FIDELITY MASSACHUSETTS MUNICIPAL TRUST
24F-2NT, 1995-03-21
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC  20549

"Rule 24f-2 Notice"

Fidelity Massachusetts Municipal Trust


(Name of Registrant)

File No. 2-75537


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FILE NO. 2-75537


Fidelity Massachusetts Municipal Trust
: Fidelity Massachusetts Tax-Free High Yield Portfolio


RULE 24F-2 - FILED PURSUANT TO RULE

24f-2(b)(1) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

(i)   Fiscal Year for Which Notice Filed

Fiscal year ended January 31, 1995


(ii)    Number of Securities Which Remained Unsold at Beginning of Fiscal Year
Registered Other Than Pursuant to Rule 24f-2

No shares


(iii)     Number of Securities Registered During Fiscal Year Other Than Pursuant
to Rule 24f-2

945,891 shares


(iv)    Number of Securities Sold During Fiscal Year

25,544,589 shares


For information relating to the calculation of the filing fee,
see Note (1) below.

(v)   Number of Securities Sold During Fiscal Year Pursuant to Rule 24f-2

25,544,589 shares


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<CAPTION>



Number of Shares

Aggregate Price

<S>

<C>

<C>

Sales Pursuant to Rule 24f-2:

        
25,544,589

$ 
278,510,983

Redemptions See Note (2) : 

        
(25,544,589)

$ 
(278,510,983)


Note (2) :    The total number of shares redeemed for the total dollar amount of
redemptions for the fiscal period ended January 31, 1995
, aggregated
49,946,373
 and $549,442,213
, respectively. An additional filing
pursuant to Rule 24e-2 can be made to register a number of shares
that will include the share redemptions not utilized under Rule 24f-2.

Net Sales Pursuant to Rule 24f-2:

        
0

$ 
0


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Note (1) :  Pursuant to Rule 24f-2(c), the filing fee, calculated in the
manner specified in Section 6(b) of the Securities Act
of 1933, amounted to: $0


Fidelity Massachusetts Municipal Trust
:

Fidelity Massachusetts Tax-Free High Yield Portfolio


By  John H. Costello

        Assistant Treasurer

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FILE NO. 2-75537


Fidelity Massachusetts Municipal Trust
: Fidelity Massachusetts Tax-Free Money Market Portfolio


RULE 24F-2 - FILED PURSUANT TO RULE

24f-2(b)(1) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

(i)   Fiscal Year for Which Notice Filed

Fiscal year ended January 31, 1995


(ii)    Number of Securities Which Remained Unsold at Beginning of Fiscal Year
Registered Other Than Pursuant to Rule 24f-2

76,246,058 shares


(iii)     Number of Securities Registered During Fiscal Year Other Than Pursuant
to Rule 24f-2

No shares


(iv)    Number of Securities Sold During Fiscal Year

1,739,919,170 shares


For information relating to the calculation of the filing fee,
see Note (1) below.

(v)   Number of Securities Sold During Fiscal Year Pursuant to Rule 24f-2

1,663,673,112 shares


<TABLE>

<CAPTION>



Number of Shares

Aggregate Price

<S>

<C>

<C>

Sales Pursuant to Rule 24f-2:

        
1,663,673,112

$ 
1,663,673,112

Redemptions:

        
(1,607,981,120)

$ 
(1,607,981,120)

Net Sales Pursuant to Rule 24f-2:

        
55,691,992

$ 
55,691,992


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Note (1) :  Pursuant to Rule 24f-2(c), the filing fee, calculated in the
manner specified in Section 6(b) of the Securities Act
of 1933, amounted to: $19,204.27


Fidelity Massachusetts Municipal Trust
:

Fidelity Massachusetts Tax-Free Money Market Portfolio


By  John H. Costello

        Assistant Treasurer

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FILE NO. 2-75537


Fidelity Massachusetts Municipal Trust
: Spartan Massachusetts Municipal Money Market Portfolio


RULE 24F-2 - FILED PURSUANT TO RULE

24f-2(b)(1) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

(i)   Fiscal Year for Which Notice Filed

Fiscal year ended January 31, 1995


(ii)    Number of Securities Which Remained Unsold at Beginning of Fiscal Year
Registered Other Than Pursuant to Rule 24f-2

No shares


(iii)     Number of Securities Registered During Fiscal Year Other Than Pursuant
to Rule 24f-2

No shares


(iv)    Number of Securities Sold During Fiscal Year

566,930,253 shares


For information relating to the calculation of the filing fee,
see Note (1) below.

