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                       Securities Act Registration No. 333-61751
                       Investment Company Act File No. 811-08953

                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     WASHINGTON, D.C.    20549

                            FORM N-2
    REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
         Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2                      [X]
         Post-Effective Amendment No.                       [ ]
                              and

                REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE 
                  INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940            [X]
                         Amendment No. 2                    [X]

              STEIN ROE FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND
                          (Registrant)

                     One South Wacker Drive
                    Chicago, Illinois  60606

                 Telephone number:  800-338-0593

    Heidi J. Walter           Cameron S. Avery
    Stein Roe Floating Rate   Bell, Boyd & Lloyd
         Income Fund          Three First National Plaza 
    One South Wacker Drive    70 West Madison Street, Suite 3300
    Chicago, Illinois 60606   Chicago, Illinois 60602-4207
                      (Agents for service)

Approximate date of proposed public offering:  As soon as 
practicable after the effective date of this registration 
statement.

If any securities being registered on this form will be offered 
on a delayed or continuous basis in reliance on rule 415 under 
the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered in 
connection with a dividend reinvestment plan, check the 
following box.  [x]
                      ________________________

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                              Proposed  Proposed
Title of          Amount of   Maximum   Maximum
Securities        Shares      Offering  Aggregate   Amount of
Being             Being       Price     Offering    Registration
Registered        Registered  per Unit  Price(1)    Fee(2)
- ----------------- ----------  --------  ----------- ------------
Common Shares 
of Beneficial 
Interest          10,000,000   $10.00  $100,000,000    $29,500
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the 
    registration fee.
(2) Previously paid.

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such 
date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date 
until the registrant shall file a further amendment which 
specifically states that this registration statement shall 
thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of 
the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement 
shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting 
pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

This Registration Statement has also been signed by Stein Roe 
Floating Rate Limited Liability Company.

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The prospectus and statement of additional information of Stein Roe 
Floating Rate Income Fund are incorporated into this filing by 
reference to pre-effective amendment No. 1 to Registrant's 
Registration Statement, file No. 333-61751.

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                             PART C

Item 24.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(1) Financial Statements:  

    (a) Financial statements included in Part A of this 
        registration statement:
        None

    (b) Financial statements included in Part B of this 
        registration statement:
        Stein Roe Floating Rate Income Fund audited financial 
        statements for its initial capitalization dated 
        November 12, 1998.

(2) Exhibits:  [Note:  As used herein, the term "Registration 
    Statement" refers to the Registration Statement of the 
    Registrant on Form N-2 under the Securities Act of 1933, 
    No. 333-61751.  The term "Pre-Effective Amendment" refers 
    to a pre-effective amendment to the Registration 
    Statement.]

    a. Agreement and Declaration of Trust as amended and restated 
       on Nov. 3, 1998.  (Exhibit a to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 
       1.)*

    b. By-laws of Registrant dated August 13, 1998 as amended on 
       Sept. 25, 1998.  (Exhibit b to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 
       1.)*

    c. None.

    d. None.

    e. None.

    f. None.

    g. Form of Portfolio Management Agreement between Stein Roe 
       Floating Rate Limited Liability Company and Stein Roe & 
       Farnham Incorporated.  (Exhibit g to Pre-Effective Amendment 
       No. 1.)*

    h. Underwriting Agreement between Registrant and 
       Liberty Securities Corporation dated Oct. 15, 1998.  
       (Exhibit h to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1.)*

    i. None.

    j. Form of Custodian Contract between Registrant and State 
       Street Bank and Trust Company.  (Exhibit j to Pre-Effective 
       Amendment No. 1.)*

    k. (1) Form of Transfer Agency Agreement between Registrant and 
           Liberty Funds Services, Inc.  (Exhibit k(1) to Pre-
           Effective Amendment No. 1.)*
       (2) Form of Accounting and Bookkeeping Agreement between 
           Registrant and Stein Roe & Farnham Incorporated. .  
           (Exhibit K(2) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1.)*
       (3) Form of Administrative Agreement between Registrant 
           and Stein Roe & Farnham Incorporated.  (Exhibit k(3) to 
           Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1.)*

    l. Opinion and Consent of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd.  (Exhibit 1 to 
       Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1.)*

    m. None.

    n. Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.  (Exhibit n to Pre-Effective 
       Amendment No. 1.)*

    o. None.

    p. Initial Capital Agreement.

    q. Stein Roe & Farnham Funds Individual Retirement Account 
       Plan.
       Stein Roe & Farnham Prototype Paired Defined Contribution 
       Plan.  (Exhibit q to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1.)*

    r. None.
- ----------
*Incorporated by reference.

