Annual Notice of Securities Sold Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington DC 20549
FORM 24F-2
Annual Notice of Securities Sold
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
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1. Name and address of issuer:
Fortis Income Portfolios, Inc.
500 Bielenberg Drive
Woodbury MN 55125
2. Name of each series or class of funds for which
this notice is filed:
U.S. Government Securities Fund
3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-2341
Securities Act File Number: 2-46686
4. Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is
filed:
July 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:
N/A
6. Date of termination of issuer's declaration under
rule 24f-2(a)(1), if applicable (see Instruction
A.6):
N/A
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:
- 0 -
8. Number and amount of securities registered during
the fiscal year other than pursuant to rule 24f-2:
- 0 -
9. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold
during the fiscal year:
-445,123 -$3,125,095
10. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold
during the fiscal year pursuant to rule 24f-2:
12,056,137 $109,935,644
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):
N/A
12. (i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during
the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2 (from
Item 10):
$109,935,644
(ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in connection
with dividend reinvestment plans (from Item 11, if
applicable):
$21,592,876
(iii) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or
repurchased during the fiscal year (if applicable):
$134,653,615
(iv) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or
repurchased and previously applied as a reduction
to filing fees pursuant to rule 24f-2 (if
applicable):
- 0 -
(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):
-$3,125,095
(vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the
Securities Act of 1933 or other applicable law or
regulation (see Instruction C.6):
1/2900
(vii) Fee due [line (i) or Line (v) multiplied by
line (vi)]
$0
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 as described in section 3a of
the Commission's Rules of Informal and Other
Procedures (17 CRF 202.3a).
X
Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the
Commission's lockbox depository:
September 25, 1996
SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following person
on behalf of the issuer and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
By: (Signature and Title)
_______/s/__________________________
Tamara L. Fagely, 2nd Vice President
Date: September 25, 1996