(v)   Number of Securities Sold During Fiscal Year Pursuant to Rule 24f-2

566,930,253 shares


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<CAPTION>



Number of Shares

Aggregate Price

<S>

<C>

<C>

Sales Pursuant to Rule 24f-2:

        
566,930,253

$ 
566,930,253

Redemptions:

        
(516,275,938)

$ 
(516,275,938)

Net Sales Pursuant to Rule 24f-2:

        
50,654,315

$ 
50,654,315


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Note (1) :  Pursuant to Rule 24f-2(c), the filing fee, calculated in the
manner specified in Section 6(b) of the Securities Act
of 1933, amounted to: $17,467.13


Fidelity Massachusetts Municipal Trust
:

Spartan Massachusetts Municipal Money Market Portfolio


By  John H. Costello

        Assistant Treasurer

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FMR Corp.
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109-3614
617 563 7000


March 17, 1995




Mr. John Costello, Assistant Treasurer

Fidelity Massachusetts Municipal Trust (the trust):
Fidelity Massachusetts Tax-Free High Yield Portfolio
Fidelity Massachusetts Tax-Free Money Market Portfolio
Spartan Massachusetts Municipal Money Market Portfolio (the 
funds)
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109

Dear Mr. Costello:

Fidelity Massachusetts Municipal Trust is a Massachusetts business 
trust created under a written Declaration of Trust dated December 
14, 1981 and filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts on December 29, 1981 under the name Cash Assets 
Fund.  Supplements to the Declaration of Trust were filed with the 
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on December 
31, 1984 and February 12, 1987.  An Amended and Restated 
Declaration of Trust dated August 1, 1989 was filed with the 
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on August 4, 
1989.  An Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated 
March 17, 1994 was filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts on April 14, 1994.  Supplements to the 
Declaration of Trust changing the Trust's name to Fidelity 
Massachusetts Tax Exempt Money Market Trust, Fidelity 
Massachusetts Tax-Free Fund, and then to Fidelity Massachusetts 
Municipal Trust were filed with the Secretary of the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts on July 27, 1983, September 15, 
1983 and February 28, 1991, respectively.

I have conducted such legal and factual inquiry as I have deemed 
necessary for the purpose of rendering this opinion.

Capitalized terms used herein, and not herein defined, are used as 
defined in the Declaration of Trust

Under Article III, Section 1 of the Declaration of Trust, the 
beneficial interest in the Trust shall be divided into such transferable 
Shares of one or more separate and distinct Series or classes as the 
Trustees shall from time to time create and establish.  The number 
of Shares is unlimited and each Share shall be without par value and 
shall be fully paid and nonassessable.  The Trustees shall have full 
power and authority, in their sole discretion and without obtaining 
any prior authorization or vote of the Shareholders or of any Series 
or class of Shareholders of the Trust, to create and establish (and to 
change in any manner) Shares or any Series or classes thereof with 
such preferences, voting powers, rights and privileges as the 
Trustees may from time to time determine, to divide or combine the 
Shares or any Series or classes thereof into a greater or lesser 
number to classify or reclassify any issued Shares into one or more 
Series or classes of Shares, to abolish any one or more Series or 
classes of Shares, and to take such other action with respect to the 
Shares as the Trustees may deem desirable.

Under Article III, Section 4 the Trustees shall accept investments in 
the Trust from such persons and on such terms as they may from 
time to time authorize.  Such investments may be in the form of 
cash or securities in which the appropriate Series is authorized to 
invest, valued as provided in Article X,  Section 3.  After the date 
of the initial contribution of capital, the number of Shares to 
represent the initial contribution may in the Trustees' discretion be 
considered as outstanding and the amount received by the Trustees 
on the account of the contribution shall be treated as an asset of the 
Trust.  Subsequent investments in the Trust shall be credited to 
each Shareholder's account in the form of full Shares at the Net 
Asset Value per Share next determined after the investment is 
received; provided, however, that the Trustees may, in their sole 
discretion, (a) impose a sales charge upon investments in the Trust 
and (b) issue fractional Shares.

By vote adopted on December 14, 1981 and amended on February 
22, 1985, the Board of Trustees authorized the issue and sale, from 
time to time, of an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest 
of the Trust in accordance with the terms included in the 
Registration Statement and subject to the limitations of the 
Declaration of Trust and any amendments thereto.

I understand from you that, pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Trust has registered an 
indefinite amount of shares of beneficial interest under the 
Securities Act of 1933.  I further understand that, pursuant to the 
provisions of Rule 24f-2, the Trust intends to file with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission a Notice making definite the 
registration of 2,256,147,954 Shares of the Trust (the "Shares" ) 
sold in reliance upon Rule 24f-2 during the fiscal year ended 
January 31, 1995.

I am of the opinion that all necessary trust action precedent to the 
issue of the Shares has been duly taken, and that all the Shares were 
legally and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable 
except as described in the Statements of Additional Information 
under the heading "Shareholder and Trustee Liability."  In rendering 
this opinion, I rely on the representation by the Trust that it or its 
agents received consideration for the Shares in accordance with the 
Declaration of Trust, and I express no opinion as to compliance 
with the Securities Act of 1933, the Investment Company Act of 
1940, or applicable state "Blue Sky" or securities laws in 
connection with sales of the Shares.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission in connection with a Rule 24f-2 Notice 
which you are about to file under the 1940 Act with said 
Commission.

Sincerely,

/s/ Judith Hogan
Judith Hogan
Senior Legal Counsel









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