Item 25.  Marketing Arrangements

     None.

Item 26.  Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

     Registration Fees                     $29,500
     National Association of Securities 
        Dealers, Inc. Fees                  10,500*
     State Fees                             41,000**
     Printing Fees                          20,000
     Rating Agency Fees                          0
     Legal and Accounting Fees            $170,000**
     ____________
     *The Registrant's investment adviser has paid these fees in 
      lieu of the Registrant.
    **Estimated fees.

Item 27.  Persons Controlled By or Under Common Control with Registrant

     The Registrant does not consider that it is directly or 
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control 
with other persons within the meaning of this Item.  The 
information in the Statement of Additional Information under the 
captions "Management,"  "Investment Advisory Services" and 
"Transfer Agent" is incorporated by reference.

Item 28.  Number of Holders of Securities

     Title of Class            Number of Record Holders
     -----------------------   ------------------------
     Stein Roe Floating Rate             1
        Income Fund

Item 29.  Indemnification

     Article Eight of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of 
Registrant (Exhibit 1), which Article is incorporated herein by 
reference, provides that Registrant shall provide 
indemnification of its trustees and officers (including each 
person who serves or has served at Registrant's request as a 
director, officer, or trustee of another organization in which 
Registrant has any interest as a shareholder, creditor or 
otherwise) ("Covered Persons") under specified circumstances.

     Section 17(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 
Act") provides that neither the Agreement and Declaration of 
Trust nor the By-Laws of Registrant, nor any other instrument 
pursuant to which Registrant is organized or administered, shall 
contain any provision which protects or purports to protect any 
trustee or officer of Registrant against any liability to 
Registrant or its shareholders to which he would otherwise be 
subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross 
negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the 
conduct of his office.  In accordance with Section 17(h) of the 
1940 Act, Article Eight shall not protect any person against any 
liability to Registrant or its shareholders to which he would 
otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad 
faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties 
involved in the conduct of his office.

     Unless otherwise permitted under the 1940 Act,

     (i) Article Eight does not protect any person against any 
liability to Registrant or to its shareholders to which he would 
otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad 
faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties 
involved in the conduct of his office;

     (ii) in the absence of a final decision on the merits by a 
court or other body before whom a proceeding was brought that a 
Covered Person was not liable by reason of willful misfeasance, 
bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties 
involved in the conduct of his office, no indemnification is 
permitted under Article Eight unless a determination that such 
person was not so liable is made on behalf of Registrant by (a) 
the vote of a majority of the trustees who are not "interested 
persons" of Registrant, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 
1940 Act ("disinterested trustees"), or (b) an independent legal 
counsel as expressed in a written opinion; and 

     (iii) Registrant will not advance attorneys' fees or other 
expenses incurred by a Covered Person in connection with a civil 
or criminal action, suit or proceeding unless Registrant 
receives an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to 
repay the advance (unless it is ultimately determined that he is 
entitled to indemnification) and (a) the Covered Person provides 
security for his undertaking, or (b) Registrant is insured 
against losses arising by reason of any lawful advances, or (c) 
a majority of the disinterested, non-party trustees of 
Registrant or an independent legal counsel as expressed in a 
written opinion, determine, based on a review of readily 
available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry), that 
there is reason to believe that the Covered Person ultimately 
will be found entitled to indemnification.

