemption request may be delayed until the Transfer Agent receives further instructions from you or your Service Agent.

     The Fund ordinarily will make payment for all shares redeemed within seven days after receipt by the Transfer Agent of a redemption request in proper form, except as provided by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. However, if you have purchased Fund shares by check, by Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege or through Dreyfus Automatic Asset Builder^®and subsequently submit a written redemption request to the Transfer Agent, the Fund may delay sending the redemption proceeds for up to eight business days after the purchase of such shares. In addition, the Fund will not honor redemption checks under the Checkwriting Privilege, and will reject requests to redeem shares by wire or telephone, online or pursuant to the Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege, for a period of up to eight business days after receipt by the Transfer Agent of the purchase check, the Dreyfus TeleTransfer purchase or the Dreyfus-Automatic Asset Builder order against which such redemption is requested. These procedures will not apply if your shares were purchased by wire payment, or if you otherwise have a sufficient collected balance in your account to cover the redemption request. Fund shares may not be redeemed until the Transfer Agent has received your Account Application.

     Contingent Deferred Sales Charge--Class B Shares. A CDSC payable to the Distributor is imposed on any redemption of Class B shares which reduces the current net asset value of your Class B shares to an amount which is lower than the dollar amount of all payments by you for the purchase of Class B shares of the Fund held by you at the time of redemption. No CDSC will be imposed to the extent that the net asset value of the Class B shares of the Fund redeemed does not exceed (i) the current net asset value of the Class B shares of the Fund acquired through reinvestment of Fund dividends or capital gain distributions, plus (ii) increases in the net asset value of your Class B shares above the dollar amount of all your payments for the purchase of Class B shares of the Fund held by you at the time of redemption.

     If the aggregate value of Class B shares redeemed has declined below their original cost as a result of the Fund's performance, a CDSC may be applied to the then-current net asset value rather than the purchase price.

     In circumstances where the CDSC is imposed, the amount of the charge will depend on the number of years from the time you purchased the Class B shares until the time of redemption of such shares. Solely for purposes of determining the number of years from the time of any payment for the purchase of Class B shares, all payments during a month will be aggregated and deemed to have been made on the first day of the month.

     The following table sets forth the rates of the CDSC and the conversion to Class A schedule for Class B shares, except for Class B shares purchased by shareholders who beneficially owned Class B shares on November 30, 1996, and except for certain Class B shares issued in exchange for shares originally issued by the Acquired Fund described below:

	CDSC as a % of Amount Invested or
Year Since Purchase	Redemption Proceeds
Payment Was Made	(whichever is less)
First	4.00
Second	4.00
Third	3.00
Fourth	3.00
Fifth	2.00
Sixth	1.00*

*      These Class B shares will automatically convert into Class A shares approximately six years after the date of purchase.

     The following table sets forth the rates of the CDSC and the conversion to Class A schedule for Class B shares purchased by shareholders who beneficially owned Class B shares on November 30, 1996:

	CDSC as a % of Amount Invested or
Year Since Purchase	Redemption Proceeds
Payment Was Made	(whichever is less)
First	3.00
Second	3.00
Third	2.00
Fourth	2.00
Fifth	1.00
Sixth	0.00**

**      These Class B shares will automatically convert into Class A shares approximately six years after the date of purchase.

     The following table sets forth the rates of the CDSC payable to the Acquired Fund's former distributor and the conversion to Class A schedule for Class B shares of the Fund issued in exchange for Class B shares originally issued by the Acquired Fund before December 1, 2003:

	CDSC as a % of Amount
Year Since	Invested or Redemption
Purchase Payment	Proceeds
Was Made	(whichever is less)
First	5.00
Second	4.00
Third	3.00
Fourth	3.00
Fifth	2.00
Sixth	1.00
Seventh	0.00
Eighth	0.00***

***      These Class B shares will automatically convert into Class A shares at the end of the calendar quarter that is eight years after the initial purchase of the Class B shares of the Acquired Fund (applies to such Class B shares originally issued by the Acquired Fund before December 1, 2003).

     In determining whether a CDSC is applicable to a redemption, the calculation will be made in a manner that results in the lowest possible rate. It will be assumed that the redemption is made first of amounts representing Class B shares of the Fund acquired pursuant to the reinvestment of Fund dividends and distributions; then of amounts representing the increase in net asset value of Class B shares above the total amount of payments for the purchase of Class B shares made during the preceding six years (five years for shareholders beneficially owning Class B shares on November 30, 1996 or eight years for certain shares issued in exchange for shares originally issued by the Acquired Fund); and finally, of amounts representing the cost of shares held for the longest period.

     For example, assume an investor purchased 100 shares of the Fund at $10 per share for a cost of $1,000. Subsequently, the shareholder acquired five additional Fund shares through the reinvestment of Fund dividends. During the second year after the purchase the investor decided to redeem $500 of the investment. Assuming at the time of the redemption the net asset value had appreciated to $12 per share, the value of the investor's shares would be $1,260 (105 shares at $12 per share). The CDSC would not be applied to the value of the reinvested dividend shares and the amount which represents appreciation ($260). Therefore, $240 of the $500 redemption proceeds ($500 minus $260) would be charged at a rate of 4% (the applicable rate in the second year after purchase) for a total CDSC of $9.60.

     Contingent Deferred Sales Charge--Class C Shares. A CDSC of 1% payable to the Distributor is imposed on any redemption of Class C shares within one year of the date of purchase. The basis for calculating the payment of any such CDSC will be the method used in calculating the CDSC for Class B shares. See "Contingent Deferred Sales Charge--Class B Shares" above.

     Waiver of CDSC. The CDSC will be waived in connection with (a) redemptions made within one year after the death or disability, as defined in Section 72(m)(7) of the Code, of the shareholder, (b) redemptions by employees participating in qualified or non-qualified employee

benefit plans or other programs, (c) redemptions as a result of a combination of any investment company with the Fund by merger, acquisition of assets or otherwise, (d) a distribution following retirement under a tax-deferred retirement plan or upon attaining age 70½ in the case of an IRA or Keogh plan or custodial account pursuant to Section 403(b) of the Code, and (e) redemptions pursuant to the Automatic Withdrawal Plan, as described below. If the Fund's Board determines to discontinue the waiver of the CDSC, the disclosure herein will be revised appropriately. Any Fund shares subject to a CDSC which were purchased prior to the termination of such waiver will have the CDSC waived as provided in the Fund's Prospectus or this Statement of Additional Information at the time of the purchase of such shares.

     To qualify for a waiver of the CDSC, at the time of redemption you must notify the Transfer Agent or your Service Agent must notify the Distributor. Any such qualification is subject to confirmation of your entitlement.

     Checkwriting Privilege--Class A and Class Z Only. The Fund provides redemption checks ("Checks") to investors in Class A and Class Z shares automatically upon opening an account, unless you specifically refuse the Checkwriting Privilege by checking the applicable "No" box on the Account Application. Checks will be sent only to the registered owner(s) of the account and only to the address of record. The Checkwriting Privilege may be established for an existing account by a separate signed Shareholder Services Form. The Account Application or Shareholder Services Form must be manually signed by the registered owner(s). Checks are drawn on your Fund account and may be made payable to the order of any person in an amount of $500 or more. When a Check is presented to the Transfer Agent for payment, the Transfer Agent, as your agent, will cause the Fund to redeem a sufficient number of full and fractional Class A and Class Z shares in your account to cover the amount of the Check. Dividends are earned until the Check clears. After clearance, a copy of the Check will be returned to you. You generally will be subject to the same rules and regulations that apply to checking accounts, although the election of this Privilege creates only a shareholder-transfer agent relationship with the Transfer Agent.

     You should date your Checks with the current date when you write them. Please do not postdate your Checks. If you do, the Transfer Agent will honor, upon presentment, even if presented before the date of the Check, all postdated Checks which are dated within six months of presentment for payment, if they are otherwise in good order.

     Checks are free, but the Transfer Agent will impose a fee for stopping payment of a Check upon your request or if the Transfer Agent cannot honor a Check due to insufficient funds or other valid reason. If the amount of the Check is greater than the value of the Class A or Class Z shares in your account, the Check will be returned marked insufficient funds. Checks should not be used to close an account.

     The Checkwriting Privilege will be terminated immediately, without notice, with respect to any account which is, or becomes, subject to backup withholding on redemptions. Any Check written on an account which has become subject to backup withholding on redemptions will not be honored by the Transfer Agent.

     Redemption Through a Selected Dealer. If you are a customer of a Selected Dealer, you may make redemption requests to your Selected Dealer. If the Selected Dealer transmits the redemption request so that it is received by the Transfer Agent prior to the close of trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (usually 4:00 p.m., Eastern time), the redemption request will be effective on that day. If a redemption request is received by the Transfer Agent after the close of trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, the redemption request will be effective on the next business day. It is the responsibility of the Selected Dealer to transmit a request so that it is received in a timely manner. The proceeds of the redemption are credited to your account with the Selected Dealer. See "How to Buy Shares" for a discussion of additional conditions or fees that may be imposed upon redemption.

     In addition, the Distributor or its designee will accept orders from Selected Dealers with which the Distributor has sales agreements for the repurchase of shares held by shareholders. Repurchase orders received by dealers by the close of trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on any business day and transmitted to the Distributor or its designee prior to the close of its business day (usually 5:15 p.m., Eastern time) are effected at the price determined as of the close of trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on that day. Otherwise, the shares will be redeemed at the next determined net asset value. It is the responsibility of the Selected Dealer to transmit orders on a timely basis. The Selected Dealer may charge the shareholder a fee for executing the order. This repurchase arrangement is discretionary and may be withdrawn at any time.

     Reinvestment Privilege. Upon written request, you may reinvest up to the number of Class A shares you have redeemed, within 45 days of redemption, at the then-prevailing net asset value without a sales load, or reinstate your account for the purpose of exercising Fund Exchanges. Upon reinstatement, if such shares were subject to a CDSC, your account will be credited with an amount equal if CDSC previously paid upon redemption of the shares reinvested. The Reinvestment Privilege may be exercised only once.

     Wire Redemption Privilege. By using this Privilege, you authorize the Transfer Agent to act on telephone, letter or online redemption instructions from any person representing himself or herself to be you or a representative of your Service Agent and reasonably believed by the Transfer Agent to be genuine. Ordinarily, the Fund will initiate payment for shares redeemed pursuant to this Privilege on the next business day after receipt by the Transfer Agent of a redemption request in proper form. Redemption proceeds ($1,000 minimum) will be transferred by Federal Reserve wire only to the commercial bank account specified by you on the Account Application or Shareholder Services Form, or to a correspondent bank if your bank is not a member of the Federal Reserve System. Fees ordinarily are imposed by such bank and borne by the investor. Immediate notification by the correspondent bank to your bank is necessary to avoid a delay in crediting the funds to your bank account.

     To change the commercial bank or account designated to receive redemption proceeds, a written request must be sent to the Transfer Agent. This request must be signed by each shareholder, with each signature guaranteed as described below under "Share Certificates; Signatures."

     Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege. You may request by telephone or online that redemption proceeds be transferred between your Fund account and your bank account. Only a bank account maintained in a domestic financial institution which is an ACH member may be designated. Redemption proceeds will be on deposit in your account at an ACH member bank ordinarily two business days after receipt of the redemption request. You should be aware that if you have selected the Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege, any request for a Dreyfus TeleTransfer transaction will be effected through the ACH system unless more prompt transmittal specifically is requested. See "How to Buy Shares--Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege."

