Delaware Management Company 2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103

Ex-99.h.3

Delaware Management Company
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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April 26, 2007

Delaware Group Limited-Term Government Funds
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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          Re: Expense Limitations

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     By our execution of this letter agreement (the “Agreement”), intending to be legally bound hereby, Delaware Management Company, a series of Delaware Management Business Trust (the “Manager”), agrees that in order to improve the performance of Delaware Limited-Term Government Fund (the “Fund”), which is a series of Delaware Group Limited-Term Government Funds, the Manager shall waive all or a portion of its investment advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding any 12b-1 plan expenses, taxes, interest, inverse floater program expenses, brokerage fees, short-sale dividend and interest expenses, certain insurance costs ,and non-routine expenses or costs, including but not limited to, those relating to reorganizations, litigation, conducting shareholder meetings, and liquidations [collectively, “non-routine expenses”]) in an aggregate amount equal to the amount by which the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any 12b-1 plan expenses, taxes, interest, inverse floater program expenses, brokerage fees, short-sale dividend and interest expenses, certain insurance costs, and non-routine expenses) exceed 0.69% for the period May 1, 2007 through April 30, 2008. For purposes of this Agreement, non-routine expenses may also include such additional costs and expenses as may be agreed upon from time to time by the Fund’s Board and the Manager. Inverse floater program expenses include, but are not limited to, interest expense, remarketing fees, liquidity fees, and trustees’ fees from the Fund’s participation in inverse floater programs where it has transferred its own bonds to a trust that issues the inverse floaters.

     The Manager acknowledges that it (1) shall not be entitled to collect on, or make a claim for, waived fees at any time in the future, and (2) shall not be entitled to collect on, or make a claim for, reimbursed Fund expenses at any time in the future.

	Delaware Management Company, a series of Delaware
	Management Business Trust
	By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
		Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
		Title:	President
		Date:	April 26, 2007

Your signature below acknowledges
acceptance of this Agreement:

Delaware Group Limited-Term Government Funds
By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
	Title:	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	Date:	April 26, 2007