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U.S. 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.
1. Name and address of issuer:
Forum Funds
Two Portland Square
Portland, Maine 04101
2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice
is filed:
Investors Bond Fund
TaxSaver Bond Fund
Payson Value Fund
Maine Municipal Bond Fund
Daily Assets Treasury Fund
Payson Value Fund
New Hampshire Bond Fund
3. Investment Company Act File Number: 2-67052
Securities Act File Number: 811-3023
4. Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed:
March 31, 1996
5. Check box if this notice is being filed more than 180 days
after the close of the issuer's fiscal year for purposes of
reporting securities sold after the close of the fiscal year but
before termination of the issuer's 24f-2 declaration:
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6. Date of termination of issuer's declaration under Rule 24f-2(a)(1),
if applicable (see Instruction A.6):
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7. Number and amount of securities of the same class or series
which had been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 other
than pursuant to Rule 24f-2 in a prior fiscal year, but which
remained unsold at the beginning of the fiscal year:
80,773,246 Shares
8. Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal
year other than pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
Zero (0) Shares
9. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during
fiscal year:
Shares Dollars
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Investors Bond Fund 531,861 $ 5,415,868
TaxSaver Bond Fund 250,530 2,642,620
Payson Balanced Fund 232,043 3,032,271
Maine Municipal Bond Fund 447,680 4,648,884
Daily Assets Treasury Fund 83,282,838 83,282,838
Payson Value Fund 172,879 2,541,749
New Hampshire Bond Fund 211,836 2,173,989
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TOTAL 85,129,667 $103,738,219
10. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the
fiscal year in reliance upon registration pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
Shares Dollars
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Investors Bond Fund 531,861 $ 5,409,026
TaxSaver Bond Fund 196,964 2,085,849
Payson Balanced Fund 0 0
Maine Municipal Bond Fund 0 0
Daily Assets Treasury Fund 83,282,838 83,282,838
Payson Value Fund 0 0
New Hampshire Bond Fund 211,836 2,198,858
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TOTAL 84,223,499 $92,976,571
11. Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during
the fiscal year in connection with dividend reinvestment plans,
if applicable (see Instruction B.7):
Securities issued during the fiscal year in connection with
dividend reinvestment plans are included in the securities
reported in Item 9.
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12. Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the
fiscal year in reliance on Rule 24f-2 (from Item 10): $ 92,976,571
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(ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in connection with
dividend reinvestment plans (from Item 11, if
applicable): + 0*
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(iii) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased
during the fiscal year (if applicable): - 92,976,577
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(iv) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased and
previously applied as a reduction to filing fees
pursuant to Rule 24e-2 (if applicable): + 0
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(v) Net aggregate price of securities sold and issued during
the fiscal year in reliance on Rule 24f-2 [line (i),
plus line (ii), less line (iii), plus line (iv)]
(if applicable): (6)
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(vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the Securities
Act of 1933 or other applicable law or regulation (see
Instruction C.6): x 1/2900
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(vii) Fee due [line (i) or line (v) multiplied by line (vi)]: 0
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* SHARES ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLANS ARE
INCLUDED IN THE SECURITIES REPORTED IN ITEM 9.
INSTRUCTION: ISSUERS SHOULD COMPLETE LINES (II), (III), (IV), AND (V) ONLY IF
THE FORM IS BEING FILED WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE
ISSUER'S FISCAL YEAR. SEE INSTRUCTION C.3.
13. Check box if fees are being remitted to the Commission's lockbox depository
as described in Section 3a of the Commission's Rules of Informal and Other
Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a).
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Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commission's lockbox
depository:
N/A
SIGNATURES
This report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the issuer
and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Mark D. Kaplan, Vice President
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Mark D. Kaplan, Vice President
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Date May 23, 1996
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* Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
RULE 24F-2 NOTICE
FORUM FUNDS
Two Portland Square
Portland, Maine 04101
File Nos. 2-67052; 811-3023
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 24f-2 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, Forum Funds has duly caused this
Rule 24f-2 Notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Portland, and State of
Maine, on this 23rd day of May, 1996.
Forum Funds
By: /s/ John Y. Keffer
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John Y. Keffer
President
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