     Share Certificates; Signatures. Any certificates representing Fund shares to be redeemed must be submitted with the redemption request. A fee may be imposed to replace lost or stolen certificates, or certificates that were never received. Written redemption requests must be signed by each shareholder, including each holder of a joint account, and each signature must be guaranteed. Signatures on endorsed certificates submitted for redemption also must be guaranteed. The Transfer Agent has adopted standards and procedures pursuant to which signature-guarantees in proper form generally will be accepted from domestic banks, brokers, dealers, credit unions, national securities exchanges, registered securities associations, clearing agencies and savings associations, as well as from participants in the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program, the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP") and the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program. Guarantees must be signed by an authorized signatory of the guarantor and "Signature-Guaranteed" must appear with the signature. The Transfer Agent may request additional documentation from corporations, executors, administrators, trustees or guardians and may accept other suitable verification arrangements from foreign investors, such as consular verification. For more information with respect to signature-guarantees, please call the telephone number listed on the cover.

     Redemption Commitment. The Fund has committed itself to pay in cash all redemption requests by any shareholder of record of the Fund, limited in amount during any 90-day period to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the value of the Fund's net assets at the beginning of such period. Such commitment is irrevocable without the prior approval of the SEC. In the case of requests for redemption from the Fund in excess of such amount, the Fund's Board reserves the right to make payments in whole or in part in securities or other assets of the Fund in case of an emergency or any time a cash distribution would impair the liquidity of the Fund to the detriment of the existing shareholders. In such event, the securities would be valued in the same manner as the Fund's portfolio is valued. If the recipient sells such securities, brokerage charges might be incurred.

     Suspension of Redemptions. The right of redemption may be suspended or the date of payment postponed (a) during any period when the New York Stock Exchange is closed (other than customary weekend and holiday closings), (b) when trading in the markets the Fund ordinarily utilizes is restricted, or when an emergency exists as determined by the SEC so that disposal of the Fund's investments or determination of its net asset value is not reasonably practicable, or (c) for such other periods as the SEC by order may permit to protect the Fund's shareholders.

SHAREHOLDER SERVICES

     Fund Exchanges. Clients of certain Service Agents may purchase, in exchange for shares of the Fund, shares of the same Class of another fund in the Dreyfus Family of Funds, or shares of certain other funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds, to the extent such shares are offered for sale in your state of residence. Shares of such funds purchased by exchange will be purchased on the basis of relative net asset value per share as follows:

A.	Exchanges for shares of funds offered without a sales load will be made without a sales load.
B.	Shares of funds purchased without a sales load may be exchanged for shares of other funds sold with a sales load, and the applicable sales load will be deducted.
C.	Shares of funds purchased with a sales load may be exchanged without a sales load for shares of other funds sold without a sales load.
D.	Shares of funds purchased with a sales load, shares of funds acquired by a previous exchange from shares purchased with a sales load and additional shares acquired through reinvestment of dividends or distributions of any such funds (collectively referred to herein as "Purchased Shares") may be exchanged for shares of other funds sold with a sales load (referred to herein as "Offered Shares"), but if the sales load applicable to the Offered Shares exceeds the maximum sales load that could have been imposed in connection with the Purchased Shares (at the time the Purchased Shares were acquired), without giving effect to any reduced loads, the difference may be deducted.
E.	Shares of funds subject to a CDSC that are exchanged for shares of another fund will be subject to the higher applicable CDSC of the two funds, and, for purposes of calculating CDSC rates and conversion periods, if any, will be deemed to have been held since the date the shares being exchanged were initially purchased.

     To accomplish an exchange under item D above, you or your Service Agent must notify the Transfer Agent of your prior ownership of such Class A shares and your account number.

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     As of the Effective Date, you also may exchange your Class B shares for Class B shares of General Money Market Fund, Inc. (the "General Fund"), a money marked fund advised by the Manager. The shares so purchased will be held in a special account created solely for this purpose ("Exchange Account"). Exchanges of shares for an Exchange Account only can be made into Class B shares of funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds or certain funds advised by Founders. No CDSC is charged when an investor exchanges into an Exchange Account; however, the applicable CDSC will be imposed when shares are redeemed from an Exchange Account or other applicable fund account. Upon redemption, the applicable CDSC will be calculated taking into account the time such shares were held in the General Fund's Exchange Account. In addition, the time Class B shares are held in the General Fund's Exchange Account will be taken into account for purposes of calculating when such shares convert to Class A

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shares. If your Class B shares are held in the General Fund's Exchange Account at the time such shares are scheduled to convert to Class A shares, you will receive Class A shares of the General Fund. Prior to the Effective Date, shareholders were permitted to exchange their Class B shares for shares of Worldwide Dollar Fund, and such shares were held in an Exchange Account. Shareholders who held shares of Worldwide Dollar Fund in an Exchange Account on the Effective Date may continue to hold those shares and upon redemption from the Exchange Account or other applicable fund account, the applicable CDSC and conversion to Class A schedule will be calculated, except for Fund shares issued in exchange for shares originally issued by the Acquired Fund, without regard to the time such shares were held in Worldwide Dollar Fund's Exchange Account; for Fund shares issued in exchange for shares originally issued by the Acquired Fund, the applicable CDSC and conversion to Class A schedule will be calculated taking into account the time such shares were held in the Worldwide Dollar Fund's Exchange Account. Exchanges of shares from an Exchange Account in Worldwide Dollar Fund only can be made into Class B shares of funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds and the General Fund. See "How to Redeem Shares." Redemption proceeds for Exchange Account shares are paid by Federal wire or check only. Exchange Account shares also are eligible for the Dreyfus Auto-Exchange Privilege and the Automatic Withdrawal Plan, as described below.

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     To request an exchange, you or your Service Agent acting on your behalf must give exchange instructions to the Transfer Agent in writing, by telephone or online. The ability to issue exchange instructions by telephone or online is given to all shareholders automatically, unless you check the applicable "No" box on the Account Application or online, indicating that you specifically refuse this privilege. By using this privilege, you authorize the Transfer Agent to act on telephonic and online instructions (including over the Dreyfus Express^® voice response telephone system) from any person representing himself or herself to be you or a representative of your Service Agent, and reasonably believed by the Transfer Agent to be genuine. Exchanges may be subject to limitations as to the amount involved or the number of exchanges permitted. Shares issued in certificate form are not eligible for telephone or online exchange. No fees currently are charged shareholders directly in connection with exchanges, although the Fund reserves the right, upon not less than 60 days' written notice, to charge shareholders a nominal administrative fee in accordance with rules promulgated by the SEC.

     To establish a personal retirement plan by exchange, shares of the fund being exchanged must have a value of at least the minimum initial investment being required for shares of the same Class of the fund into which the exchange is being made.

     During times of drastic economic or market conditions, the Fund may suspend Fund Exchanges temporarily without notice and treat exchange requests based on their separate components -- redemption orders with a simultaneous request to purchase the other fund's shares. In such a case, the redemption request would be processed at the Fund's next determined net asset value but the purchase order would be effective only at the net asset value next determined after the fund being purchased receives the proceeds of the redemption, which may result in the purchase being delayed.

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     Dreyfus Auto-Exchange Privilege. Dreyfus Auto-Exchange Privilege permits you to purchase (on a semi-monthly, monthly, quarterly or annual basis), in exchange for shares of the

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Fund, shares of the same Class of another fund in the Dreyfus Family of Funds, or shares of certain other funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds, of which you are a shareholder (including, for Class B shares, Class B shares of the General Fund held in an Exchange Account). This Privilege is available only for existing accounts. Shares will be exchanged on the basis of relative net asset value as described above under "Fund Exchanges." Enrollment in or modification or cancellation of this Privilege is effective three business days following notification by you. You will be notified if your account falls below the amount designated to be exchanged under this Privilege. In this case, your account will fall to zero unless additional investments are made in excess of the designated amount prior to the next Auto-Exchange transaction.

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     Shareholder Services Forms and prospectuses of the other funds may be obtained by calling 1-800-554-4611 (holders of Class Z shares should call 1-800-645-6561), or visiting www.dreyfus.com. Fund Exchanges and the Dreyfus Auto-Exchange Privilege are available to shareholders resident in any state in which shares of the fund being acquired may legally be sold. The Fund reserves the right to reject any exchange request in whole or in part. Shares may be exchanged only between accounts having certain identical identifying designations. The Fund Exchanges service or the Dreyfus Auto-Exchange Privilege may be modified or terminated at any time upon notice to shareholders.

     Dreyfus Automatic Asset Builder.^® Dreyfus Automatic Asset Builder permits you to purchase Class A, Class C and Class Z shares (minimum of $100 and maximum of $150,000 per transaction) at regular intervals selected by you. Fund shares are purchased by transferring funds from the bank account designated by you.

     Dreyfus Government Direct Deposit Privilege. Dreyfus Government Direct Deposit Privilege enables you to purchase Class A, Class C and Class Z shares (minimum of $100 and maximum of $50,000 per transaction) by having Federal salary, Social Security, or certain veterans', military or other payments from the U.S. Government automatically deposited into your Fund account.

     Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan–Class Z Only. Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan permits you to purchase Class A, Class C and Class Z shares (minimum of $100 per transaction) automatically on a regular basis. Depending upon your employer's direct deposit program, you may have part or all of your paycheck transferred to your existing Dreyfus account electronically through the ACH system at each pay period. To establish a Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan account, you must file an authorization with your employer's payroll department. It is the sole responsibility of your employer to arrange for transaction under the Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan.

     Dreyfus Dividend Options. Dreyfus Dividend Sweep allows you to invest automatically your dividends or dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, from Class A, Class C or Class Z shares of the Fund in shares of the same class of another fund in the Dreyfus Family of Funds, or shares of certain other funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds of which you are a shareholder. Shares of other funds purchased pursuant to this privilege will be purchased on the basis of relative net asset value per share as follows:

A.	Dividends and distributions paid by a fund may be invested without a sales load in shares of other funds offered without a sales load.
B.	Dividends and distributions paid by a fund that does not charge a sales load may be invested in shares of other funds sold with a sales load, and the applicable sales load will be deducted.
C.	Dividends and distributions paid by a fund that charges a sales load may be invested in shares of other funds sold with a sales load (referred to herein as "Offered Shares"), but if the sales load applicable to the Offered Shares exceeds the maximum sales load charged by the fund from which dividends or distributions are being swept (without giving effect to any reduced loads), the difference may be deducted.
D.	Dividends and distributions paid by a fund may be invested in shares of other funds that impose a CDSC and the applicable CDSC, if any, will be imposed upon redemption of such shares.

     Dreyfus Dividend ACH permits you to transfer electronically dividends or dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, from the Fund to a designated bank account. Only an account maintained at a domestic financial institution which is an ACH member may be so designated. Banks may charge a fee for this service.

     Automatic Withdrawal Plan. The Automatic Withdrawal Plan permits you to request withdrawal of a specified dollar amount (minimum of $50) on either a monthly or quarterly basis if you have a $5,000 minimum account. Withdrawal payments are the proceeds from sales of Fund shares, not the yield on the shares. If withdrawal payments exceed reinvested dividends and distributions, your shares will be reduced and eventually may be depleted. The Automatic Withdrawal Plan may be established by filing an Automatic Withdrawal Plan application with the Transfer Agent or by oral request from any of the authorized signatories on the account by calling 1-800-645-6561. Automatic Withdrawal may be terminated at any time by you, the Fund or the Transfer Agent. Shares for which share certificates have been issued may not be redeemed through the Automatic Withdrawal Plan.