     Any approval of indemnification pursuant to Article Eight 
does not prevent the recovery from any Covered Person of any 
amount paid to such Covered Person in accordance with Article 
Eight as indemnification if such Covered Person is subsequently 
adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction not to have 
acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that such Covered 
Person's action was in, or not opposed to, the best interests of 
Registrant or to have been liable to Registrant or its 
shareholders by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross 
negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the 
conduct of such Covered Person's office.

     Article Eight also provides that its indemnification 
provisions are not exclusive.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under 
the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") 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 the Securities Act and is, 
therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for 
indemnification 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 connection 
with the successful defense of any 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 
the Securities Act and will be governed by the final 
adjudication of such issue.

     Registrant, its trustees and officers, its investment 
adviser, the other investment companies advised by the adviser, 
and persons affiliated with them are insured against certain 
expenses in connection with the defense of actions, suits, or 
proceedings, and certain liabilities that might be imposed as a 
result of such actions, suits, or proceedings.  Registrant will 
not pay any portion of the premium for coverage under such 
insurance that would (1) protect any trustee or officer against 
any liability to Registrant or its shareholders to which he 
would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad 
faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties 
involved in the conduct of his office or (2) protect its 
investment adviser or principal underwriter, if any, against any 
liability to Registrant or its shareholders to which such person 
would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad 
faith, gross negligence, in the performance of its duties, or by 
reason of its reckless disregard of its duties and obligations 
under its contract or agreement with the Registrant; for this 
purpose the Registrant will rely on an allocation of premiums 
determined by the insurance company.

     Pursuant to the indemnification agreement among the 
Registrant, its transfer agent and its investment adviser, 
the Registrant, its trustees, officers and employees, its transfer 
agent and the transfer agent's directors, officers, and employees 
are indemnified by Registrant's investment adviser against any and 
all losses, liabilities, damages, claims and expenses arising out 
of any act or omission of the Registrant or its transfer agent 
performed in conformity with a request of the investment adviser 
that the transfer agent and the Registrant deviate from their 
normal procedures in connection with the issue, redemption or 
transfer of shares for a client of the investment adviser.

     Registrant, its trustees, officers, employees and 
representatives and each person, if any, who controls the 
Registrant within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities 
Act of 1933 are indemnified by the distributor of Registrant's 
shares (the "distributor"), pursuant to the terms of the 
distribution agreement, which governs the distribution of 
Registrant's shares, against any and all losses, liabilities, 
damages, claims and expenses arising out of the acquisition of 
any shares of the Registrant by any person which (i) may be 
based upon any wrongful act by the distributor or any of the 
distributor's directors, officers, employees or representatives 
or (ii) may be based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement 
of a material fact contained in a registration statement, 
prospectus, statement of additional information, shareholder 
report or other information covering shares of the Registrant 
filed or made public by the Registrant or any amendment thereof 
or supplement thereto or the omission or alleged omission to 
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or 
necessary to make the statement therein not misleading if such 
statement or omission was made in reliance upon information 
furnished to the Registrant by the distributor in writing.  In 
no case does the distributor's indemnity indemnify an 
indemnified party against any liability to which such 
indemnified party would otherwise be subject by reason of 
willful misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence in the performance 
of its or his duties or by reason of its or his reckless 
disregard of its or his obligations and duties under the 
distribution agreement.

Item 30.  Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser

     The Adviser is a wholly owned subsidiary of SteinRoe Services 
Inc. ("SSI"), which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty 
Financial Companies, Inc., which is a majority owned subsidiary of 
Liberty Corporation Holdings, Inc., which is a wholly owned 
subsidiary of LFC Holdings, Inc., which in turn is a subsidiary of 
Liberty Mutual Equity Corporation, which in turn is a subsidiary of 
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.  The Adviser acts as investment 
adviser to individuals, trustees, pension and profit-sharing 
plans, charitable organizations, and other investors.  In addition 
to Registrant, it also acts as investment adviser to other 
investment companies having different investment policies.

     For a two-year business history of officers and directors 
of the Adviser, please refer to the Form ADV of Stein Roe & 
Farnham Incorporated and to the section of the Statement of 
Additional Information (part B) entitled "Investment Advisory 
Services."

