COLONIAL TRUST I, 497J, 1999-03-03

COLONIAL TRUST I
497J, 1999-03-03

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COLONIAL MUTUAL FUNDS
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Boston, Massachusetts  02111
617-426-3750



March 3, 1999

VIA EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:      Colonial Trust I (the "Trust")
         Stein Roe Advisor Tax Managed Growth Fund (the Fund")
         File Nos. 811-2214 & 2-41251

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, please accept this letter as certification that the Fund's Prospectuses
for:  Classes  A, B and C, Classes  A, B,  C, D, E, F, G and H,  and Class Z and
the Statement of Additional Information for the Fund does not  differ  from that
contained in  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 52 (the  "Amendment") to the Trust's
Registration  Statement on Form N-1A. The Amendment was filed  electronically on
March 1, 1999.

Very truly yours,

STEIN ROE ADVISOR TAX MANAGED GROWTH FUND



By:_________________________________
     Ellen Harrington
     Assistant Secretary


Enclosures

          M. C. Telman
          M. Muller
          E. Edson
          M. Hughes (SR)
          J. Terrazino (SR)
          D. Young (2 copies)