     No CDSC with respect to Class B shares (including Class B shares held in an Exchange Account) or Class C shares will be imposed on withdrawals made under the Automatic Withdrawal Plan, provided that any amount withdrawn under the plan does not exceed on an annual basis 12% of the greater of (1) the account value at the time of the first withdrawal under the Automatic Withdrawal Plan, or (2) the account value at the time of the subsequent withdrawal. Withdrawals with respect to Class B or Class C shares under the Automatic Withdrawal Plan that exceed such amounts will be subject to a CDSC. Withdrawals of Class A shares subject to a CDSC under the Automatic Withdrawal Plan will be subject to any applicable CDSC. Purchases of additional Class A shares where the sales load is imposed concurrently with withdrawals of Class A shares generally are undesirable.

     Letter of Intent--Class A Shares. By signing a Letter of Intent form, you become eligible for the reduced sales load on purchases of Class A shares based on the total number of shares of Eligible Funds purchased by you and any related "purchaser" (as defined above) in a 13-month period pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Letter of Intent. Shares of any Eligible Fund purchased within 90 days prior to the submission of the Letter of Intent may be used to equal or exceed the amount specified in the Letter of Intent. A minimum initial purchase of $5,000 is required. You can obtain a Letter of Intent form by calling 1-800-554-4611.

     Each purchase you make during the 13-month period (which begins on the date you submit the Letter of Intent) will be at the public offering price applicable to a single transaction of the aggregate dollar amount you select in the Letter of Intent. The Transfer Agent will hold in escrow 5% of the amount indicated in the Letter of Intent, which may be used for payment of a higher sales load if you do not purchase the full amount indicated in the Letter of Intent. When you fulfill the terms of the Letter of Intent by purchasing the specified amount, the escrowed amount will be released and additional shares representing such amount credited to your account. If your purchases meet the total minimum investment amount specified in the Letter of Intent within the 13-month period, an adjustment will be made at the conclusion of the 13-month period to reflect any reduced sales load applicable to shares purchased during the 90-day period prior to submission of the Letter of Intent. If your purchases qualify for a further sales load reduction, the sales load will be adjusted to reflect your total purchase at the end of 13 months. If total purchases are less than the amount specified the offering price of the shares you purchased (including shares representing the escrowed amount) during the 13-month period will be adjusted to reflect the sales load applicable to the aggregate purchases you actually made (which will reduce the number of shares in your account), unless you have redeemed the shares in your account, in which case the Transfer Agent, as attorney-in-fact pursuant to the terms of the Letter of Intent, will redeem an appropriate number of Class A shares of the Fund held in escrow to realize the difference between the sales load actually paid and the sales load applicable to the aggregate purchases actually made and any remaining shares will be credited to your account. Signing a Letter of Intent does not bind you to purchase, or the Fund to sell, the full amount indicated at the sales load in effect at the time of signing, but you must complete the intended purchase to obtain the reduced sales load. At the time you purchase Class A shares, you must indicate your intention to do so under a Letter of Intent. Purchases pursuant to a Letter of Intent will be made at the then-current net asset value plus the applicable sales load in effect at the time such Letter of Intent was submitted.

DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE

     Valuation of Portfolio Securities. The Fund's investments are valued each business day by an independent pricing service (the "Service") approved by the Fund's Board. When, in the judgment of the Service, quoted bid prices for investments are readily available and are representative of the bid side of the market, these investments are valued at the mean between the quoted bid prices (as obtained by the Service from dealers in such securities) and asked prices (as calculated by the Service based upon its evaluation of the market for such securities). The value of other investments is determined by the Service based on methods which include consideration of: yields or prices of municipal bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type; indications as to values from dealers; and general market conditions. The Service may

employ electronic data processing techniques and/or a matrix system to determine valuations. The Service's procedures are reviewed under the general supervision of the Fund's Board. If valuations for investments (received from the Service or otherwise) are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, the Fund may value those investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Fund's Board. Fair value of investments may be done by the Fund's Board, its pricing committee or its valuation committee in good faith using such information as it deems appropriate under the circumstances. The factors that may be considered in fair valuing a security include fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions in disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased or sold, and public trading of similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. Using fair value to price investments may result in a value that is different from a security's most recent price and from prices used by other mutual funds to calculate their net asset values. Expenses and fees, including the management fee (reduced by the expense limitation, if any) and fees pursuant to the Distribution Plan and Shareholder Services Plan, as applicable, are accrued daily and are taken into account for the purpose of determining the net asset value of the relevant Class of shares. Because of the difference in operating expenses incurred by each Class, the per share net asset value of each Class will differ.

     New York Stock Exchange Closings. The holidays (as observed) on which the New York Stock Exchange is closed currently are: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES

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     Management believes that the Fund qualified for treatment as a "regulated investment company" under the Code for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2009. The Fund intends to continue to so qualify so long as such qualification is in the best interests of its shareholders. As a regulated investment company, the Fund will pay no Federal income tax on net investment income and net realized capital gains to the extent that such income and gains are distributed to shareholders in accordance with applicable provisions of the Code. To qualify as a regulated investment company, the Fund must distribute to its shareholders at least 90% of its net income (consisting of net investment income from tax exempt obligations and taxable obligations, if any, and net short-term capital gains) and must meet certain asset diversification and other requirements. If the Fund does not qualify as a regulated investment company, it will be treated for tax purposes as an ordinary corporation subject to Federal income tax. The term "regulated investment company" does not imply the supervision of management or investment practices or policies by any government agency.

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     The Fund ordinarily declares dividends from its net investment income on each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular business. Fund shares begin earning income dividends on the day Federal Funds are received by the Transfer Agent. If a purchase order is not accompanied by remittance in Federal Funds, there may be a delay between the time the purchase order becomes effective and the time the shares purchased start earning dividends. If your payment is not made in Federal Funds, it must be converted into Federal Funds. This

usually occurs within one business day of receipt of a bank wire and within two business days of receipt of a check drawn on a member bank of the Federal Reserve System. Checks drawn on banks which are not members of the Federal Reserve System may take considerably longer to convert into Federal Funds.

     Dividends usually are paid on the last calendar day of each month and are automatically reinvested in additional shares of the same Class from which they were paid at net asset value without a sales load or, at your option, paid in cash. The Fund's earnings for Saturdays, Sundays and holidays are declared as dividends on the preceding business day. If you redeem all shares in your account at any time during the month, all dividends to which you are entitled will be paid to you along with the proceeds of the redemption. If you are an omnibus accountholder and indicate in a partial redemption request that a portion of any accrued dividends to which such account is entitled belongs to an underlying accountholder who has redeemed all shares in his or her account, such portion of the accrued dividends will be paid to you along with the proceeds of the redemption, after the deduction of any fees. Distributions from net realized securities gains, if any, generally are declared and paid once a year, but each fund may make distributions on a more frequent basis to comply with the distribution and more frequent basis to comply with the distribution requirements of the Code, in all events in a manner consistent with the provisions of the 1940 Act.

     If you elect to receive dividends and distributions in cash and your dividend or distribution check is returned to the Fund as undeliverable or remains uncashed for six months, the Fund reserves the right to reinvest such dividend or distribution and all future dividends and distributions payable to you in additional Fund shares at net asset value. No interest will accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution or redemption checks.

     If, at the close of each quarter of its taxable year, at least 50% of the value of the Fund's total assets consists of Federal tax exempt obligations, the Fund may designate and pay Federal exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on all such tax exempt obligations. Such exempt-interest dividends may be excluded by shareholders of the Fund from their gross income for Federal income tax purposes. Dividends derived from Taxable Investments, together with distributions from any net realized short-term securities gains, generally are taxable as ordinary income for Federal income tax purposes whether or not reinvested. Distributions from net realized long-term securities gains generally are taxable as long-term capital gains to a shareholder who is a citizen or resident of the United States, whether or not reinvested and regardless of the length of time the shareholder has held his or her shares.

     Any dividend or distribution paid shortly after an investor's purchase of Fund shares may have the effect of reducing the aggregate net asset value of the shares below the cost of the investment. Such a distribution would be a return of capital taxable as described in the Prospectus. In addition, the Code provides that if a shareholder holds Fund shares for six months or less (or such shorter period as the Internal Revenue Service may prescribe by regulation) and has received an exempt-interest dividend with respect to such shares, any loss incurred on the sale of such shares will be disallowed to the extent of the exempt-interest dividend received.

     Ordinarily, gains and losses realized from portfolio transactions will be treated as capital gain or loss. However, all or a portion of the gains realized from the disposition of certain

market discount bonds will be treated as ordinary income. In addition, all or a portion of the gain realized from engaging in "conversion transactions" (generally including certain transactions designed to convert ordinary income into capital gain) may be treated as ordinary income.

     Gain or loss, if any, realized by the Fund from certain financial futures and options transactions ("Section 1256 contracts") will be treated as 60% long-term capital gain or loss and 40% short-term capital gain or loss. Gain or loss will arise upon exercise or lapse of Section 1256 contracts as well as from closing transactions. In addition, any Section 1256 contracts remaining unexercised at the end of the Fund's taxable year will be treated as sold for their then fair market value, resulting in additional gain or loss to the Fund as described above.

     Offsetting positions held by the Fund involving certain futures and options transactions may constitute "straddles." To the extent the straddle rules apply to positions established by the Fund, losses realized by the Fund may be deferred to the extent of unrealized gain in the offsetting position. In addition, short-term capital loss on straddle positions may be recharacterized as long-term capital loss, and long-term capital gains on straddle positions may be treated as short-term capital gains or ordinary income. Certain of the straddle positions held by the Fund may constitute "mixed straddles." The Fund may make one or more elections with respect to the treatment of "mixed straddles," resulting in different tax consequences. In certain circumstances, the provisions governing the tax treatment of straddles override or modify certain of the provisions discussed above.

     If the Fund either (1) holds an appreciated financial position with respect to stock, certain debt obligations, or partnership interests ("appreciated financial position") and then enters into a short sale, futures, forward, or offsetting notional principal contract (collectively, a "Contract") with respect to the same or substantially identical property or (2) holds an appreciated financial position that is a Contract and then acquires property that is the same as, or substantially identical to, the underlying property, the Fund generally will be taxed as if the appreciated financial position were sold at its fair market value on the date the Fund enters into the financial position or acquires the property, respectively.

     Investment by the Fund in securities issued or acquired at a discount, or providing for deferred interest or for payment of interest in the form of additional obligations, such as zero coupon, pay-in-kind or step-up debt securities, could, under special tax rules, affect the amount, timing and character of distributions to shareholders by causing the Fund to recognize income prior to the receipt of cash payment. For example, the Fund could be required to take into account annually a portion of the discount (or deemed discount) at which such securities were issued and to distribute such portion in order to maintain its qualification as a regulated investment company. In such case, the Fund may have to dispose of securities which it might otherwise have continued to hold in order to generate cash to satisfy these distribution requirements.

     Federal regulations require that you provide a certified taxpayer identification number ("TIN") upon opening or reopening an account. See the Account Application for further information concerning this requirement. Failure to furnish a certified TIN to the Fund could subject you to a $50 penalty imposed by the Internal Revenue Service.

PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

     General. The Manager assumes general supervision over the placement of securities purchase and sale orders on behalf of the funds it manages. In cases where the Manager of fund employs a sub-adviser, the sub-adviser, under the supervision of the Manager, places orders on behalf of the applicable fund(s) for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities.

     Certain funds are managed by dual employees of the Manager and an affiliated entity in the BNY Mellon organization. Funds managed by dual employees use the research and trading facilities, and are subject to the internal policies and procedures, of the affiliated entity. In this regard, the Manager places orders on behalf of those funds for the purchase and sale of securities through the trading desk of the affiliated entity, applying the written trade allocation procedures of such affiliate.