     Certain directors and officers of the Adviser also serve 
and have during the past two years served in various capacities 
as officers, directors, or trustees of SSI and of the Registrant 
and other investment companies managed by the Adviser.  (The 
listed entities are located at One South Wacker Drive, Chicago, 
Illinois 60606, except for SteinRoe Variable Investment Trust 
and Liberty Variable Investment Trust, which are located at 
Federal Reserve Plaza, Boston, MA  02210 and LFC Utilities 
Trust, which is located at One Financial Center, Boston, MA  
02111.)  A list of such capacities is given below.

                                                  POSITION FORMERLY
                                                    HELD WITHIN
                      CURRENT POSITION              PAST TWO YEARS
                      -------------------           --------------
STEINROE SERVICES INC.
Gary A. Anetsberger   Vice President
Kenneth J. Kozanda    Vice President; Treasurer
Kenneth R. Leibler    Director
C. Allen Merritt, Jr. Director; Vice President
Heidi J. Walter       Vice President; Secretary
Hans P. Ziegler       Director; President; Chairman

SR&F BASE TRUST
William D. Andrews    Executive Vice-President
Gary A. Anetsberger   Sr. Vice-President            Treasurer
Thomas W. Butch       President                     Executive V-P;
                                                    Trustee
Kevin M. Carome       Vice-President; Asst. Secy.
Loren A. Hansen       Executive Vice-President
Heidi J. Walter       Vice-President; Secretary
Hans P. Ziegler       Executive Vice-President

STEIN ROE INCOME TRUST; STEIN ROE INSTITUTIONAL TRUST; AND 
STEIN ROE TRUST
William D. Andrews    Executive Vice-President
Gary A. Anetsberger   Sr. Vice-President            Treasurer
Thomas W. Butch       President                     Exec. V-P; 
                                                    V-P; Trustee
Kevin M. Carome       Vice-President; Asst. Secy.
Loren A. Hansen       Executive Vice-President
Michael T. Kennedy    Vice-President
Stephen F. Lockman    Vice-President
Steven P. Luetger                                   Vice-President
Lynn C. Maddox        Vice-President
Jane M. Naeseth       Vice-President
Heidi J. Walter       Vice-President; Secretary
Hans P. Ziegler       Executive Vice-President

STEIN ROE INVESTMENT TRUST
William D. Andrews    Executive Vice-President
Gary A. Anetsberger   Sr. Vice-President            Treasurer
David P. Brady        Vice-President
Thomas W. Butch       President                     Exec. V-P; 
                                                    V-P; Trustee
Daniel K. Cantor      Vice-President
Kevin M. Carome       Vice-President; Asst. Secy.
E. Bruce Dunn                                       Vice-President
Erik P. Gustafson     Vice-President
Loren A. Hansen       Executive Vice-President
James P. Haynie       Vice-President
Harvey B. Hirschhorn  Vice-President
Eric S. Maddix        Vice-President
Lynn C. Maddox        Vice-President
Arthur J. McQueen     Vice-President
Gita R. Rao           Vice-President
Michael E. Rega       Vice-President
M. Gerard Sandel      Vice-President
Gloria J. Santella    Vice-President
Heidi J. Walter       Vice-President; Secretary
Hans P. Ziegler       Executive Vice-President

STEIN ROE ADVISOR TRUST
William D. Andrews    Executive Vice-President
Gary A. Anetsberger   Sr. Vice-President            Treasurer
David P. Brady        Vice-President
Thomas W. Butch       President                     Exec. V-P; 
                                                    V-P; Trustee
Daniel K. Cantor      Vice-President
Kevin M. Carome       Vice-President; Asst. Secy.
E. Bruce Dunn                                       Vice-President
Erik P. Gustafson     Vice-President
Loren A. Hansen       Executive Vice-President
James P. Haynie       Vice-President
Harvey B. Hirschhorn  Vice-President
Michael T. Kennedy    Vice-President
Stephen F. Lockman    Vice-President
Eric S. Maddix        Vice-President
Lynn C. Maddox        Vice-President
Arthur J. McQueen     Vice-President
Maureen G. Newman     Vice-President
Gita R. Rao           Vice-President
Michael E. Rega       Vice-President
M. Gerard Sandel      Vice-President
Gloria J. Santella    Vice-President
Heidi J. Walter       Vice-President; Secretary
Hans P. Ziegler       Executive Vice-President

