Reg. Nos. 2-25785/811-1449
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [ X ]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. __57__ [ X ]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT
COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ X ]
Amendment No. __57__ [ X ]
(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
COLUMBIA GROWTH FUND, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
1301 SW Fifth Avenue, PO Box 1350, Portland, Oregon 97207
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (503) 222-3600
J. Jerry Inskeep, Jr.
1301 SW Fifth Avenue, PO Box 1350, Portland, Oregon 97207
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after the
effective date of this Registration Statement.
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (Check appropriate box)
___ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
_X_ on February 24, 1999 pursuant to paragraph (b)
___ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (1)
___ on _____________ pursuant to paragraph (a)
___ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
___ on _____________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
If appropriate, check the following box:
___ this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a
previously filed post-effective amendment.
Please forward copies of communications to:
Robert J. Moorman
Stoel Rives LLP
900 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 2600
Portland, Oregon 97204
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Parts A, B and C of the Registrant are incorporated herein by reference to
the Registrant's registration statement filed on December 7, 1998.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that this
Post-Effective Amendment is filed solely for one or more purposes specified in
Rule 485(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933 and no material event requiring
disclosure in the Prospectus, other than one listed in paragraph (b)(1) of Rule
485, has occurred since December 7, 1998, the filing date of a Post-Effective
Amendment filed under paragraph (a) of Rule 485, which has not become effective,
and Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in this City of Portland and State of Oregon on the 3rd day of
February, 1999.
COLUMBIA GROWTH FUND, INC.
By J. JERRY INSKEEP, JR.
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J. Jerry Inskeep, Jr.
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below on
the 3rd day of February, 1999 by the following persons in the capacities
indicated.
(i) Principal executive officer:
J. JERRY INSKEEP, JR. President, Chairman, and Director
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J. Jerry Inskeep, Jr.
(ii) Principal accounting and financial officer:
J. JERRY INSKEEP, JR. President, Chairman, and Director
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J. Jerry Inskeep, Jr.
(iii) Directors:
* JAMES C. GEORGE Director
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James C. George
* THOMAS R. MACKENZIE Director
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Thomas R. Mackenzie
* RICHARD L. WOOLWORTH Director
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Richard L. Woolworth
* By J. JERRY INSKEEP, JR.
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J. Jerry Inskeep, Jr.
as Attorney-in-fact