     The Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) generally has the authority to select brokers (for equity securities) or dealers (for fixed income securities) and the commission rates or spreads to be paid. Allocation of brokerage transactions, including their frequency, is made in the best judgment of the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) and in a manner deemed fair and reasonable to shareholders. The primary consideration in placing portfolio transactions is prompt execution of orders at the most favorable net price. In choosing brokers or dealers, the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) evaluates the ability of the broker or dealer to execute the particular transaction (taking into account the market for the security and the size of the order) at the best combination of price and quality of execution.

     In general, brokers or dealers involved in the execution of portfolio transactions on behalf of a fund are selected on the basis of their professional capability and the value and quality of their services. The Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) attempts to obtain best execution for the funds by choosing brokers or dealers to execute transactions based on a variety of factors, which may include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) price; (ii) liquidity; (iii) the nature and character of the relevant market for the security to be purchased or sold; (iv) the measured quality and efficiency of the broker's or dealer's execution; (v) the broker's or dealer's willingness to commit capital; (vi) the reliability of the broker or dealer in trade settlement and clearance; (vii) the level of counter-party risk (i.e., the broker's or dealer's financial condition); (viii) the commission rate of the spread; (ix) the value of research provided; (x) the availability of electronic trade entry and reporting links; and (xi) the size and type of order (e.g., foreign or domestic security, large block, illiquid security). In selecting brokers or dealers no factor is necessarily determinative; however, at various times and for various reasons, certain factors will be more important than others in determining which broker or dealer to use. Seeking to obtain best execution for all trades takes precedence over all other considerations.

     With respect to the receipt of research, the brokers or dealers selected may include those that supplement the Manager's (and where applicable, the sub-adviser's or Dreyfus affiliate's) research facilities with statistical data, investment information, economic facts and opinions. Such information may be useful to the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) in serving funds or accounts that it advises and, conversely, supplemental information

obtained by the placement of business of other clients may be useful to the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) in carrying out its obligations to the funds. Information so received is in addition to, and not in lieu of, services required to be performed by the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate), and the Manager's (and where applicable, a sub-adviser's or Dreyfus affiliate's) fees are not reduced as a consequence of the receipt of such supplemental information. Although the receipt of such research services does not reduced the Manager's (and where applicable, a sub-adviser's or Dreyfus affiliate's) normal independent research activities, it enables it to avoid the additional expenses that might otherwise be incurred if it were to attempt to develop comparable information through its own staff.

     Under the Manager's (and where applicable, a sub-adviser's or Dreyfus affiliate's) procedures, portfolio managers and their corresponding trading desks may seek to aggregate (or "bunch") orders that are placed or received concurrently for more than one fund or account. In some cases, this policy may adversely affect the price paid or received by a fund or an account, or the size of the position obtained or liquidated. As noted above, certain brokers or dealers may be selected because of their ability to handle special executions such as those involving large block trades or broad distributions, provided that the primary consideration of best execution is met. Generally, when trades are aggregated, each fund or account within the block will receive the same price and commission. However, random allocations of aggregate transactions may be made to minimize custodial transaction costs. In addition, at the close of the trading day, when reasonable and practicable, the completed securities of partially filled orders will generally be allocated to each participating fund and account in the proportion that each order bears to the total of all orders (subject to rounding to "round lot" amounts).

     Portfolio turnover may vary from year to year as well as within a year. In periods in which extraordinary market conditions prevail, the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) will not be deterred from changing a Fund's investment strategy as rapidly as needed, in which case higher turnover rates can be anticipated which would result in greater brokerage expenses. The overall reasonableness of brokerage commissions paid is evaluated by the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) based upon its knowledge of available information as to the general level of commissions paid by other institutional investors for comparable services. Higher portfolio turnover rates usually generate additional brokerage commissions and transaction costs and any short-term gains realized from these transactions are taxable to shareholders as ordinary income.

     To the extent that a fund invests in foreign securities, certain of a fund's transactions in those securities may not benefit from the negotiated commission rates available to a fund for transactions in securities of domestic issuers. For funds that permit foreign exchange transactions, such transactions are made with banks or institutions in the interbank market at prices reflecting a mark-up or mark-down and/or commission.

     The Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) may deem it appropriate for one of its accounts to sell a security while another of its accounts is purchasing the same security. Under such circumstances, the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) may arrange to have the purchase and sale transactions effected directly

between its accounts ("cross transactions"). Cross transactions will be effected in accordance with procedures adopted pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act.

     Portfolio securities ordinarily are purchased from and sold to parties acting either as principal or agent. Newly-issued securities ordinarily are purchased directly from the issuer or from an underwriter; other purchases and sales usually are placed with those dealers from which it appears that the best price or execution will be obtained. Usually no brokerage commissions, as such, are paid by the fund for such purchases and sales, although the price paid usually includes an undisclosed compensation to the dealer acting as agent. The prices paid to underwriters of newly-issued securities usually include a concession paid by the issuer to the underwriter, and purchases of after-market securities from dealers ordinarily are executed at a price between the bid and the asked price. No brokerage commissions have been paid by the Fund to date.

     When transactions are executed in the over-the-counter market (i.e., with dealers), the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) will typically deal with the primary market makers unless a more favorable price or execution otherwise is obtainable.

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     The Fund contemplates that, consistent with the policy of seeking best price and execution, brokerage transactions may be conducted through affiliates of the Manager. The Board has adopted procedures in conformity with Rule 17e-1 under the 1940 Act to ensure that all brokerage commissions paid to affiliates of the Manager are reasonable and fair.

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Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings. It is the policy of Dreyfus to protect the confidentiality of fund portfolio holdings and prevent the selective disclosure of non-public information about such holdings. Each fund, or its duly authorized service provider, publicly discloses its portfolio holdings in accordance with regulatory requirements, such as periodic portfolio disclosure in filings with the SEC. Each non-money-market fund, or its duly authorized service providers, may publicly disclose its portfolio holdings at month-end, with a one-month lag, on the Dreyfus website at www.dreyfus.com. In addition, fifteen days following the end of each calendar quarter, each non-money-market fund, or its duly authorized service providers, may publicly disclose on the website its complete schedule of portfolio holdings as of the end of such quarter. Portfolio holdings will remain available on the website until the date on which the fund files a Form N-Q or Form N-CSR for the period that includes the date as of which website information is current.

     If a fund's portfolio holdings are released pursuant to an ongoing arrangement with any party, such fund must have a legitimate business purpose for doing so, and neither the Fund, nor the Manager or its affiliates, may receive any compensation in connection with an arrangement to make available information about the Fund's portfolio holdings. A fund may distribute portfolio holdings to mutual fund evaluation services such as Standard & Poor's, Morningstar or Lipper Analytical Services; due diligence departments of broker-dealers and wirehouses that regularly analyze the portfolio holdings of mutual funds before their public disclosure; and broker-dealers that may be used by the Fund, for the purpose of efficient trading and receipt of relevant research, provided that (a) the recipient does not distribute the portfolio holdings to persons who are likely to use the information for purposes of purchasing or selling Fund shares

or Fund portfolio holdings before the portfolio holdings become public information; and (b) the recipient signs a written confidentiality agreement.

     The Fund may also disclose any and all portfolio holdings information to its service providers and others who generally need access to such information in the performance of their contractual duties and responsibilities and are subject to duties of confidentiality, including a duty not to trade on nonpublic information, imposed by law and/or contract. These service providers include the Fund's custodians, auditors, investment adviser, administrator, and each of their respective affiliates and advisers.

     Disclosure of the Fund's portfolio holdings may be authorized only by the Fund's Chief Compliance Officer, and any exceptions to this policy are reported quarterly to the Fund's Board.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND

     Each Fund share has one vote and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the offering, is fully paid and non-assessable. Shares have no preemptive or subscription rights and are freely transferable.

     The Fund is organized as an unincorporated business trust under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Under Massachusetts law, shareholders could, under certain circumstances, be held personally liable for the obligations of the Fund. However, the Fund's Agreement and Declaration of Trust ("Trust Agreement") disclaims shareholder liability for acts or obligations of the Fund and requires that notice of such disclaimer be given in the agreement, obligation or instrument entered into or executed by the Fund or a Board member. The Trust Agreement provides for indemnification from the Fund's property for all losses and expenses of any shareholder held personally liable for the obligations of the Fund. Thus, the risk of a shareholder incurring financial loss on account of shareholder liability is limited to circumstances in which the Fund itself would be unable to meet its obligations, a possibility which management believes is remote. Upon payment of any liability incurred by the Fund, the shareholder paying such liability will be entitled to reimbursement from the general assets of the Fund. The Fund intends to conduct its operations in a way so as to avoid, as far as possible, ultimate liability of the shareholders for liabilities of the Fund.

     Unless otherwise required by the 1940 Act, ordinarily it will not be necessary for the Fund to hold annual meetings of shareholders. As a result, Fund shareholders may not consider each year the election of Board members or the appointment of auditors. However, the holders of at least 10% of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote may require the Fund to hold a special meeting of shareholders for purposes of removing a Board member from office. Fund shareholders may remove a Board member by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Fund's outstanding voting shares. In addition, the Board will call a meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing Board members if, at any time, less than a majority of the Board members then holding office have been elected by shareholders.

     The Fund is intended to be a long-term investment vehicle and is not designed to provide investors with a means of speculating on short-term market movements. A pattern of frequent purchases and exchanges can be disruptive to efficient portfolio management and, consequently, can be detrimental to the Fund's performance and its shareholders. If Fund management determines that an investor is following an abusive investment strategy, it may reject any purchase request, or terminate the investor's exchange privilege, with or without prior notice. Such investors also may be barred from purchasing shares of other funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds. Accounts under common ownership or control will be considered as one account for purposes of determining a pattern of excessive trading. In addition, the Fund may refuse or restrict purchase or exchange requests for Fund shares by any person or group if, in the judgment of the Fund's management, the Fund would be unable to invest the money effectively in accordance with its investment objective and policies or could otherwise be adversely affected or if the Fund receives or anticipates receiving simultaneous orders that may significantly affect the Fund. If an exchange request is refused, the Fund will take no other action with respect to the Fund shares until it receives further instructions from the investor. While the Fund will take reasonable steps to prevent excessive short-term trading deemed to be harmful to the Fund, it may not be able to identify excessive trading conducted through certain financial intermediaries or omnibus accounts.

     To offset the relatively higher costs of servicing smaller accounts, the Fund will charge regular accounts with balances below $2,000 an annual fee of $12. The valuation of accounts and the deductions are expected to take place during the last four months of each year. The fee will be waived for any investor whose aggregate Dreyfus mutual fund investments total at least $25,000, and will not apply to IRA accounts or to accounts participating in automatic investment programs or opened through a securities dealer, bank or other financial institution, or to other fiduciary accounts.

The Fund sends annual and semi-annual financial statements to all its shareholders.