STEIN ROE MUNICIPAL TRUST
William D. Andrews    Executive Vice-President
Gary A. Anetsberger   Sr. Vice-President            Treasurer
Thomas W. Butch       President                     Exec. V-P; 
                                                    V-P; Trustee
Kevin M. Carome       Vice-President; Asst. Secy.
Joanne T. Costopoulos Vice-President
Loren A. Hansen       Executive Vice-President
Brian M. Hartford     Vice-President
William C. Loring     Vice-President
Lynn C. Maddox        Vice-President
Maureen G. Newman     Vice-President
Veronica M. Wallace   Vice-President
Heidi J. Walter       Vice-President; Secretary
Hans P. Ziegler       Executive Vice-President

STEINROE VARIABLE INVESTMENT TRUST
William D. Andrews    Executive Vice-President
Gary A. Anetsberger   Senior Vice-President         Treasurer
Thomas W. Butch       President
Kevin M. Carome       Vice-President; Asst. Secretary
E. Bruce Dunn                                       Vice President
William M. Garrison   Vice President
Erik P. Gustafson     Vice President
Loren A. Hansen       Executive Vice-President
Harvey B. Hirschhorn  Vice President
Michael T. Kennedy                                  Vice President
Jane M. Naeseth       Vice President
Steven M. Salopek     Vice President
William M. Wadden IV  Vice President
Heidi J. Walter       Vice President
Hans P. Ziegler       Executive Vice-President

STEIN ROE FLOATING RATE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
William D. Andrews    Executive Vice-President
Gary A. Anetsberger   Senior Vice-President
Thomas W. Butch       President; Manager
Kevin M. Carome       Vice-President; Asst. Secretary
Loren A. Hansen       Executive Vice-President
Heidi J. Walter       Vice-President; Secretary
Hans P. Ziegler                                     Exec. V-P

STEIN ROE FLOATING RATE INCOME TRUST; STEIN ROE INSTITUTIONAL 
FLOATING RATE INCOME TRUST
William D. Andrews    Executive Vice-President
Gary A. Anetsberger   Senior Vice-President
Thomas W. Butch       President; Trustee
Kevin M. Carome       Vice-President; Asst. Secretary 
Brian W. Good         Vice-President
James R. Fellows      Vice-President
Loren A. Hansen       Executive Vice-President
Heidi J. Walter       Vice-President; Secretary
Hans P. Ziegler                                     Executive V-P

LFC UTILITIES TRUST
Gary A. Anetsberger   Vice President
Ophelia L. Barsketis  Vice President
Deborah A. Jansen     Vice President

LIBERTY VARIABLE INVESTMENT TRUST
Ophelia L. Barsketis  Vice President
Deborah A. Jansen     Vice President
Kevin M. Carome       Vice President

Item. 31.  Location of Accounts and Records

     Registrant maintains the records required to be maintained 
by it under Rules 31a-1(a), 31a-1(b), and 31a-2(a) under the 
Investment Company Act of 1940 at its principal executive 
offices at One South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606.  
Certain records, including records relating to Registrant's 
shareholders and the physical possession of its securities, may 
be maintained pursuant to Rule 31a-3 at the main office of 
Registrant's transfer agent or custodian.

Item 32.  Management Services

     None.

Item 33.  Undertakings

1.  The Registrant undertakes to suspend the offering of shares 
    until the prospectus is amended if: (a) subsequent to the 
    effective date of the Registration Statement, the net asset 
    value declines more than 10 percent from its net asset value 
    as of the effective date of the Registration Statement; or 
    (b) the net asset value increases to an amount greater than 
    its net proceeds as stated in the prospectus.

