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APPENDIX I UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 24F-2
Annual Notice of Securities Sold
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
Read instructions at end of Form before preparing Form. Please print or type.
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1. Name and address of Issuer:
The Seneca Funds
909 Montgomery Street
Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 91433
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2. The name of each series or class of securities for which this Form is
filed (if the Form is being filed for all series and classes of securities
of the issuer, check the box but do not list series or classes): | |
* Seneca Growth Fund Administrative Shares
* Seneca Growth Fund Institutional Shares
* Seneca Mid-Cap "EDGE" Fund Administrative Shares
* Seneca Mid-Cap "EDGE" Fund Institutional Shares
* Seneca Bond Fund Administrative Shares
* Seneca Bond Fund Institutional Shares
* Seneca Real Estate Securities Fund Administrative Shares
* Seneca Real Estate Securities Fund Institutional Shares
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3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-7455
Securities Act File Number: 33-65137
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4(a). Last day of fiscal year for which this Form is filed: September 30, 1997
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4(b). / / Check box if this Form is being filed late (i.e., more than 90
calendar days after the end of the issuer's fiscal year).
(See Instruction A.2)
Note: If the Form is being filed late, interest must be paid on the
registration fee due.
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4(c). / / Check box if this is the last time the issuer will be filing this
Form.
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5. Calculation of registration fee:
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(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the
fiscal year pursuant to section 24(f): $75,762,342
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(ii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed or
repurchased during the fiscal year: $24,385,575
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(iii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed or
repurchased during any prior fiscal year ending no
earlier than October 11, 1995 that were not
previously used to reduce registration fees payable
to the Commission: $
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(iv) Total available redemption credits [add Items 5(ii)
and 5(iii)]: - $24,385,575
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(v) Net sales - if Item 5(i) is greater than Item 5(iv)
[subtract Item 5(iv) from Item 5(i)]: $51,376,766
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(vi) Redemption credits available for use in future years $( )
--if Item 5(i) is less than Item 5(iv) [subtract ------------
Item 5(iv) from Item 5(i)]:
(vii) Multiplier for determining registration fee (See
Instruction C.9): x .000295
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(viii) Registration fee due [multiply Item 5(v) by Item
5(vii)] (enter "0" if no fee is due): = $15,156
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6. Prepaid Shares
If the response to Item 5(i) was determined by deducting an amount of
securities that were registered under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant
to rule 24e-2 as in effect before [effective date of rescision of rule
24e-2], then report the amount of securities (number of shares or other
units) deducted here: _________. If there is a number of shares or other
units that were registered pursuant to rule 24e-2 remaining unsold at the
end of the fiscal year for which this form is filed that are available for
use by the issuer in future fiscal years, then state that number here:
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7. Interest due - if this Form is being filed more than 90 days after the end
of the issuer's fiscal year (see Instruction D):
+ $15,156
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8. Total of the amount of the registration fee due plus any interest due [line
5(viii) plus line 7]:
= $
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9. Date the registration fee and any interest payment was sent to the
Commission's lockbox depository:
Method of Delivery:
/X/ Wire Transfer
/ / Mail or other means
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SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Sandra Westhoff
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Sandra Westhoff
Treasurer
Date 12/23/97
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*Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.