     As of August 13, 2009, the following entities owned of record 5% or more of the outstanding shares of beneficial interest of the indicated class of the Fund:

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Class A -	National Financial Services
	82 Devonshire Street, G10G
	Boston, MA 02109-3605
	10.47%
	Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
	Mutual Fund Processing Department
	333 West 34th Street
	3rd Floor
	New York, NY 10001-2402
	6.97%
	First Clearing, LLC
10750 Wheat First Drive
	Glen Allen, VA 23060-9243
	8.47%
Class B -	Ameriprise Advisor Services, Inc.
	The Dime Building
	719 Griswold Street
	Suite 1700
	Detroit, MI 48226-3360
	5.88%
	National Financial Services
	82 Devonshire Street G10G
	Boston, MA 02109-3605
	15.88%
	Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
	333 West 34th St. – 3rd Floor
	New York, NY 10001-2402
	11.51%
	Pershing LLC
	P.O. Box 2052
	Jersey City, NJ 07303-2052
	10.12%

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	First Clearing, LLC
	Special Custody Account
	for the Exclusive Benefit of Customer
	2801 Market Street
	St. Louis, MO 63103-2523
	16.82%
Class C -	First Clearing, LLC
	Special Custody Account
	for the Exclusive Benefit of Customer
	2801 Market Street
	St. Louis, MO 63103-2523
	17.66%
	Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith
	For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers
	4800 Deer Lake Drive East-Floor 3
	Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484
	19.71%
	Wells Fargo Investments LLC
	FBO Customer Accounts
	Attn. Mutual Fund Operations
	625 Marquette Ave. S-13th floor
	Minneapolis, MN 55402-2308
	6.19%
	Pershing LLC
	P.O. Box 2052
	Jersey City, NJ 07303-2052
	6.72%
	LPL Financial Corporation
	9785 Town Center Drive
	San Diego, CA 92121-1968
	9.22%
Class Z -	Charles Schwab & Company, Inc.
	101 Montgomery Street
	San Francisco, CA 94104-4151
	6.47%

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     A shareholder who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the Fund's voting securities may be deemed to be a "control person" (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund.

COUNSEL AND INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

     Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, 180 Maiden Lane, New York, New York 10038-4982, as counsel for the Fund, has rendered its opinion as to certain legal matters regarding the due authorization and valid issuance of the shares being sold pursuant to the Fund's Prospectus.

     Ernst & Young LLP, 5 Times Square, New York, New York 10036, an independent registered public accounting firm, has been selected to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Fund.

APPENDIX

Rating Categories

     Description of certain ratings assigned by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services ("S&P"), Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's"), and Fitch Ratings ("Fitch"):

S&P

Long-term

AAA

An obligation rated 'AAA' has the highest rating assigned by S&P. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is extremely strong.

AA

An obligation rated 'AA' differs from the highest rated obligations only in small degree. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is very strong.

A

An obligation rated 'A' is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher rated categories. However, the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is still strong.

BBB

An obligation rated 'BBB' exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

BB, B, CCC, CC, and C

Obligations rated 'BB', 'B', 'CCC', 'CC', and 'C' are regarded as having significant speculative characteristics. 'BB' indicates the least degree of speculation and 'C' the highest. While such obligations will likely have some quality and protective characteristics, these may be outweighed by large uncertainties or major exposures to adverse conditions.

BB

An obligation rated 'BB' is less vulnerable to nonpayment than other speculative issues. However, it faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions which could lead to the obligor's inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

B

An obligation rated 'B' is more vulnerable to nonpayment than obligations rated 'BB', but the obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. Adverse business, financial, or economic conditions will likely impair the obligor's capacity or willingness to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

CCC

An obligation rated 'CCC' is currently vulnerable to nonpayment, and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. In the event of adverse business, financial, or economic conditions, the obligor is not likely to have the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

CC

An obligation rated 'CC' is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment.

C

A subordinated debt or preferred stock obligation rated 'C' is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment. The 'C' rating may be used to cover a situation where a bankruptcy petition has been filed or similar action taken, but payments on this obligation are being continued. A 'C' also will be assigned to a preferred stock issue in arrears on dividends or sinking fund payments, but that is currently paying.

D

An obligation rated 'D' is in payment default. The 'D' rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due even if the applicable grace period has not expired, unless S&P believes that such payments will be made during such grace period. The 'D' rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of a similar action if payments on an obligation are jeopardized.

r

The symbol 'r' is attached to the ratings of instruments with significant noncredit risks. It highlights risks to principal or volatility of expected returns which are not addressed in the credit rating. Examples include: obligations linked or indexed to equities, currencies, or commodities; obligations exposed to severe prepayment risk–such as interest-only or principal-only mortgage securities; and obligations with unusually risky interest terms, such as inverse floaters.

N.R.

The designation 'N.R.' indicates that no rating has been requested, that there is insufficient information on which to base a rating, or that S&P does not rate a particular obligation as a matter of policy.

Note: The ratings from 'AA' to 'CCC' may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign designation to show relative standing within the major rating categories.

Short-term

SP-1

Strong capacity to pay principal and interest. An issue determined to possess a very strong capacity to pay debt service is given a plus sign (+) designation.

SP-2

Satisfactory capacity to pay principal and interest, with some vulnerability to adverse financial and economic changes over the term of the notes.

SP-3

Speculative capacity to pay principal and interest.

Commercial paper

A-1

This designation indicates that the degree of safety regarding timely payment is strong. Those issues determined to possess extremely strong safety characteristics are denoted with a plus sign (+) designation.

A-2

Capacity for timely payment on issues with this designation is satisfactory. However, the relative degree of safety is not as high as for issues designated 'A-1'.

A-3

Issues carrying this designation have an adequate capacity for timely payment. They are, however, more vulnerable to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances than obligations carrying the higher designations.

B

Issues rated B are regarded as having only speculative capacity for timely payment.

C

This rating is assigned to short-term debt obligations with a doubtful capacity for payment.

D

Debt rated 'D' is payment default. The 'D' rating category is used when interest payments or principal payments are not made on the due date, even if the applicable grace period has not expired, unless S&P believes such payments will be made during such grace period.

Moody's

Long-term

Aaa

Bonds rated 'Aaa' are judged to be of the best quality. They carry the smallest degree of investment risk and are generally referred to as "gilt edged." Interest payments are protected by a large or by an exceptionally stable margin and principal is secure. While the various protective elements are likely to change, such changes as can be visualized are most unlikely to impair the fundamentally strong position of such issues.

Aa

Bonds rated 'Aa' are judged to be of high quality by all standards. Together with the 'Aaa' group they comprise what are generally known as high-grade bonds. They are rated lower than the best bonds because margins of protection may not be as large as in 'Aaa' securities or fluctuation of protective elements may be of greater amplitude or there may be other elements present which make the long-term risk appear somewhat larger than the 'Aaa' securities.

A

Bonds rated 'A' possess many favorable investment attributes and are to be considered as upper-medium-grade obligations. Factors giving security to principal and interest are considered adequate, but elements may be present which suggest a susceptibility to impairment some time in the future.

Baa

Bonds rated 'Baa' are considered as medium-grade obligations (i.e., they are neither highly protected nor poorly secured). Interest payments and principal security appear adequate for the present but certain protective elements may be lacking or may be characteristically unreliable over any great length of time. Such bonds lack outstanding investment characteristics and in fact have speculative characteristics as well.

Ba

Bonds rated 'Ba' are judged to have speculative elements; their future cannot be considered as well-assured. Often the protection of interest and principal payments may be very moderate, and thereby not well safeguarded during both good and bad times over the future. Uncertainty of position characterizes bonds in this class.

B

Bonds rated 'B' generally lack characteristics of the desirable investment. Assurance of interest and principal payments or of maintenance of other terms of the contract over any long period of time may be small.

Caa

Bonds rated 'Caa' are of poor standing. Such issues may be in default or there may be present elements of danger with respect to principal or interest.

Ca

Bonds rated 'Ca' represent obligations which are speculative in a high degree. Such issues are often in default or have other marked shortcomings.

C

Bonds rated 'C' are the lowest rated class of bonds, and issues so rated can be regarded as having extremely poor prospects of ever attaining any real investment standing.

Note: Moody's applies numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 in each generic rating classification from 'Aa' through 'Caa'. The modifier 1 indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates a ranking in the lower end of that generic rating category.

Prime rating system (short-term)

Issuers rated Prime-1 (or supporting institutions) have a superior ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations. Prime-1 repayment ability will often be evidenced by many of the following characteristics:

Leading market positions in well-established industries.

High rates of return on funds employed.

Conservative capitalization structure with moderate reliance on debt and ample asset protection.

Broad margins in earnings coverage of fixed financial charges and high internal cash generation.

Well-established access to a range of financial markets and assured sources of alternate liquidity.

Issuers rated Prime-2 (or supporting institutions) have a strong ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations. This will normally be evidenced by many of the characteristics cited above but to a lesser degree. Earnings trends and coverage ratios, while sound, may be more subject to variation. Capitalization characteristics, while still appropriate, may be more affected by external conditions. Ample alternate liquidity is maintained.

Issuers rated Prime-3 (or supporting institutions) have an acceptable ability for repayment of senior short-term obligations. The effect of industry characteristics and market compositions may be more pronounced. Variability in earnings and profitability may result in changes in the

level of debt protection measurements and may require relatively high financial leverage. Adequate alternate liquidity is maintained.

Issuers rated Not Prime do not fall within any of the Prime rating categories.

MIG/VMIG--U.S. short-term

Municipal debt issuance ratings are designated as Moody's Investment Grade (MIG) and are divided into three levels -- MIG 1 through MIG 3.

The short-term rating assigned to the demand feature of variable rate demand obligations (VRDOs) is designated as VMIG. When either the long- or short-term aspect of a VRDO is not rated, that piece is designated NR, e.g., Aaa/NR or NR/VMIG 1.

MIG 1/VMIG1

This designation denotes superior credit quality. Excellent protection is afforded by established cash flows, highly reliable liquidity support, or demonstrated broad-based access to the market for refinancing.

MIG 2/VMIG 2

This designation denotes strong credit quality. Margins of protection are ample, although not as large as in the preceding group.

MIG 3/VMIG 3

This designation denotes acceptable credit quality. Liquidity and cash-flow protection may be narrow, and market access for refinancing is likely to be less well-established.

SG

This designation denotes speculative-grade credit quality. Debt instruments in this category may lack sufficient margins of protection.

Fitch

Long-term investment grade

AAA

Highest credit quality. 'AAA' ratings denote the lowest expectation of credit risk. They are assigned only in case of exceptionally strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. This capacity is highly unlikely to be adversely affected by foreseeable events.

AA

Very high credit quality. 'AA' ratings denote a very low expectation of credit risk. They indicate very strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. This capacity is not significantly vulnerable to foreseeable events.

A

High credit quality. 'A' ratings denote a low expectation of credit risk. The capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is considered strong. This capacity may, nevertheless, be more vulnerable to changes in circumstances or in economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.

BBB

Good credit quality. 'BBB' ratings indicate that there is currently a low expectation of credit risk. The capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is considered adequate, but adverse changes in circumstances and in economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity. This is the lowest investment-grade category.

Long-term speculative grade

BB

Speculative. 'BB' ratings indicate that there is a possibility of credit risk developing, particularly as the result of adverse economic change over time; however, business or financial alternatives may be available to allow financial commitments to be met. Securities rated in this category are not investment grade.

B

Highly speculative. 'B' ratings indicate that significant credit risk is present, but a limited margin of safety remains. Financial commitments are currently being met; however, capacity for continued payment is contingent upon a sustained, favorable business and economic environment.

CCC, CC, C

High default risk. Default is a real possibility. Capacity for meeting financial commitments is solely reliant upon sustained, favorable business or economic developments. 'CC' ratings indicate that default of some kind appears probable. 'C' ratings signal imminent default.

DDD, DD, D

Default. The ratings of obligations in this category are based on their prospects for achieving partial or full recovery in a reorganization or liquidation of the obligor. While expected recovery values are highly speculative and cannot be estimated with any precision, the following serve as general guidelines. 'DDD' obligations have the highest potential for recovery, around 90% -100% of outstanding amounts and accrued interest. 'DD' ratings indicate potential recoveries in the range of 50% - 90% and 'D' the lowest recovery potential, i.e., below 50%.

