EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT
24 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110
February 29, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: Rule 24f-2 Notice for
Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund L.P.
1933 Act File No. 2-60210
1940 Act File no. 811-2778
In accordance with the provisions of Rule 24f-2 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund L.P.
hereby files its Rule 24f-2 Notice.
This Rule 24f-2 Notice is being filed for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1995 ("Fiscal Year").
No shares of the Fund which have been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933 (other than pursuant to Rule 24f-2) remained
unsold at the beginning of the Fiscal Year.
No shares of the Fund, were registered during the Fiscal
Year, pursuant to Rule 24e-2.
570,259 shares of the Fund, with an aggregate sales price
of $5,610,100, were sold during the Fiscal Year in reliance upon the
Declaration of the Fund pursuant to Rule 24f-2 which registered an
indefinite amount of securities. Attached to this Rule 24f-2
Notice, and made part hereof, is an opinion of counsel indicating
that the securities, the registration of which the Notice makes
definite in number, were legally issued, fully paid, and non-
assessable by the Fund.
333,841 shares of the Fund, with an aggregate sales price
of $3,252,067, were issued during the Fiscal Year in connection with
the Fund's dividend reinvestment plan.
For the Fiscal Year, the Fund sold an aggregate of
904,100 shares, including those issued pursuant to its dividend
reinvestment plan, with an aggregate sales price of $8,862,167.
In accordance with subsection (c) of Rule 24f-2, no fee is
required since the excess of sales, including dividend
reinvestments, over redemptions during the Fiscal Year were less
than and were deducted from registrant's balance of definitively
registered shares.
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Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund L.P.
1933 Act File No. 2-60210
1940 Act File no. 811-2778
Aggregate Sale Price for Shares $ 5,610,100
Sold During Fiscal Year Pursuant to
Rule 24f-2.
Aggregate Price of Shares Issued
During Fiscal Year In Connection
with Dividend Reinvestment Plans. 3,252,067
Aggregate Price of Shares Sold $ 8,862,167
Reduced by the Difference Between
(1) Aggregate Redemption Price of
Shares Redeemed During the
Fiscal Year. $ 12,401,979
and
(2) Aggregate Redemption Price of
Redeemed Shares Previously
Applied by Fund Pursuant to
Rule 24e-2(a) in Filings Made
Pursuant to Section 24(e)(1) of
Investment Company Act of 1940 $ 0
Equals $ (3,539,812)
Any questions regarding the matter should by addressed to Hadi
Mezher, Eaton Vance Management, 24 Federal Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02110.
Sincerely,
Eaton Vance Management
/s/ M. Katherine Kreider
M. Katherine Kreider
Assistant Treasurer
Enclosures (Opinion of Counsel)
