FEDERATED LIMITED DURATION GOVERNMENT FUND, INC.

                               Federated Investors Funds
                                 5800 Corporate Drive
                          Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237-7000

                                    April 30, 2001




EDGAR Operations Branch
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
450 Fifth Street, Northwest
Washington, DC  20549

RE:  FEDERATED LIMITED DURATION GOVERNMENT FUND, INC. (the "Corporation")
         1933 Act File No. 33-41004
         1940 Act File No. 811-6307

Dear Sir or Madam:

     Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities  Act of 1933, the  above-named
Corporation  hereby  certifies that the  definitive  forms of  prospectuses  and
statement of additional  information  dated April 30, 2001, that would have been
filed  under Rule  497(c),  do not  differ  from the forms of  prospectuses  and
statement of additional  information  contained in the most recent  registration
statement for the Corporation.  This registration  statement was  electronically
filed under Rule 485(b) as Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 on April 25, 2001.


     If you have any questions regarding this  certification,  please call me at
(412) 288-8160.

                                          Very truly yours,



                                          /s/ C. Grant Anderson
                                          C. Grant Anderson
                                          Assistant Secretary