Entities rated in this category have defaulted on some or all of their obligations. Entities rated 'DDD' have the highest prospect for resumption of performance or continued operation with or without a formal reorganization process. Entities rated 'DD' and 'D' are generally undergoing a formal reorganization or liquidation process; those rated 'DD' are likely to satisfy a higher portion of their outstanding obligations, while entities rated 'D' have a poor prospect of repaying all obligations.

Short-term

A short-term rating has a time horizon of less than 12 months for most obligations, or up to three years for U.S. public finance securities, and thus places greater emphasis on the liquidity necessary to meet financial commitments in a timely manner.

F1

Highest credit quality. Indicates the strongest capacity for timely payment of financial commitments; may have an added "+" to denote any exceptionally strong credit feature.

F2

Good credit quality. A satisfactory capacity for timely payment of financial commitments, but the margin of safety is not as great as in the case of the higher ratings.

F3

Fair credit quality. The capacity for timely payment of financial commitment is adequate; however, near-term adverse changes could result in a reduction non-investment grade.

B

Speculative. Minimal capacity for timely payment of financial commitments plus vulnerability to near-term adverse changes in financial and economic conditions.

C

High default risk. Default is a real possibility. Capacity for meeting financial commitments is solely reliant upon a sustained, favorable business and economic environment.

D

Default. Denotes actual or imminent payment default.

'NR' indicates that Fitch does not rate the issuer or issue in question.

Notes to long-term and short-term ratings: A plus (+) or minus (-) sign designation may be appended to a rating to denote relative status within major rating categories. Such suffixes are not added to the 'AAA' long-term rating category, to categories below 'CCC', or to short-term ratings other than 'F1.

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PART C. OTHER INFORMATION
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Item 23.	Exhibits
(a)(i)	Registrant's Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust is incorporated by
	reference to Exhibit (1) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 to the Registration Statement on
	Form N-1A, filed on July 12, 1995, and Exhibit (1)(b) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to
	the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on August 13, 1997.
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(a)(ii)	Articles of Amendment.*
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(b)	Registrant's By-Laws are incorporated by reference to Exhibit (b) of Post-Effective
	Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on August 28, 2006.
(d)	Management Agreement is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (5) of Post-Effective
	Amendment No. 13 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on July 12, 1995.
(e)(i)	Distribution Agreement is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (e) (i) of Post-Effective
	Amendment No. 26 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on March 9, 2004.
(e)(ii)	Forms of Service Agreements are incorporated by reference to Exhibit (e) of Post-Effective
	Amendment No. 22 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on August 3, 2000.
(e)(iii)	Forms of Supplemental Sales Agreement are incorporated by reference to Exhibit (e)(iii) of
	Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on
	March 2, 2007.
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(g)	Amended and Restated Custody Agreement is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (g) of Post-
	Effective Amendment No. 34 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on August
	27, 2008.
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(h)(1)	Shareholder Services Plan is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (h) of Post-Effective
	Amendment No. 26 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on March 9, 2004.
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(h)(2)	Amended and Restated Transfer Agency Agreement is incorporated by reference to Exhibit
	(h)(2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed
	on August 27, 2008.
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(i)	Opinion and consent of Registrant's counsel is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (10) of
	Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on July
	12, 1995.
(j)	Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.*

(m)	Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (m) of Post-Effective
	Amendment No. 26 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on March 9, 2004.
(n)	Rule 18f-3 Plan is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (n) of Post-Effective
	Amendment No. 30 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on May 30, 2006.
(p)	Code of Ethics adopted by Registrant’s Adviser and Registrant’s Distributor is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (p)
	of Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on August 27, 2008.
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*Filed herewith.
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	Other Exhibits
	(a) (i) Powers of Attorney of the Board members are incorporated by reference to Exhibit
		(a)(i) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to the Registration Statement on Form
		N-1A, filed on March 2, 2007.
	(a) (ii) Powers of Attorney of Officers are incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(ii)
		of Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to the Registration Statement on Form
		N-1A, filed on March 2, 2007.
	(b)	Certificate of Assistant Secretary is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (b) of
		Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to the Registration Statement on Form
		N-1A, filed on March 2, 2007.
Item 24.	Persons Controlled by or under Common Control with Registrant.
	Not Applicable.
Item 25.	Indemnification.
	The Registrant’s charter documents set forth the circumstances under which indemnification
	shall be provided to any past or present Board member or officer of the Registrant. The
	Registrant also has entered into a separate agreement with each of its Board members that
	describes the conditions and manner in which the Registrant indemnifies each of its Board
	members against all liabilities incurred by them (including attorneys’ fees and other litigation
	expenses, settlements, fines and penalties), or which may be threatened against them, as a
	result of being or having been a Board member of the Registrant. These indemnification
	provisions are subject to applicable state law and to the limitation under the Investment
	Company Act of 1940, as amended, that no board member or officer of a fund may be
	protected against liability for willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless
	disregard for the duties of his or her office.
Item 25.	Indemnification. (continued)

Reference is made to Article VIII of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust incorporated by reference to Exhibit (1) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on July 12, 1995. The application of these provisions is limited by Article 10 of the Registrant's By-Laws, filed as Exhibit (b) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on August 28, 2006, and by the following undertaking set forth in the rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”):

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to trustees, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in such Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification is against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any such action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in such Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

Reference is also made to the Distribution Agreement filed as Exhibit (e)(i) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on March 9, 2004.

Item 26. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser. _______ ____________________________________________________

The Dreyfus Corporation ("Dreyfus") and subsidiary companies comprise a financial service organization whose business consists primarily of providing investment management services as the investment adviser, manager and distributor for sponsored investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and as an investment adviser to institutional and individual accounts. Dreyfus also serves as sub-investment adviser to and/or administrator of other investment companies. MBSC Securities Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dreyfus, serves primarily as a registered broker-dealer of shares of investment companies sponsored by Dreyfus and of other investment companies for which Dreyfus acts as investment adviser, sub-investment adviser or administrator.

ITEM 26.	Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser (continued)
	Officers and Directors of Investment Adviser

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Name and Position
With Dreyfus	Other Businesses	Position Held	Dates
Jonathan Baum	MBSC Securities Corporation++	Chief Executive Officer	3/08 - Present
Chief Executive Officer		Chairman of the Board	3/08 - Present
and Chair of the Board		Director	6/07 - 3/08
		Executive Vice President	6/07 - 3/08
	Dreyfus Service Corporation++	Director	8/06 - 6/07
		Executive Vice President	8/06 - 6/07
J. Charles Cardona	MBSC Securities Corporation++	Director	6/07 - Present
President and Director		Executive Vice President	6/07 - Present
	Universal Liquidity Funds plc+	Director	4/06 - Present
	Dreyfus Service Corporation++	Executive Vice President	2/97 – 6/07
		Director	8/00 – 6/07
Diane P. Durnin	None
Vice Chair and Director
Phillip N. Maisano	The Bank of New York Mellon *****	Senior Vice President	7/08 – Present
Director, Vice Chair and
Chief Investment Officer
	BNY Mellon, National Association +	Senior Vice President	7/08 – Present
	Mellon Bank, N.A.+	Senior Vice President	4/06 – 6/08
	BNY Alcentra Group Holdings, Inc.++	Director	10/07 – Present
	BNY Mellon Investment Office GP LLC*	Manager	4/07 – Present
	Mellon Global Alternative Investments Limited	Director	8/06 - Present
	London, England
	Pareto Investment Management Limited	Director	4/08 - Present
	London, England
	The Boston Company Asset Management NY,	Manager	10/07 - Present
	LLC*
	The Boston Company Asset Management, LLC*	Manager	12/06 - Present
	Urdang Capital Management, Inc.	Director	10/07 - Present
	630 West Germantown Pike, Suite 300
	Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
	Urdang Securities Management, Inc.	Director	10/07 - Present
	630 West Germantown Pike, Suite 300
	Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
	EACM Advisors LLC	Chairman of Board	8/04 - Present
	200 Connecticut Avenue
	Norwalk, CT 06854-1940
	Founders Asset Management LLC****	Member, Board of	11/06 - Present
		Managers

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Name and Position
With Dreyfus	Other Businesses	Position Held	Dates
	Standish Mellon Asset Management Company,	Board Member	12/06 - Present
	LLC
	Mellon Financial Center
	201 Washington Street
	Boston, MA 02108-4408
	Mellon Capital Management Corporation***	Director	12/06 - Present
	Mellon Equity Associates, LLP+	Board Member	12/06 – 12/07
	Newton Management Limited	Board Member	12/06 – Present
	London, England
	Franklin Portfolio Associates, LLC*	Board Member	12/06 – Present
Mitchell E. Harris	Standish Mellon Asset Management Company	Chairman	2/05 - Present
Director	LLC	Chief Executive Officer	8/04 - Present
	Mellon Financial Center	Member, Board of	10/04 – Present
	201 Washington Street	Managers
	Boston, MA 02108-4408
	Alcentra NY, LLC++	Manager	1/08 – Present
	Alcentra US, Inc. ++	Director	1/08 – Present
	Alcentra, Inc. ++	Director	1/08 – Present
	BNY Alcentra Group Holdings, Inc. ++	Director	10/07 – Present
	Pareto New York LLC++	Manager	11/07 – Present
	Standish Ventures LLC	President	12/05 – Present
	Mellon Financial Center
	201 Washington Street
	Boston, MA 02108-4408
		Manager	12/05 – Present
	Palomar Management	Director	12/97 – Present
	London, England
	Palomar Management Holdings Limited	Director	12/97 – Present
	London, England
	Pareto Investment Management Limited	Director	9/04 – Present
	London, England
	MAM (DE) Trust+++++	President	10/05 – 1/07
		Member of Board of	10/05 – 1/07
		Trustees
	MAM (MA) Holding Trust+++++	President	10/05 – 1/07
		Member of Board of	10/05 – 1/07
		Trustees

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Name and Position
With Dreyfus	Other Businesses	Position Held	Dates
Ronald P. O’Hanley	The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation *****	Vice Chairman	7/07 – Present
Director
	Mellon Financial Corporation+	Vice Chairman	6/01 – 6/07
	Mellon Trust of New England, N.A. *	Vice Chairman	4/05 - 6/08
	The Bank of New York Mellon *****	Vice Chairman	7/08 – Present
	BNY Mellon, National Association +	Vice Chairman	7/08 – Present
	BNY Alcentra Group Holdings, Inc. ++	Director	10/07 – Present
	BNY Mellon Investment Office GP LLC+	Manager	4/07 – Present
	EACM Advisors LLC	Manager	6/04 – Present
	200 Connecticut Avenue
	Norwalk, CT 06854-1940
	Ivy Asset Management Corp.	Director	12/07 – Present
	One Jericho Plaza
	Jericho, NY 11753
	Neptune LLC+++++	Chairman	7/98 – Present
		President	7/98 – Present
		Member, Management	6/98 – Present
		Committee
	Pareto Investment Management Limited	Director	9/04 – Present
	London, England
	The Boston Company Asset Management NY,	Manager	10/07 – Present
	LLC*
	The Boston Company Asset Management, LLC*	Manager	12/97 – Present
	The Boston Company Holding, LLC*	Vice Chairman	2/07 – Present
	Walter Scott & Partners Limited	Director	10/06 – Present
	Edinburgh, Scotland
	WestLB Mellon Asset Management Holdings	Director	4/06 – Present
	Limited
	Dusseldorf, Germany
	Mellon Bank, N.A. +	Vice Chairman	6/01 – 6/08
	Standish Mellon Asset Management Company,	Board Member	7/01 – Present
	LLC
	Mellon Financial Center
	201 Washington Street
	Boston, MA 02108-4408
	Franklin Portfolio Holdings, LLC*	Director	12/00 - Present
	Franklin Portfolio Associates, LLC*	Director	4/97 – Present
	Pareto Partners (NY) ++	Partner Representative	2/00 – Present
	Buck Consultants, Inc.++	Director	7/97 – Present