2.  Not applicable.

3.  Not applicable.

4.  The Registrant undertakes:
    a. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are 
       being made, a post-effective amendment to the 
       registration statement:
       (1) To include any prospectus required by Section 
           10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act;
       (2) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events 
           after the effective date of the registration 
           statement (or the most recent post-effective 
           amendment thereof) which, individually or in the 
           aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the 
           information set forth in the registration statement; 
           and
       (3) To include any material information with respect to 
           the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in 
           the registration statement or any material change to 
           such information in the registration statement.
     b. That, for the purpose of determining any liability under 
        the 1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall 
        be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to 
        the securities offered therein, and the offering of 
        those securities at that time shall be deemed to be the 
        initial bona fide offering thereof; and
     c. To remove from registration by means of a post-effective 
        amendment any of the securities being registered which 
        remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
     d. To send by first class mail or other means designed to 
        ensure equally prompt delivery, within two business days 
        of receipt of a written or oral request, any Statement 
        of Additional Information.

5.  Not applicable

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                            SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 
and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly 
caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by 
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Chicago, Illinois 
on the 20th day of November, 1998.

                             STEIN ROE FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND

                             By: THOMAS W. BUTCH
                                 Thomas W. Butch, 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 
dates indicated:

Signature*                     Title                     Date
- ------------------------    ---------------------   --------------
THOMAS W. BUTCH             President and Trustee   Nov. 20, 1998
Thomas W. Butch
Principal Executive Officer

GARY A. ANETSBERGER         Senior Vice-President   Nov. 20, 1998
Gary A. Anetsberger         
Principal Financial Officer

SHARON R. ROBERTSON         Controller              Nov. 20, 1998
Sharon R. Robertson
Principal Accounting Officer

JOHN A. BACON JR.           Trustee                 Nov. 20, 1998
John A. Bacon Jr.

WILLIAM W. BOYD             Trustee                 Nov. 20, 1998
William W. Boyd

LINDSAY COOK                Trustee                 Nov. 20, 1998
Lindsay Cook  

DOUGLAS A. HACKER           Trustee                 Nov. 20, 1998
Douglas A. Hacker

JANET LANGFORD KELLY        Trustee                 Nov. 20, 1998
Janet Langford Kelly

CHARLES R. NELSON           Trustee                 Nov. 20, 1998
Charles R. Nelson

THOMAS C. THEOBALD          Trustee                 Nov. 20, 1998
Thomas C. Theobald

*This Registration Statement has also been signed by the above 
persons in their capacities as managers and officers of Stein Roe 
Floating Rate Limited Liability Company.

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                 Index of Exhibits Filed with this Amendment

Exhibit
Number    Exhibit
- --------  ---------------------------------------

p.        Initial Capital Agreement






                             STEIN ROE
                            MUTUAL FUNDS
                           Sensible Risks.
                       Intelligent Investments. [service mark]




                         November 12, 1998


Stein Roe Floating Rate Income Fund
One South Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois  60606

Gentlemen:

We propose to acquire 10,000 shares of beneficial interest (the 
"Shares") of Stein Roe Floating Rate Income Fund (the "Fund") at a 
purchase price of $10.00 per share for a total of $100,000.  We 
will purchase the Shares in a private offering prior to the 
effectiveness of the Form N-2 registration statement filed by the 
Fund under the Securities Act of 1933.  The Shares are being 
purchased pursuant to Section 14 of the Investment Company Act of 
1940 to serve as the seed money for the Fund prior to the 
commencement of the public offering of its shares.

In connection with such purchase, we understand that we, the 
purchaser, intend to acquire the Shares for own account as the 
sole beneficial owner thereof and have no present intention of 
redeeming or reselling the Shares so acquired.

We consent to the filing of this investment letter as an exhibit 
to the Form N-2 Registration Statement of the Fund.

Sincerely,

STEIN ROE & FARNHAM INCORPORATED


By:  THOMAS W. BUTCH
     Thomas W. Butch
     President, Mutual Funds Division


Stein Roe Mutual Funds  South Wacker Drive  Chicago, IL  
60606-4685  312.368.7700
Liberty Funds Distributor, Inc., Distributor






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