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Name and Position
With Dreyfus	Other Businesses	Position Held	Dates
	Newton Management Limited	Executive Committee	10/98 - Present
	London, England	Member
		Director	10/98 – Present
	BNY Mellon Asset Management Japan Limited	Director	6/06 - Present
	Tokyo, Japan
	TBCAM Holdings, LLC*	Director	1/98 – Present
	MAM (MA) Holding Trust+++++	Trustee	6/03 – Present
	MAM (DE) Trust+++++	Trustee	6/03 – Present
	Pareto Partners	Partner Representative	5/97 – Present
	The Bank of New York Mellon Centre
	160 Queen Victoria Street
	London England
	Mellon Capital Management Corporation***	Director	2/97 – Present
	Mellon Equity Associates, LLP+	Executive Committee	1/98 – 12/07
		Member
		Chairman	1/98 – 12/07
	Mellon Global Investing Corp.*	Director	5/97 – Present
		Chairman	5/97 - Present
		Chief Executive Officer	5/97 – Present
Cyrus Taraporevala	Urdang Capital Management, Inc.	Director	10/07 - Present
Director	630 West Germantown Pike, Suite 300
	Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
	Urdang Securities Management, Inc.	Director	10/07 - Present
	630 West Germantown Pike, Suite 300
	Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
	The Boston Company Asset Management NY,	Manager	08/06 – Present
	LLC*
	The Boston Company Asset Management LLC*	Manager	01/08 – Present
	BNY Mellon, National Association+	Senior Vice President	07/06 - Present
	The Bank of New York Mellon*****	Senior Vice President	07/06 - Present
Scott E. Wennerholm	Mellon Capital Management Corporation***	Director	10/05 – Present
Director
	Newton Management Limited	Director	1/06 – Present
	London, England
	Gannett Welsh & Kotler LLC	Manager	11/07 – Present
	222 Berkley Street	Administrator	11/07 – Present
	Boston, MA 02116
	BNY Alcentra Group Holdings, Inc. ++	Director	10/07 – Present
	Ivy Asset Management Corp.	Director	12/07 – Present
	One Jericho Plaza
	Jericho, NY 11753

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Name and Position
With Dreyfus	Other Businesses	Position Held	Dates
	Urdang Capital Management, Inc.	Director	10/07 – Present
	630 West Germantown Pike, Suite 300
	Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
	Urdang Securities Management, Inc.	Director	10/07 – Present
	630 West Germantown Pike, Suite 300
	Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
	EACM Advisors LLC	Manager	6/04 - Present
	200 Connecticut Avenue
	Norwalk, CT 06854-1940
	Franklin Portfolio Associates LLC*	Manager	1/06 – Present
	The Boston Company Asset Management NY,	Manager	10/07 – Present
	LLC*
	The Boston Company Asset Management LLC*	Manager	10/05 – Present
	Pareto Investment Management Limited	Director	3/06 – Present
	London, England
	Mellon Equity Associates, LLP+	Executive Committee	10/05 – 12/07
		Member
	Standish Mellon Asset Management Company,	Member, Board of	10/05 – Present
	LLC	Managers
	Mellon Financial Center
	201 Washington Street
	Boston, MA 02108-4408
	The Boston Company Holding, LLC*	Member, Board of	4/06 – Present
		Managers
	The Bank of New York Mellon *****	Senior Vice President	7/08 - Present
	BNY Mellon, National Association +	Senior Vice President	7/08 – Present
	Mellon Bank, N.A. +	Senior Vice President	10/05 – 6/08
	Mellon Trust of New England, N. A.*	Director	4/06 – 6/08
		Senior Vice President	10/05 – 6/08
	MAM (DE) Trust+++++	Member of Board of	1/07 – Present
		Trustees
	MAM (MA) Holding Trust+++++	Member of Board of	1/07 – Present
		Trustees

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Name and Position
With Dreyfus	Other Businesses	Position Held	Dates
Bradley J. Skapyak	MBSC Securities Corporation++	Executive Vice President	6/07 – Present
Chief Operating Officer
and Director
	Dreyfus Service Corporation++	Executive Vice President	2/07 – 6/07
		Senior Vice President	10/97 – 2/07
	The Bank of New York Mellon****	Senior Vice President	4/07 - Present
Dwight Jacobsen	Pioneer Investments	Senior Vice President	4/06 – 12/07
Executive Vice President	60 State Street
and Director	Boston, Massachusetts
Patrice M. Kozlowski	None
Senior Vice President –
Corporate
Communications
Gary Pierce	The Bank of New York Mellon *****	Vice President	7/08 - Present
Controller
	BNY Mellon, National Association +	Vice President	7/08 - Present
	The Dreyfus Trust Company+++	Chief Financial Officer	7/05 – 6/08
		Treasurer	7/05 – 6/08
	Laurel Capital Advisors, LLP+	Chief Financial Officer	5/07 – Present
	MBSC, LLC++	Chief Financial Officer	7/05 – 6/07
		Manager, Board of	7/05 – 6/07
		Managers
	MBSC Securities Corporation++	Director	6/07 – Present
		Chief Financial Officer	6/07 – Present
	Dreyfus Service Corporation++	Director	7/05 – 6/07
		Chief Financial Officer	7/05 – 6/07
	Founders Asset Management, LLC****	Assistant Treasurer	7/06 – Present
	Dreyfus Consumer Credit	Treasurer	7/05 – Present
	Corporation ++
	Dreyfus Transfer, Inc. ++	Chief Financial Officer	7/05 – Present
	Dreyfus Service	Treasurer	7/05 – Present
	Organization, Inc.++
	Seven Six Seven Agency, Inc. ++	Treasurer	4/99 – Present

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Name and Position
With Dreyfus	Other Businesses	Position Held	Dates
Joseph W. Connolly	The Dreyfus Family of Funds++	Chief Compliance	10/04 – Present
Chief Compliance Officer		Officer
	Laurel Capital Advisors, LLP+	Chief Compliance	4/05 – Present
		Officer
	The Mellon Funds Trust++	Chief Compliance	10/04 – Present
		Officer
	MBSC, LLC++	Chief Compliance	10/04 – 6/07
		Officer
	MBSC Securities Corporation++	Chief Compliance	6/07 – Present
		Officer
	Dreyfus Service Corporation++	Chief Compliance	10/04 – 6/07
		Officer
Gary E. Abbs	The Bank of New York Mellon+	First Vice President and	12/96 – Present
Vice President – Tax		Manager of Tax
		Compliance
	Dreyfus Service Organization++	Vice President – Tax	01/09 – Present
	Dreyfus Consumer Credit Corporation++	Chairman	01/09 – Present
		President	01/09 – Present
	MBSC Securities Corporation++	Vice President – Tax	01/09 – Present
Jill Gill	Mellon Financial Corporation +	Vice President	10/01 – 6/07
Vice President –
Human Resources	MBSC Securities Corporation++	Vice President	6/07 – Present
	The Bank of New York Mellon *****	Vice President	7/08 – Present
	BNY Mellon, National Association +	Vice President	7/08 - Present
	Mellon Bank N.A. +	Vice President	10/06 – 6/08
	Dreyfus Service Corporation++	Vice President	10/06 – 6/07
Joanne S. Huber	The Bank of New York Mellon+	State & Local	07/1/07 –
Vice President – Tax		Compliance Manager	Present
	Dreyfus Service Organization++	Vice President – Tax	01/09 – Present
	Dreyfus Consumer Credit Corporation++	Vice President – Tax	01/09 – Present
	MBSC Securities Corporation++	Vice President – Tax	01/09 – Present
Anthony Mayo	None
Vice President –
Information Systems
John E. Lane	A P Colorado, Inc. +	Vice President – Real	8/07 – Present
Vice President		Estate and Leases
	A P East, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	A P Management, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	A P Properties, Inc. +	Vice President – Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	A P Rural Land, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – 9/07
		Estate and Leases
	Allomon Corporation+	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases

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Name and Position
With Dreyfus	Other Businesses	Position Held	Dates
	AP Residential Realty, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	AP Wheels, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	BNY Mellon, National Association +	Vice President – Real	7/08 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Citmelex Corporation+	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Eagle Investment Systems LLC	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
	65 LaSalle Road	Estate and Leases
	West Hartford, CT 06107
	East Properties Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	FSFC, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Holiday Properties, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	MBC Investments Corporation+	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	MBSC Securities Corporation++	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	MELDEL Leasing Corporation Number 2, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	7/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon Bank Community Development	Vice President– Real	11/07 – Present
	Corporation+	Estate and Leases
	Mellon Capital Management Corporation+	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon Financial Services Corporation #1+	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon Financial Services Corporation #4+	Vice President – Real	7/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon Funding Corporation+	Vice President– Real	12/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon Holdings, LLC+	Vice President– Real	12/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon International Leasing Company+	Vice President– Real	7/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon Leasing Corporation+	Vice President– Real	7/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon Private Trust Company, National	Vice President– Real	8/07 – 1/08
	Association+	Estate and Leases
	Mellon Securities Trust Company+	Vice President– Real	8/07 – 7/08
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon Trust Company of Illinois+	Vice President– Real	8/07 – 07/08
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon Trust Company of New England, N.A.+	Vice President– Real	8/07 – 6/08
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon Trust Company of New York LLC++	Vice President– Real	8/07 – 6/08
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon Ventures, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Melnamor Corporation+	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	MFS Leasing Corp. +	Vice President– Real	7/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	MMIP, LLC+	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Pareto New York LLC++	Vice President– Real	10/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases

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Name and Position
With Dreyfus	Other Businesses	Position Held	Dates
	Pontus, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	7/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Promenade, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	RECR, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	SKAP #7+	Vice President– Real	8/07 – 11/07
		Estate and Leases
	Technology Services Group, Inc.*****	Senior Vice President	6/06 – Present
	Tennesee Processing Center LLC*****	Managing Director	5/08 – Present
		Senior Vice President	4/04 – 5/08
	Texas AP, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	The Bank of New York Mellon*****	Vice President – Real	7/08 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation*****	Executive Vice President	8/07 – Present
	Trilem, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
Jeanne M. Login	A P Colorado, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
Vice President		Estate and Leases
	A P East, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	A P Management, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	A P Properties, Inc. +	Vice President – Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	A P Rural Land, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – 9/07
		Estate and Leases
	Allomon Corporation+	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	AP Residential Realty, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	AP Wheels, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	APT Holdings Corporation+	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	BNY Investment Management Services LLC++++	Vice President– Real	1/01 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	BNY Mellon, National Association +	Vice President – Real	7/08 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Citmelex Corporation+	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Eagle Investment Systems LLC+	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	East Properties Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	FSFC, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Holiday Properties, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	MBC Investments Corporation+	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	MBSC Securities Corporation++	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	MELDEL Leasing Corporation Number 2, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	7/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases

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C-11

<R>

Name and Position
With Dreyfus	Other Businesses	Position Held	Dates
	Mellon Bank Community Development	Vice President – Real	11/07 – Present
	Corporation+	Estate and Leases
	Mellon Capital Management Corporation+	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon Financial Services Corporation #1+	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon Financial Services Corporation #4+	Vice President – Real	7/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon Funding Corporation+	Vice President – Real	12/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon Holdings LLC+	Vice President – Real	12/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon International Leasing Company+	Vice President– Real	7/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon Leasing Corporation+	Vice President– Real	7/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon Private Trust Company, National	Vice President – Real	8/07 – 1/08
	Association+	Estate and Leases
	Mellon Securities Trust Company+	Vice President – Real	8/07 – 7/08
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon Trust of New England, N.A. *	Vice President – Real	8/07 – 6/08
		Estate and Leases
	Mellon Trust Company of Illinois+	Vice President– Real	8/07 – 7/08
		Estate and Leases
	MFS Leasing Corp. +	Vice President– Real	7/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	MMIP, LLC+	Vice President– Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Pontus, Inc. +	Vice President– Real	7/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Promenade, Inc. +	Vice President – Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	RECR, Inc. +	Vice President – Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	SKAP #7+	Vice President – Real	8/07 – 11/07
		Estate and Leases
	Tennesee Processing Center LLC*****	Managing Director	5/08 – Present
		Senior Vice President	4/04 – 5/08
	Texas AP, Inc. +	Vice President – Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	The Bank of New York Mellon*****	Vice President – Real	7/08 – Present
		Estate and Leases
	Trilem, Inc. +	Vice President – Real	8/07 – Present
		Estate and Leases
James Bitetto	MBSC Securities Corporation++	Assistant Secretary	6/07 – Present
Secretary
	Dreyfus Service Corporation++	Assistant Secretary	8/98 – 6/07
	Dreyfus Service Organization, Inc.++	Secretary	8/05 – Present
	The Dreyfus Consumer Credit Corporation++	Vice President	2/02 - Present
		Director	2/02 – 7/06
	Founders Asset Management LLC****	Assistant Secretary	3/09 – Present

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*	The address of the business so indicated is One Boston Place, Boston, Massachusetts, 02108.
**	The address of the business so indicated is One Bush Street, Suite 450, San Francisco, California 94104.
***	The address of the business so indicated is 595 Market Street, Suite 3000, San Francisco, California 94105.
****	The address of the business so indicated is 210 University Blvd., Suite 800, Denver, Colorado 80206.
*****	The address of the business so indicated is One Wall Street, New York, New York 10286.
+	The address of the business so indicated is One Mellon Bank Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15258.
++	The address of the business so indicated is 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166.
+++	The address of the business so indicated is 144 Glenn Curtiss Boulevard, Uniondale, New York 11556-0144.
++++	The address of the business so indicated is White Clay Center, Route 273, Newark, Delaware 19711.
+++++	The address of the business so indicated is 4005 Kennett Pike, Greenville, DE 19804.

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Item 27. Principal Underwriters

     (a) Other investment companies for which Registrant's principal underwriter (exclusive distributor) acts as principal underwriter or exclusive distributor:

<R>

1.	Advantage Funds, Inc.
2.	BNY Mellon Funds Trust
3.	CitizensSelect Funds
4.	Dreyfus Appreciation Fund, Inc.
5.	Dreyfus BASIC Money Market Fund, Inc.
6.	Dreyfus BASIC U.S. Government Money Market Fund
7.	Dreyfus BASIC U.S. Mortgage Securities Fund
8.	Dreyfus Bond Funds, Inc.
9.	Dreyfus Cash Management
10.	Dreyfus Cash Management Plus, Inc.
11.	Dreyfus Connecticut Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
12.	Dreyfus Funds, Inc.
13.	The Dreyfus Fund Incorporated
14.	Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds
15.	Dreyfus Growth and Income Fund, Inc.
16.	Dreyfus Index Funds, Inc.
17.	Dreyfus Institutional Cash Advantage Funds
18.	Dreyfus Institutional Money Market Fund
19.	Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Money Market Funds
20.	Dreyfus Institutional Reserves Funds
21.	Dreyfus Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
22.	Dreyfus International Funds, Inc.
23.	Dreyfus Investment Funds
24.	Dreyfus Investment Grade Funds, Inc.
25.	Dreyfus Investment Portfolios
26.	The Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc.
27.	The Dreyfus/Laurel Funds Trust
28.	The Dreyfus/Laurel Tax-Free Municipal Funds
29.	Dreyfus LifeTime Portfolios, Inc.
30.	Dreyfus Liquid Assets, Inc.
31.	Dreyfus Manager Funds I
32.	Dreyfus Manager Funds II
33.	Dreyfus Massachusetts Municipal Money Market Fund
34.	Dreyfus Midcap Index Fund, Inc.
35.	Dreyfus Money Market Instruments, Inc.
36.	Dreyfus Municipal Bond Opportunity Fund
37.	Dreyfus Municipal Cash Management Plus
38.	Dreyfus Municipal Funds, Inc.
39.	Dreyfus Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
40.	Dreyfus New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
41.	Dreyfus New Jersey Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
42.	Dreyfus New York AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund
43.	Dreyfus New York AMT-Free Municipal Money Market Fund
44.	Dreyfus New York Municipal Cash Management
45.	Dreyfus New York Tax Exempt Bond Fund, Inc.

</R>

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<R>

46.	Dreyfus Opportunity Funds
47.	Dreyfus Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Fund
48.	Dreyfus Premier California AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
49.	Dreyfus Premier Equity Funds, Inc.
50.	Dreyfus Premier GNMA Fund, Inc.
51.	Dreyfus Premier Investment Funds, Inc.
52.	Dreyfus Premier Short-Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
53.	Dreyfus Premier Worldwide Growth Fund, Inc.
54.	Dreyfus Research Growth Fund, Inc.
55.	Dreyfus State Municipal Bond Funds
56.	Dreyfus Stock Funds
57.	Dreyfus Short-Intermediate Government Fund
58.	The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.
59.	Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc.
60.	Dreyfus Tax Exempt Cash Management Funds
61.	The Dreyfus Third Century Fund, Inc.
62.	Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management
63.	Dreyfus Treasury Prime Cash Management
64.	Dreyfus U.S. Treasury Intermediate Term Fund
65.	Dreyfus U.S. Treasury Long Term Fund
66.	Dreyfus 100% U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund
67.	Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
68.	Dreyfus Worldwide Dollar Money Market Fund, Inc.
69.	General California Municipal Money Market Fund
70.	General Government Securities Money Market Funds, Inc.
71.	General Money Market Fund, Inc.
72.	General Municipal Money Market Funds, Inc.
73.	General New York Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
74.	General New York Municipal Money Market Fund
75.	Strategic Funds, Inc.

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<R>

(b)
Name and principal		Positions and Offices
Business address	Positions and offices with the Distributor	with Registrant
Jon R. Baum*	Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board	None
Ken Bradle**	President and Director	None
Robert G. Capone*****	Executive Vice President and Director	None
J. Charles Cardona*	Executive Vice President and Director	None
Sue Ann Cormack**	Executive Vice President	None
Dwight D. Jacobsen*	Executive Vice President and Director	None
Mark A. Keleher******	Executive Vice President	None
James D. Kohley****	Executive Vice President	None
William H. Maresca*	Executive Vice President and Director	None
Timothy M. McCormick*	Executive Vice President	None
David K. Mossman****	Executive Vice President	None
James Neiland*	Executive Vice President	None
Sean O’Neil*****	Executive Vice President and Director	None
Irene Papadoulis**	Executive Vice President	None
Matthew Perrone**	Executive Vice President	None
Noreen Ross*	Executive Vice President	None
Bradley J. Skapyak*	Executive Vice President	None
Gary Pierce*	Chief Financial Officer and Director	None
Tracy Hopkins*	Senior Vice President	None
Marc S. Isaacson**	Senior Vice President	None
Denise B. Kneeland*****	Senior Vice President	None
Mary T. Lomasney*****	Senior Vice President	None
Barbara A. McCann*****	Senior Vice President	None
Christine Carr Smith******	Senior Vice President	None
Ronald Jamison*	Chief Legal Officer and Secretary	None
Joseph W. Connolly*	Chief Compliance Officer (Investment Advisory Business)	Chief Compliance Officer
Stephen Storen*	Chief Compliance Officer	None
Maria Georgopoulos*	Vice President – Facilities Management	None
William Germenis*	Vice President – Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering	Anti-Money Laundering
	Officer	Compliance Officer
Karin L. Waldmann*	Privacy Officer	None
Gary E. Abbs****	Vice President - Tax	None
Timothy I. Barrett**	Vice President	None
Gina DiChiara*	Vice President	None
Jill Gill*	Vice President	None
Joanne S. Huber****	Vice President - Tax	None
John E. Lane*******	Vice President – Real Estate and Leases	None
Jeanne M. Login*******	Vice President – Real Estate and Leases	None
Edward A. Markward*	Vice President – Compliance	None
Paul Molloy*	Vice President	None
Anthony Nunez*	Vice President – Finance	None
William Schalda*	Vice President	None
John Shea*	Vice President – Finance	None
Christopher A. Stallone**	Vice President	None
Susan Verbil*	Vice President – Finance	None
William Verity*	Vice President – Finance	None
James Windels*	Vice President	Treasurer

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<R>

(b)
Name and principal		Positions and Offices
Business address	Positions and offices with the Distributor	with Registrant
James Bitetto*	Assistant Secretary	Vice President and
		Assistant Secretary
James D. Muir*	Assistant Secretary	None
Ken Christoffersen***	Assistant Secretary	None

</R>
<R>

*	Principal business address is 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166.
**	Principal business address is 144 Glenn Curtiss Blvd., Uniondale, NY 11556-0144.
***	Principal business address is 210 University Blvd., Suite 800, Denver, CO 80206.
****	Principal business address is One Mellon Bank Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15258.
*****	Principal business address is One Boston Place, Boston, MA 02108.
******	Principal business address is 595 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.
*******	Principal business address is 101 Barclay Street, New York 10286.

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Item 28.  Location of Accounts and Records 

1.	The Bank of New York Mellon
	One Wall Street
	New York, New York 10286
2.	DST Systems, Inc.
	1055 Broadway
	Kansas City, MO 64105
3.	The Dreyfus Corporation
	200 Park Avenue
	New York, New York 10166

Item 29.	Management Services
	Not Applicable
Item 30.	Undertakings
	None

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SIGNATURES
__________

<R>

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and to the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, and State of New York on the 27^th day of August, 2009.

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<R>DREYFUS MUNICIPAL BOND OPPORTUNITY FUND</R>

BY: /s/ J. David Officer*
J. DAVID OFFICER, PRESIDENT

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

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Signatures	Title	Date
/s/ J. David Officer * President	(Principal Executive Officer)	08/27/09
J. David Officer
/s/James Windels *	Treasurer	08/27/09
	(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
James Windels
/s/Joseph S. DiMartino*	Trustee	08/27/09
Joseph S. DiMartino
/s/Clifford L. Alexander, Jr.*	Trustee	08/27/09
Clifford L. Alexander, Jr.
/s/ David W. Burke*	Trustee	08/27/09
David W. Burke
/s/Peggy C. Davis*	Trustee	08/27/09
Peggy C. Davis

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<R>

/s/Diane Dunst*	Trustee	08/27/09
Diane Dunst
/s/ Ernest Kafka*	Trustee	08/27/09
Ernest Kafka
/s/ Nathan Leventhal*	Trustee	08/27/09
Nathan Leventhal
/s/ Daniel Rose*	Trustee	08/27/09
Daniel Rose
/s/ Warren B. Rudman*	Trustee	08/27/09
Warren B. Rudman

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*BY: /s/ Janette E. Farragher
_____________________
Janette E. Farragher,
Attorney-in-Fact

INDEX OF EXHIBITS

          (a)(ii) Articles of Amendment

          (j) Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm