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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 27, 1995.
    
Registration No. 2-84751
(The 59 Wall Street Money Market Fund)



                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                         
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                          

                                   FORM N-1A

            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                         
                        POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 20

                                      AND
                                          

        REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
                                         
                                AMENDMENT NO. 29
                                          

                            THE 59 WALL STREET TRUST
                                         
               (Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)
                                          

                               6 St. James Avenue
                          Boston, Massachusetts 02116
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                                         
           Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (617)
                                    423-0800
                                          

                               PHILIP W. COOLIDGE
                                         
                6 St. James Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02116
                                          
                    (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                    Copy to:
                                         
                         JOHN E. BAUMGARDNER, JR., ESQ.
                                          
                              Sullivan & Cromwell
                                         
                   125 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004
                                          

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check
appropriate box)

   
[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to pursuant to paragraph (b)
{X] on October 27, 1995 pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
[ ] on (date)  pursuant to paragraph  (a)(i)
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii)
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii)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.

Registrant has registered an indefinite number of its shares of common stock
pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Registrant
filed the Notice required by Rule 24f-2 on August 29, 1995, for Registrant's
fiscal year ending June 30, 1995.
    

U.S. Money Market Portfolio has also executed this Registration Statement.


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                                EXPLANATORY NOTE


   
         This  Amendment  (the  "Amendment")  to the  Registrant's  Registration
Statement  includes a prospectus (the "Money Market Fund  Prospectus")  relating
only to The 59 Wall Street Money Market Fund (the "Fund"), a series of shares of
the  Registrant.  Another series of shares of the Registrant is being offered by
the prospectus (the "U.S. Treasury Money Fund Prospectus") which was included in
Part A of Amendment No. 30 ("Amendment No. 30") to the Registrant's Registration
Statement.  A third series of the  Registrant is being offered by the prospectus
(the "Tax Free  Short/Intermediate  Fixed  Income  Fund  Prospectus")  which was
included in Part A of  Amendment  No. 31  ("Amendment  31") to the  Registrant's
Registration  Statement.  The  Amendment  does not relate to, amend or otherwise
affect   the   U.S.   Treasury   Money   Fund   Prospectus   or  the  Tax   Free
Short/Intermediate  Fixed Income Fund Prospectus,  which are hereby incorporated
by reference from Amendments No. 30 and 31, respectively.
    






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                             CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
                          (as required by Rule 404(c))


   
PART A ITEM NO.:  Prospectus Headings.

1.      COVER PAGE:  Cover Page.

2.      SYNOPSIS:  Expense Table.

3.      CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION:  Financial Highlights.

4.      GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT:  Investment Objective and
        Policies; Description of Shares; Investment Restrictions.

5.      MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND:  Management of the Trust
        and the Portfolio; Expense Table.

5a.     MANAGEMENT'S DESCRIPTION OF FUND PERFORMANCE:  Not applicable
        .
6.      CAPITAL STOCK AND OTHER SECURITIES:  Description of Shares;
        Purchase of Shares; Dividends and Distributions; Taxes.

7.      PURCHASE OF SECURITIES BEING OFFERED:  Management of the
        Trust and the Portfolio; Purchase of Shares; Net Asset Value;
        Dividends and Distributions.

8.      REDEMPTION OR REPURCHASE: Redemption of Shares.

9.      PENDING LEGAL PROCEEDINGS:  Not Applicable.

PART B ITEM NO.:  Statement of Additional Information Heading.
    


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10.     COVER PAGE:  Cover Page.

11.     TABLE OF CONTENTS:  Table of Contents.

12.     GENERAL INFORMATION AND HISTORY:  Not Applicable.

13.     INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES:  Investment Objective and Policies; 
        Investment     
   
        Restrictions.

14.     MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND:  Trustees and Officers.

15.     CONTROL PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SECURITIES:
        Trustees and Officers.

16.     INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND OTHER SERVICES:  Administrators;
        Distributor; Investment Adviser.

17.     BROKERAGE ALLOCATION AND OTHER PRACTICES: Portfolio
        Transactions.

18.     CAPITAL STOCK AND OTHER SECURITIES: Description of Shares (in
        the Prospectus); Massachusetts Trust.

19.     PURCHASE, REDEMPTION AND PRICING OF SECURITIES BEING OFFERED:
        Net Asset Value.

20.     TAX STATUS:  Federal Taxes.

21.     UNDERWRITERS:  Administrators; Distributor.

22.     CALCULATION OF PERFORMANCE DATA:  Not Applicable.

23.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:  Financial Statements.

PART C
    

Information required to be included in Part C is set forth under the appropriate
item, so numbered in Part C of this Registration Statement.


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                                Money Market Fund

   
                                   PROSPECTUS
                                November 1, 1995
    


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PROSPECTUS

                      The 59 Wall Street Money Market Fund

                 6 St. James Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02116

================================================================================

     The 59 Wall Street  Money  Market Fund is an  open-end  investment  company
which is a separate diversified portfolio of The 59 Wall Street Trust. Shares of
the Fund are offered by this Prospectus.

     The Fund is a type of mutual fund commonly known as a money market fund. It
is designed to be a cost  effective and convenient  means of making  substantial
investments in money market instruments.  The Fund's investment  objective is to
achieve as high a level of current income as is consistent with the preservation
of capital and the maintenance of liquidity.  The net asset value of each of the
Fund's shares is expected to remain constant at $1.00. There can be no assurance
that the investment objective of the Fund will be achieved or that the net asset
value per share will not vary.

     Investments  in the Fund are  neither  insured nor  guaranteed  by the U.S.
Government. Shares of the Fund are not deposits or obligations of, or guaranteed
by, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., And the shares are not insured by the federal
deposit insurance corporation or any other federal,  state or other governmental
agency.

     The  trust  seeks  to  achieve  the  investment  objective  of the  Fund by
investing  all of the  Fund's  assets  in the U.S.  Money  Market  Portfolio,  a
diversified  open-end investment company having the same investment objective as
the Fund.  (See "Special  Information  Concerning  the Two-tier Fund  Structure"
herein.)

     Brown Brothers  Harriman & Co. is the  investment  adviser to the Portfolio
and the administrator and shareholder servicing agent of the Fund. Shares of the
Fund are offered at net asset value without a sales charge to customers of Brown
Brothers Harriman & Co. and to other investors of means.

   
     This Prospectus,  which investors are advised to read and retain for future
reference,   sets  forth  concisely  the  information  about  the  Fund  that  a
prospective  investor  ought to know before  investing.  Additional  information
about the Fund has been filed with the Securities  and Exchange  Commission in a
Statement of Additional Information, dated November 1, 1995. This information is
incorporated  herein by reference and is available  without  charge upon request
from the Fund's  distributor,  59 Wall Street  Distributors,  Inc.,  6 St. James
Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02116.
    

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  THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
       EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION, NOR HAS THE
     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION
          PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY
              REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

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                The date of this Prospectus is November 1, 1995.
    

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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

   
                                                                            Page
                                                                            ----
Expense Table .............................................................    3
Financial Highlights ......................................................    4
Special Information Concerning the
  Two-Tier Fund Structure .................................................    5
Investment Objective and Policies .........................................    6
Investment Restrictions ...................................................    7
Purchase of Shares ........................................................    8
Redemption of Shares ......................................................    9
Management of the Trust and the Portfolio .................................   10
Net Asset Value ...........................................................   15
Dividends and Distributions ...............................................   15
Taxes .....................................................................   16
Description of Shares .....................................................   17
Additional Information ....................................................   19
Appendix ..................................................................   20
    




                          TERMS USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS

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<CAPTION>

<S>                                                            <C>                 
Trust ...............................................          The 59 Wall Street Trust
Fund ................................................          The 59 Wall Street Money Market Fund
Portfolio............................................          U.S. Money Market Portfolio
Investment Adviser ..................................          Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Administrator of the Trust...........................          Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Administrator of the Portfolio.......................          Brown Brothers Harriman Trust Company
                                                                   (Cayman) Limited
Subadministrator of the Trust........................          59 Wall Street Administrators, Inc.
                                                                   ("59 Wall Street Administrators")
Subadministrator of the Portfolio....................          Signature Financial Group
                                                                   (Cayman) Limited
                                                                   ("SFG-Cayman")
Distributor..........................................          59 Wall Street Distributors, Inc.
                                                                   ("59 Wall Street Distributors")
1940 Act.............................................          The Investment Company Act of 1940,
                                                                   as amended.
</TABLE>
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EXPENSE TABLE
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     The following table provides (i) a summary of estimated  expenses  relating
to purchases and sales of shares of the Fund, and the aggregate annual operating
expenses of the Fund and the Portfolio, as a percentage of average net assets of
the Fund,  and (ii) an example  illustrating  the dollar cost of such  estimated
expenses on a $1,000  investment in the Fund.  The Trustees of the Trust believe
that the aggregate per share expenses of the Fund and the Portfolio will be less
than or  approximately  equal to the expenses  which the Fund would incur if the
Trust  retained the services of an investment  adviser on behalf of the Fund and
the assets of the Fund were invested  directly in the type of  securities  being
held by the Portfolio.
    


                        SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTION EXPENSES

      Sales Load Imposed on Purchases .........................       None
      Sales Load Imposed on Reinvested Dividends ..............       None
      Deferred Sales Load .....................................       None
      Redemption Fee ..........................................       None

                   ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES*
               (as a percentage of average net assets)

      Investment Advisory Fee ...........................            0.15%
      12b-1 Fee..........................................             None
      Other Expenses
        Administration Fee......................          0.110%
        Shareholder Servicing/Eligible Institution Fee .. 0.225
        Other Expense Reimbursement Fee.................. 0.065      0.40
                                                          -----      ----
      Total Fund Operating Expenses......................            0.55%
                                                                     ==== 
 

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      * The Annual Fund  Operating  Expenses for the past fiscal year have
        been restated for purposes of this table to reflect fees currently
        in effect.

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<CAPTION>

                      Example                                            1 year   3 years     5 years   10 years
                      -------                                            ------   -------     -------   --------
<S>                                                                        <C>       <C>        <C>        <C>
            A shareholder of the Fund would pay the  following
               expenses on a $1,000  investment,  assuming (1)
               5% annual return, and (2) redemption at the end
               of each time period..................................       $ 6       $18        $31        $69
                                                                           ---       ---        ---        ---
</TABLE>
 
     The Example  should not be  considered a  representation  of past or future
expenses. Actual expenses may be greater or less than those shown. In connection
with the  Example,  please  note that $1,000 is  currently  less than the Fund's
minimum purchase  requirement.  The purpose of this table is to assist investors
in  understanding  the various costs and expenses that  shareholders of the Fund
bear directly or indirectly.

   
     Under an agreement dated July 1, 1993, 59 Wall Street  Administrators  pays
the Fund's expenses, other than fees paid to Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. under
the Trust's Administration  Agreement.  Had this expense reimbursement agreement
not been in place,  the total Fund  operating  expenses would have been 0.56% of
the Fund's average annual net assets and the shareholder expenses in the example
above  would  have been $6,  $18,  $31,  and $70,  respectively.  (See  "Expense
Reimbursement Agreement".)
    

     For more  information  with  respect  to the  expenses  of the Fund and the
Portfolio, see "Management of the Trust and the Portfolio" herein.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
================================================================================

   
     The following information for the five fiscal years ended June 30, 1995 has
been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP,  independent  auditors.  This information
should be read in conjunction  with the financial  statements and notes thereto,
which appear in the Statement of Additional Information.  The ratios of expenses
and net  investment  income to average net assets are not  indicative  of future
ratios.
    
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
   

                                                                   For the years ended June 30,
                                            -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              1995             1994            1993           1992            1991
                                              ----             ----            ----           ----            ----
<S>                                         <C>              <C>             <C>            <C>            <C>     
Net asset value, beginning of year .        $   1.00         $   1.00        $   1.00       $   1.00       $   1.00
Income from investment operations:
  Net investment income  ...........            0.05             0.03            0.03           0.05           0.07
Dividends to shareholders
   from net investment income ......           (0.05)           (0.03)          (0.03)         (0.05)         (0.07)
                                            --------         --------        --------       --------       --------
Net asset value, end of year .......        $   1.00         $   1.00        $   1.00       $   1.00       $   1.00
                                            ========         ========        ========       ========       ========
Total return  ......................            4.92%**          2.94%           3.02%          4.79%          7.13%
Ratios/supplemental data*:
 Net assets, end of year
   (000's omitted)..................        $624,847         $556,982        $684,055       $596,008       $648,501


 
 Ratio of expenses to average
   net assets.......................            0.55%**          0.55%           0.53%          0.53%          0.56%
 Ratio of net investment income
   to average net assets ...........            4.86%            2.88%           2.97%          4.70%          6.83%
    
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                  For the years ended June 30,
                                          --------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              1990              1989           1988           1987           1986
                                              ----              ----           ----           ----           ----
<S>                                         <C>              <C>             <C>            <C>            <C>     
Net asset value, beginning of year..        $   1.00         $   1.00        $   1.00       $   1.00       $   1.00
   Income from investment operations:
  Net investment income  ...........            0.08             0.08            0.07           0.06           0.07
Dividends to shareholders
   from net investment income ......           (0.08)           (0.08)          (0.07)         (0.06)         (0.07)
                                            --------         --------        --------       --------       --------
Net asset value, end of year .......        $   1.00         $   1.00        $   1.00       $   1.00       $   1.00
                                            ========         ========        ========       ========       ========

Total return........................            8.29%            8.65%           6.75%          5.83%          7.31%
Ratios/supplemental data*:
 Net assets, end of year
   (000's omitted).................         $458,792         $457,407        $374,209       $329,423       $261,583
 Ratio of expenses to average
   net assets .....................             0.58%            0.59%           0.60%          0.63%          0.70%
 Ratio of net investment income
   to average net assets............            7.98%            8.33%           6.48%          5.68%          7.03%
</TABLE>

   
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 * Ratios  include the Fund's share of Portfolio  income and  expenses,  for the
   period subsequent to October 31, 1994.


** Had the expense  reimbursement  agreement which began in fiscal 1994 not been
in place, the ratio of expenses to average net assets,  for the years ended June
30,  1995 and June 30, 1994 would have been 0.56% and 0.55%,  respectively.  For
the same periods,  the total return of the Fund would have been 4.90% and 2.94%,
respectively.     

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     SPECIAL    INFORMATION    CONCERNING    THE   TWO-TIER    FUND    STRUCTURE
================================================================================
   

     The Trust seeks to achieve the investment  objective of the Fund,  which is
an open-end  investment  company,  by investing  all of the Fund's assets in the
Portfolio,  a separate  open-end  investment  company  with the same  investment
objective  as the Fund.  The use of the two-tier  structure  was approved by the
shareholders of the Fund on September 23, 1993. The two-tier  structure has been
developed  relatively  recently,  so shareholders should carefully consider this
investment approach. Other mutual funds or institutional investors may invest in
the Portfolio on the same terms and conditions as the Fund. However, these other
investors may have different  operating  expenses  which may generate  different
aggregate  performance  results.  Information  concerning other investors in the
Portfolio is available  from Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co. (See the back cover
for the address and phone number.)

  
     The  investment  objective  of the  Fund  may not be  changed  without  the
approval of the  shareholders  of the Fund and the  investment  objective of the
Portfolio  may not be changed  without  the  approval  of the  investors  in the
Portfolio.  Shareholders  of the Fund shall receive 30 days prior written notice
of any change in the investment  objective of the Fund or the  Portfolio.  For a
description  of the  investment  objective,  policies  and  restrictions  of the
Portfolio,  see  "Investment  Objective  and  Policies"  below  and  "Investment
Restrictions" on pages 7 & 8, respectively.
    


     Whenever  the  Trust is  requested  to vote on a matter  pertaining  to the
Portfolio,  the Trust will vote its shares without a meeting of  shareholders of
the Fund if the proposal is one, if which made with  respect to the Fund,  would
not  require  the vote of  shareholders  of the Fund as long as such  action  is
permissible  under  applicable  statutory and regulatory  requirements.  For all
other matters requiring a vote, the Trust will hold a meeting of shareholders of
the Fund and, at the meeting of investors in the Portfolio,  the Trust will cast
all of its votes in the same proportion as the votes of the Fund's  shareholders
even if all Fund  shareholders  did not vote.  Even if the  Trust  votes all its
shares  at the  Portfolio  meeting,  other  investors  with a  greater  pro rata
ownership in the Portfolio could have effective voting control of the operations
of the Portfolio.

     The Trust may withdraw the Fund's  investment  in the Portfolio as a result
of  certain  changes  in  the  Portfolio's  investment  objective,  policies  or
restrictions  or if the Board of  Trustees  of the Trust  determines  that it is
otherwise in the best interests of the Fund to do so. Upon any such  withdrawal,
the Board of Trustees of the Trust would  consider  what action  might be taken,
including  the  investment  of all of the assets of the Fund in  another  pooled
investment entity or the retaining of an investment adviser to manage the Fund's
assets in accordance with the investment  policies  described below with respect
to the  Portfolio.  In the  event  the  Trustees  of the  Trust  were  unable to
accomplish either, the Trustees will determine the best course of action.

     As with  traditionally  structured  funds which have large  investors,  the
actions of such large investors may have a material affect on smaller investors.
For example, if a large investor withdraws from the Portfolio, a small remaining
fund may experience higher pro rata operating expenses,  thereby producing lower
returns.  Additionally,  the  Portfolio  may become less  diverse,  resulting in
increased portfolio risk.

   
     For  descriptions  of the  management  and expenses of the  Portfolio,  see
"Management  of the Trust and the  Portfolio" on page 10 and in the Statement of
Additional Information.
    

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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES
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     The  investment  objective  of the Fund and the  Portfolio is to achieve as
high a level of current income as is consistent with the preservation of capital
and the maintenance of liquidity.

     The  investment  objective of the Fund and the  Portfolio is a  fundamental
policy and may be changed  only with the  approval of the holders of a "majority
of the outstanding  voting securities as defined in the 1940 Act" of the Fund or
the  Portfolio,  as the  case  may be.  (See  "Additional  Information"  in this
Prospectus.)  However,  the investment policies as described below which are the
same for the Fund  and the  Portfolio  are not  fundamental  and may be  changed
without such approval.

     Investments  for the  Portfolio  mature or are deemed to mature  within 397
days from the date of purchase and the average  maturity of the investments held
by the Portfolio (on a dollar-weighted basis) is 90 days or less. Currently, the
Portfolio's  investment  policy is to invest only in money  market  instruments,
including U.S. Government  securities and bank obligations (such as certificates
of deposit,  fixed time deposits and bankers'  acceptances),  commercial  paper,
repurchase agreements,  reverse repurchase  agreements,  when-issued and delayed
delivery  securities,  bonds  issued by U.S.  corporations  and  obligations  of
certain  supranational  organizations.  (See Appendix for more information.) The
Portfolio  does not invest more than 5% of its total assets in  securities  of a
single issuer other than U.S.  Government  securities.  All of the assets of the
Portfolio are invested in securities  which are rated within the highest  rating
category for short-term  debt  obligations by at least two (unless only rated by
one) nationally  recognized  statistical  rating  organizations  (e.g.,  Moody's
Investors Service,  Inc.  ("Moody's") and Standard & Poor's Corporation ("S&P"))
or,  if  unrated,  are of  comparable  quality  as  determined  by or under  the
direction of the Portfolio's Board of Trustees.

                                  Risk Factors

     Although  the  assets  of  the  Portfolio  are  invested  in  high  quality
short-term securities, the Portfolio is subject to interest rate risk and credit
risk  which  causes  fluctuations  in  the  amount  of  income  accrued  on  the
Portfolio's  investments  and  therefore in the daily  dividend paid by the Fund
and, in extreme cases,  could cause the net asset value per share of the Fund to
deviate from $1.00 per share. Interest rate risk refers to the price fluctuation
of a debt  security  in  response  to changes in  interest  rates.  In  general,
short-term securities have relatively small fluctuations in price in response to
general changes in interest rates.  Credit risk refers to the likelihood that an
issuer will default on interest and principal payments.  High quality securities
of short maturities generally have relatively minimal credit risk.

                               Portfolio Brokerage

     Although the Portfolio  generally holds investments until maturity and does
not seek profits  through  short-term  trading,  it may dispose of any portfolio
security prior to its maturity if it believes such disposition advisable.

     Money  market  securities  are  generally  traded on a net basis and do not
normally involve either brokerage  commissions or transfer taxes. Where possible
transactions on behalf of the Portfolio are entered  directly with the issuer or
from an underwriter or market maker for the securities involved.  Purchases from
underwriters  of securities  may include a commission or concession  paid by the
issuer to the  underwriter,  and purchases from dealers serving as market makers
may  include  a spread  between  the bid and  asked  price.  The  policy  of the
Portfolio   regarding   purchases  and  sales  of  securities  is  that  primary
consideration will be given to obtaining the most favorable prices and efficient
executions of  transactions.  In seeking to implement the Portfolio's  policies,
the Investment  Adviser effects  transactions with those brokers and dealers who
the  Investment  Adviser  believes  provide  the most  favorable  prices and are
capable of providing  efficient  executions.  If the Investment Adviser believes
such prices and executions  are obtainable  from more than one broker or dealer,

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it may give  consideration to placing portfolio  transactions with those brokers
and dealers who also furnish research and other services to the Portfolio and or
the Investment Adviser.  Such services may include,  but are not limited to, any
one or more of the following:  information as to the  availability of securities
for purchase or sale;  statistical or factual information or opinions pertaining
to  investment;  and appraisals or  evaluations  of portfolio  securities.  (See
"Portfolio Transactions" in the Statement of Additional Information.)

     On those occasions when Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. deems the purchase or
sale of a security to be in the best interests of the Portfolio as well as other
customers,  Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., to the extent permitted by applicable
laws and regulations,  may, but is not obligated to, aggregate the securities to
be sold or purchased  for the  Portfolio  with those to be sold or purchased for
other  customers in order to obtain best  execution,  including  lower brokerage
commissions,  if  appropriate.  In such event,  allocation of the  securities so
purchased or sold as well as any expenses  incurred in the  transaction are made
by Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. in the manner it considers to be most equitable
and consistent  with its fiduciary  obligations to its customers,  including the
Portfolio.  In  some  instances,  this  procedure  might  adversely  affect  the
Portfolio.

                          Other Investment Techniques

     Loans of Portfolio  Securities.  Loans of portfolio securities up to 30% of
the total value of the  Portfolio  are permitted and may be entered into for not
more  than  one  year.  These  loans  must be  secured  continuously  by cash or
equivalent  collateral  or by an  irrevocable  letter  of credit in favor of the
Portfolio  at  least  equal  at all  times  to 100% of the  market  value of the
securities  loaned plus accrued income. By lending  securities,  the Portfolio's
income  can be  increased  by its  continuing  to  receive  income on the loaned
securities as well as by the opportunity to receive  interest on the collateral.
Any appreciation or depreciation in the market price of the borrowed  securities
which  occurs  during  the  term of the loan  inures  to the  Portfolio  and its
investors.

INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
================================================================================

     The Statement of Additional  Information for the Fund includes a listing of
the specific investment restrictions which govern the investment policies of the
Fund and the  Portfolio.  Certain of these  investment  restrictions  are deemed
fundamental policies and may be changed only with the approval of the holders of
a "majority of the outstanding  voting securities as defined in the 1940 Act" of
the Fund or the Portfolio, as the case may be. (See "Additional  Information" in
this Prospectus.)

     Since the investment  restrictions of the Fund correspond directly to those
of the  Portfolio,  the  following  is a  discussion  of the various  investment
restrictions of the Portfolio.

     As a  fundamental  policy,  money is not  borrowed by the  Portfolio  in an
amount  in  excess of 10% of its  assets.  It is  intended  that  money  will be
borrowed  only  from  banks  and only  either to  accommodate  requests  for the
withdrawal of part or all of an interest while effecting an orderly  liquidation
of  portfolio   securities  or  to  maintain   liquidity  in  the  event  of  an
unanticipated  failure to complete a  portfolio  security  transaction  or other
similar  situations.  Securities are not purchased for the Portfolio at any time
at which the amount of its borrowings exceed 5% of its assets.

     As a non-fundamental  policy, the Portfolio does not purchase more than 10%
of all  outstanding  debt  obligations of any one issuer (other than  securities
issued by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities).  In addition,
except for the investment of all of the Fund's assets in an open-end  investment
company  with  substantially  the  same  investment   objective,   policies  and
restrictions as the Fund, not more than 10% of the net assets of the Fund or the
Portfolio, as the case may be, may be invested in securities that are subject to
legal or contractual restrictions on resale.

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   The Fund is classified as "diversified"  under the 1940 Act, which means that
at least 75% of its total assets is  represented by cash;  securities  issued by
the U.S.  Government,  its agencies or  instrumentalities;  and other securities
limited  in respect  of any one  company to an amount no greater  than 5% of the
Fund's total assets (other than securities  issued by the U.S.  Government,  its
agencies or instrumentalities).
    

PURCHASE OF SHARES
================================================================================

     An  investor   may  open  a  Fund  account  only  through  59  Wall  Street
Distributors, the Fund's exclusive Distributor. The Fund's Shareholder Servicing
Agent (see page 13) and each  Eligible  Institution  (see page 13) may establish
and amend from time to time a minimum initial and a minimum subsequent  purchase
requirement  for their  respective  customers.  The Trust  reserves the right to
determine the purchase orders for Fund shares that it will accept.

     Shares of the Fund are  offered  on a  continuous  basis at their net asset
value without a sales charge. Shares of the Fund may be purchased on any day the
New York Stock Exchange is open for regular  trading and New York banks are open
for business if the Trust receives the purchase order and acceptable payment for
such order prior to 11:00 A.M., New York time. Purchases of Fund shares are then
executed  at the net asset  value per share  next  determined  on that same day.
Dividends are earned on the day that the purchase is executed.

     An investor who has a custody  account with Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co.
may place purchase  orders for Fund shares with the Trust through Brown Brothers
Harriman & Co., which as an Eligible  Institution  holds such shares in its name
on behalf of that customer.  For such a customer,  Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
arranges for the payment of the purchase price of Fund shares so that a purchase
order  placed  prior to 11:00  A.M.,  New York time is executed on the day it is
placed.  Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co. has  established  for its  customers  a
minimum  initial  purchase  requirement  for the Fund of  $5,000  and a  minimum
subsequent purchase requirement for the Fund of $1,000,  except that the minimum
initial and minimum subsequent purchase  requirements for individual  retirement
accounts, 401(k) plans and defined contribution plans are $1,000.

     An  investor  who does not  have a  custody  account  with  Brown  Brothers
Harriman & Co. must place purchase orders for Fund shares with the Trust through
the Fund's  Shareholder  Servicing Agent.  Such an investor has such shares held
directly in the investor's name on the books of the Trust and is responsible for
arranging  for the payment of the  purchase  price of Fund shares to the Trust's
account at State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Trust's custodian bank. Such
payment  must be in the  form of  either  (a) an  inter-bank  wire  transfer  of
"available  funds" prior to 11:00 A.M.,  New York time, in which case a purchase
order placed prior to 11:00 A.M.,  New York time is executed  that day, or (b) a
cashier's  check drawn on a U.S.  bank or a check  certified by a U.S.  bank, in
which case a purchase  order is executed  after such a check has been  converted
into  "available  funds",  generally  the next  business  day after the check is
received for the Trust by State Street Bank and Trust  Company.  Brown  Brothers
Harriman & Co.,  the Fund's  Shareholder  Servicing  Agent,  has  established  a
minimum  initial  purchase  requirement  for the Fund of  $10,000  and a minimum
subsequent purchase requirement for the Fund of $5,000.

     Inquiries  regarding  the manner in which  purchases  of Fund shares may be
effected and other  matters  pertaining  to the Fund should be directed to Brown
Brothers  Harriman & Co., an  Eligible  Institution  and the Fund's  Shareholder
Servicing Agent. (See back cover for address and phone number.)

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REDEMPTION OF SHARES
================================================================================

     Shares held by Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. on behalf of a shareholder may
be redeemed by submitting a redemption  request in good order to Brown  Brothers
Harriman & Co.  Proceeds from the  redemption of Fund shares are credited to the
shareholder's account with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     Shares held directly in the name of a shareholder on the books of the Trust
may be redeemed by  submitting a  redemption  request in good order to the Trust
through the Fund's Shareholder  Servicing Agent. (See back cover for address and
phone number.)  Proceeds  resulting  from such  redemption are paid by the Trust
directly to the shareholder.

     A  redemption  request in good order must be received by the Trust prior to
11:00  A.M.,  New York time on any day the New York Stock  Exchange  is open for
regular  trading and New York banks are open for business.  Such a redemption is
executed  at the net asset  value per share  next  determined  on that same day.
Proceeds of a redemption are paid in "available  funds" generally on the day the
redemption request is executed, and in any event within seven days.

     If a redemption request is received by the Trust after 11:00 A.M., New York
time the redemption  request is executed on the next business day. A shareholder
continues to receive each daily  dividend  declared  prior to the day on which a
redemption request is executed.

     A shareholder  redeeming shares should be aware that the net asset value of
the Fund's shares may, in unusual circumstances,  decline below $1.00 per share.
Accordingly, a redemption request may result in payment of a dollar amount which
differs from the number of shares redeemed. See "Net Asset Value".

                            Redemptions By the Trust

     The Fund's  Shareholder  Servicing  Agent  (see page 13) and each  Eligible
Institution  (see page 13) may  establish  and amend from time to time for their
respective  customers a minimum  account size.  If the value of a  shareholder's
holdings in the Fund falls below that amount  because of a redemption of shares,
the shareholder's remaining shares may be redeemed. If such remaining shares are
to be redeemed, the shareholder is so notified and is allowed 60 days to make an
additional  investment to enable the shareholder to meet the minimum requirement
before the redemption is processed.  Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co., the Fund's
Shareholder  Servicing  Agent, has established a minimum account size of $10,000
and Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., as an Eligible Institution, has established a
minimum  account  size of $5,000  ($1,000  for  eligible  individual  retirement
accounts, 401(k) plans and defined contribution plans).

                         Further Redemption Information

     In the event a shareholder  redeems all shares held in the Fund at any time
during the month,  all accrued but unpaid dividends are included in the proceeds
of the redemption and future purchases of shares of the Fund by such shareholder
would be subject to the Fund's minimum initial purchase requirements.

     An  investor  should  be aware  that  redemptions  from the Fund may not be
processed  if  a  completed  account   application  with  a  certified  taxpayer
identification number has not been received.

     A shareholder's right to receive payment with respect to any redemption may
be suspended or the payment of the redemption proceeds postponed for up to seven
days and for such other  periods as the 1940 Act may  permit.  (See  "Additional
Information"  in the  Statement of  Additional  Information.) 

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MANAGEMENT OF THE TRUST AND THE PORTFOLIO
================================================================================

                              Trustees and Officers

     The Trust's Trustees, in addition to supervising the actions of the Trust's
Administrator  and  Distributor,  as set forth  below,  decide  upon  matters of
general policy with respect to the Trust. The Portfolio's  Trustees, in addition
to  supervising   the  actions  of  the  Portfolio's   Investment   Adviser  and
Administrator,  as set forth below,  decide upon matters of general  policy with
respect to the Portfolio.  The Trust's  Trustees are not the same individuals as
the Portfolio's Trustees.

     Because of the services rendered to the Portfolio by the Investment Adviser
and to the Trust and the Portfolio by their respective Administrators, the Trust
and the Portfolio  require no employees,  and their respective  officers,  other
than the Chairmen,  receive no compensation from the Fund or the Portfolio. (See
"Trustees and Officers" in the Statement of Additional Information.)

     The Trustees of the Trust are:

        J.V. Shields, Jr.
          CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF SHIELDS & COMPANY

        Eugene P. Beard
          EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT-FINANCE AND OPERATIONS OF 
            THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES

        David P. Feldman
          CORPORATE VICE PRESIDENT-INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT OF AT&T

        Alan G. Lowy
          PRIVATE INVESTOR

        Arthur D. Miltenberger
          VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF 
            RICHARD K. MELLON AND SONS

     The Trustees of the Portfolio are:

        H.B. Alvord
          RETIRED, FORMER TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

        Richard L. Carpenter
          DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL INVESTMENTS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
            EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

        Clifford A. Clark
          RETIRED, FORMER SENIOR MANAGER OF BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO.

        Edward H. Northrop
          CHAIRMAN OF XICOM INC.

        David M. Seitzman
          PRACTICING PHYSICIAN WITH SEITZMAN, SHUMAN, KWART AND PHILLIPS


                               Investment Adviser

     The Investment  Adviser to the Portfolio is Brown Brothers  Harriman & Co.,
Private Bankers, a New York limited partnership established in 1818. The firm is
subject to  examination  and  regulation by the  Superintendent  of Banks of the
State  of New York and by the  Department  of  Banking  of the  Commonwealth  of
Pennsylvania.  The firm is also subject to  supervision  and  examination by the
Commissioner of Banks of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

   
     Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co.  provides  investment  advice and portfolio
management services to the Portfolio.  Subject to the general supervision of the
Portfolio's  Trustees,  Brown  Brothers  Harriman  & Co.  makes  the  day-to-day
investment  decisions,  places  the  purchase  and  sale  orders  for  portfolio
transactions,  and generally manages the Portfolio's investments. Brown Brothers
Harriman & Co.  provides a broad range of  investment  management  services  for
customers in the United  States and abroad.  At June 30, 1995,  it managed total
assets of approximately $20 billion.

   As  compensation  for the  services  rendered  and related  expenses  such as
salaries of advisory  personnel borne by Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. under the
Investment Advisory  Agreement,  Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. receives from the
Portfolio an annual fee,  computed daily and payable monthly,  equal to 0.15% of


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the average daily net assets of the Portfolio. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. and
its  affiliates  also receive annual  administration  fees from the Fund and the
Portfolio and an annual shareholder  servicing/eligible institution fee from the
Fund equal to 0.11% and 0.225%, respectively, of the average daily net assets of
the Fund or the Portfolio,  as the case may be. Prior to November 1, 1994, Brown
Brothers Harriman & Co. received annual investment advisory,  administration and
shareholder  servicing/eligible  institution  fees from the Fund equal to 0.15%,
0.10% and 0.225%, respectively, of the Fund's average daily net assets.
    

     The investment  advisory  services of Brown Brothers  Harriman & Co. to the
Portfolio  are  not  exclusive  under  the  terms  of  the  Investment  Advisory
Agreement.  Brown Brothers  Harriman & Co. is free to and does render investment
advisory services to others, including other registered investment companies.

     Pursuant  to a license  agreement  between  the  Trust  and Brown  Brothers
Harriman & Co. dated August 24,  1989,  as amended as of December 15, 1993,  the
Trust may continue to use in its name "59 Wall Street", the current and historic
address of Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co. The  agreement  may be  terminated by
Brown Brothers  Harriman & Co. at any time upon written notice to the Trust upon
the  expiration or earlier  termination  of any  investment  advisory  agreement
between  the Fund or any  investment  company  in which a  series  of the  Trust
invests all of its assets and Brown Brothers  Harriman & Co.  Termination of the
agreement would require the Trust to change its name and the name of the Fund to
eliminate all reference to "59 Wall Street".

     Pursuant to license  agreements  between Brown Brothers  Harriman & Co. and
each of 59 Wall Street  Administrators  and 59 Wall Street  Distributors (each a
"Licensee"),  dated June 22, 1993 and June 8, 1990, respectively,  each Licensee
may  continue to use in its name "59 Wall  Street",  the  current  and  historic
address of Brown Brothers  Harriman & Co., only if Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
does not terminate the  respective  license  agreement,  which would require the
Licensee to change its name to eliminate all reference to "59 Wall Street".

                                 Administrators

     Brown Brothers  Harriman & Co. acts as Administrator of the Trust and Brown
Brothers  Harriman Trust Company  (Cayman)  Limited acts as Administrator of the
Portfolio.  (See  "Administrators" in the Statement of Additional  Information.)
Brown  Brothers  Harriman  Trust  Company  (Cayman)  Limited  is a  wholly-owned
subsidiary of Brown  Brothers  Harriman  Trust  Company of New York,  which is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     In its capacity as  Administrator of the Trust,  Brown Brothers  Harriman &
Co. administers all aspects of the Trust's operations subject to the supervision
of the  Trust's  Trustees  except as set forth  below  under  "Distributor".  In
connection with its  responsibilities  as Administrator  and at its own expense,
Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co. (i)  provides  the Trust  with the  services  of
persons  competent  to perform  such  supervisory,  administrative  and clerical
functions as are necessary in order to provide  effective  administration of the
Trust; (ii) oversees the performance of administrative and professional services
to the Trust by others,  including the Fund's  Transfer and Dividend  Disbursing
Agent;  (iii) provides the Trust with adequate  office space and  communications
and other facilities; and (iv) prepares and/or arranges for the preparation, but
does not pay for, the periodic  updating of the Trust's  registration  statement
and the Fund's  prospectus,  the printing of such  documents  for the purpose of
filings  with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  and  state  securities
administrators,  and the  preparation of tax returns for the Fund and reports to
shareholders and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

   
     For the services  rendered to the Trust and related expenses borne by Brown
Brothers Harriman & Co., as Administrator of the Trust,  Brown Brothers Harriman
& Co. receives from the Fund an annual fee,  computed daily and payable monthly,

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equal to 0.075% of the Fund's  average  daily net  assets.  Prior to November 1,
1994, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. received an annual  administration fee equal
to 0.10% of the Fund's average daily net assets.
    

     Brown Brothers Harriman Trust Company (Cayman) Limited,  in its capacity as
Administrator  of the  Portfolio,  administers  all  aspects of the  Portfolio's
operations subject to the supervision of the Portfolio's  Trustees except as set
forth above under "Investment  Adviser". In connection with its responsibilities
as  Administrator  for the  Portfolio  and at its own  expense,  Brown  Brothers
Harriman  Trust Company  (Cayman)  Limited (i) provides the  Portfolio  with the
services of persons  competent to perform such supervisory,  administrative  and
clerical functions as are necessary in order to provide effective administration
of the  Portfolio,  including  the  maintenance  of certain  books and  records,
receiving and processing  requests for increases and decreases in the beneficial
interests in the Portfolio,  notification to the Investment Adviser of available
funds for investment, reconciliation of account information and balances between
the Custodian and the Investment  Adviser,  and  processing,  investigating  and
responding   to  investor   inquiries;   (ii)   oversees  the   performance   of
administrative and professional  services to the Portfolio by others,  including
the  Custodian;  (iii)  provides the Portfolio  with  adequate  office space and
communications  and other facilities;  and (iv) prepares and/or arranges for the
preparation,  but does not pay for,  the  periodic  updating of the  Portfolio's
registration  statement for filing with the Securities and Exchange  Commission,
and the  preparation  of tax returns for the  Portfolio and reports to investors
and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     For the services  rendered to the Portfolio and related  expenses  borne by
Brown Brothers  Harriman Trust Company  (Cayman) Limited as Administrator of the
Portfolio,  Brown Brothers Harriman Trust Company (Cayman) Limited receives from
the Portfolio an annual fee, computed daily and payable monthly, equal to 0.035%
of the Portfolio's average daily net assets.

     Pursuant to a  Subadministrative  Services  Agreement  with Brown  Brothers
Harriman & Co., 59 Wall Street  Administrators  performs such  subadministrative
duties for the Trust as are from time to time  agreed upon by the  parties.  The
offices of 59 Wall  Street  Administrators  are located at 6 St.  James  Avenue,
Boston,  Massachusetts  02116. 59 Wall Street  Administrators  is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Signature  Financial Group,  Inc.  ("SFG").  SFG is not affiliated
with   Brown   Brothers   Harriman   &  Co.  59  Wall   Street   Administrators'
subadministrative  duties may include providing equipment and clerical personnel
necessary for maintaining the  organization of the Trust,  participation  in the
preparation of documents  required for  compliance by the Trust with  applicable
laws and  regulations,  preparation  of certain  documents  in  connection  with
meetings of Trustees and  shareholders  of the Trust,  and other  functions that
would  otherwise  be  performed by the  Administrator  as set forth  above.  For
performing  such  subadministrative  services,  59  Wall  Street  Administrators
receives  such  compensation  as is from time to time  agreed  upon,  but not in
excess of the amount paid to the Administrator from the Fund.

     Pursuant to a  Subadministrative  Services  Agreement  with Brown  Brothers
Harriman   Trust   Company   (Cayman)   Limited,    SFG-Cayman   performs   such
subadministrative  duties for the Portfolio as are from time to time agreed upon
by the parties.  The offices of SFG-Cayman  are located at  Elizabethan  Square,
George Town, Grand Cayman BWI.  SFG-Cayman is a wholly-owned  subsidiary of SFG.
SFG-Cayman's  subadministrative  duties  may  include  providing  equipment  and
clerical personnel  necessary for maintaining the organization of the Portfolio,
participation  in the  preparation  of documents  required for compliance by the
Portfolio with applicable laws and regulations, preparation of certain documents
in connection  with meetings of Trustees of and investors in the Portfolio,  and
other  functions that would otherwise be performed by the  Administrator  of the
Portfolio as set forth above.  For performing such  subadministrative  services,

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SFG-Cayman  receives such  compensation as is from time to time agreed upon, but
not in excess of the amount paid to the Administrator from the Portfolio.

                           Shareholder Servicing Agent

   
     The Trust has entered into a  shareholder  servicing  agreement  with Brown
Brothers  Harriman & Co.  pursuant  to which Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co., as
agent for the Fund, among other things:  answers  inquiries from shareholders of
and prospective  investors in the Fund regarding account status and history, the
manner in which  purchases  and  redemptions  of Fund shares may be effected and
certain  other  matters  pertaining  to the Fund;  assists  shareholders  of and
prospective  investors in the Fund in designating and changing dividend options,
account designations and addresses;  and provides such other related services as
the Trust or a shareholder of or prospective investor in the Fund may reasonably
request.  For these  services,  Brown Brothers  Harriman & Co. receives from the
Fund an annual fee,  computed daily and payable monthly,  equal to 0.225% of the
average  daily net assets of the Fund  represented  by shares  owned  during the
period for which payment was being made by  shareholders  who did not hold their
shares with an Eligible Institution.
    

                              Eligible Institutions

   
     The Trust has entered  into an eligible  institution  agreement  with Brown
Brothers  Harriman & Co.  pursuant  to which Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co., as
agent for the Trust with respect to shareholders of and prospective investors in
the Fund who have a custody  account with Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co., among
other  things:  provides  necessary  personnel  and  facilities to establish and
maintain certain shareholder accounts and records enabling it to hold, as agent,
its customers' shares in its name or its nominee name on the shareholder records
of the Trust;  assists  in  processing  purchase  and  redemption  transactions;
arranges for the wiring of funds;  transmits  and receives  funds in  connection
with customer orders to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund; provides periodic
statements showing a customer's account balance and, to the extent  practicable,
integrates  such  information   with   information   concerning  other  customer
transactions otherwise effected with or through it; furnishes, either separately
or on an  integrated  basis with other  reports sent to a customer,  monthly and
annual  statements and  confirmations  of all purchases and  redemptions of Fund
shares in a customer's  account;  transmits  proxy  statements,  annual reports,
updated  prospectuses and other  communications from the Trust to its customers;
and  receives,  tabulates  and  transmits to the Trust  proxies  executed by its
customers  with  respect to  meetings  of  shareholders  of the Fund.  For these
services,  Brown Brothers  Harriman & Co.  receives from the Fund an annual fee,
computed  daily and payable  monthly,  equal to 0.225% of the average  daily net
assets of the Fund  represented  by shares  owned  during  the  period for which
payment was being made by customers for whom Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co. was
the holder or agent of record.
    

     The eligible  institution  agreement with Brown Brothers  Harriman & Co. is
nonexclusive  and the  Trust  expects  from time to time to enter  into  similar
agreements with other financial  institutions.  At such time as any such similar
agreement is entered into,  references in this Prospectus to shareholders of and
prospective investors in the Fund who have a custody account with Brown Brothers
Harriman & Co. shall include such  shareholders of and prospective  investors in
the Fund who have an account with the financial  institution  which entered into
such other agreement, except as expressly stated in this Prospectus.


   
                         Expense Reimbursement Agreement

   Under an agreement dated July 1, 1993, 59 Wall Street Administrators pays the
Fund's  expenses  (see "Expense  Table") other than fees paid to Brown  Brothers
Harriman & Co. under the Trust's Administration  Agreement for the Fund, subject
to reimbursement from the Fund. To accomplish such reimbursement, 59 Wall Street
Administrators  receives  an expense  reimbursement  fee from the Fund such that
after such  reimbursement  the  aggregate  expenses of the Fund,  including  the
allocation of aggregate expenses of the Portfolio,  do not exceed an agreed upon
annual rate,  currently  0.55% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. Such


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expense  reimbursement  fees are  computed  daily and paid  monthly.  During the
fiscal  year  ended  June  30,  1995,  59 Wall  Street  Administrators  incurred
$1,618,000   in   expenses   on  behalf  of  the  Fund   including   shareholder
servicing/eligible   institution   fees  of  $1,342,062  and  received   expense
reimbursement fees of $1,500,505 from the Fund.

     The expense  reimbursement  fee agreement  will terminate on the earlier of
either (i) June 30, 1997, or (ii) the date on which the payments made thereunder
equal the prior payment of such reimbursable expenses. The Trustees of the Trust
are unable to predict  with any degree of  certainty  whether the Fund's  assets
will reach a size that will allow its aggregate  expenses to drop below 0.55% of
its average annual net assets. Had this expense reimbursement agreement not been
in place,  the total operating  expenses of the Fund for the year ended June 30,
1995 would have been 0.56% of the Fund's average annual net assets.
    

     The  expenses of the Fund paid by 59 Wall Street  Administrators  under the
expense  reimbursement  agreement  include  the  shareholder  servicing/eligible
institution  fees; the  compensation of the Trustees of the Trust;  governmental
fees;  interest  charges;  taxes;  membership  dues  in the  Investment  Company
Institute allocable to the Fund; fees and expenses of independent  auditors,  of
legal  counsel  and of any  transfer  agent,  custodian,  registrar  or dividend
disbursing agent of the Fund;  insurance  premiums;  expenses of calculating the
net asset  value of shares of the Fund;  expenses  of  preparing,  printing  and
mailing  prospectuses,   reports,  notices,  proxy  statements  and  reports  to
shareholders  and  to  governmental   officers  and  commissions;   expenses  of
shareholder  meetings;  and expenses relating to the issuance,  registration and
qualification of shares of the Fund.

                                   Distributor

     59 Wall Street Distributors acts as exclusive  Distributor of shares of the
Fund. Its office is located at 6 St. James Avenue, Boston,  Massachusetts 02116.
59 Wall Street  Distributors  is a  wholly-owned  subsidiary of SFG. SFG and its
affiliates currently provide  administration and distribution services for other
registered  investment companies.  The Trust pays for the preparation,  printing
and  filing of copies  of the  Trust's  registration  statement  and the  Fund's
prospectus  as  required  under  federal  and  state   securities   laws.   (See
"Distributor" in the Statement of Additional Information.)

     59 Wall Street  Distributors  holds itself  available  to receive  purchase
orders for Fund shares.

                             Custodian, Transfer and
                            Dividend Disbursing Agent

     State Street Bank and Trust  Company,  225 Franklin  Street,  P.O. Box 351,
Boston, Massachusetts 02110, is the Custodian for the Fund and the Portfolio and
Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent for the Fund.

     As Custodian for the Fund, it is responsible  for holding the Fund's assets
(i.e.,  cash and the Fund's  interest in the Portfolio)  pursuant to a custodian
agreement with the Trust.  Cash is held for the Fund in demand deposit  accounts
at the Custodian.  Subject to the supervision of the Administrator of the Trust,
the  Custodian  maintains  the  accounting  records  for the  Fund  and each day
computes  the net asset value and net income per share of the Fund.  As Transfer
and Dividend  Disbursing  Agent it is responsible  for maintaining the books and
records detailing ownership of the Fund's shares.

     As Custodian for the Portfolio, it is responsible for maintaining books and
records of portfolio  transactions  and holding the  Portfolio's  securities and
cash pursuant to a custodian agreement with the Portfolio.  Cash is held for the
Portfolio  in  demand  deposit  accounts  at  the  Custodian.   Subject  to  the
supervision of the Administrator of the Portfolio,  the Custodian  maintains the
accounting  and  portfolio  transaction  records for the  Portfolio and each day
computes the net asset value and net income of the Portfolio.

                              Independent Auditors

     Deloitte & Touche LLP, Boston,  Massachusetts are the independent  auditors
for the Fund.  Deloitte & Touche,  Grand Cayman are the independent  auditors of
the Portfolio.

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NET ASSET VALUE
================================================================================

     The Fund's net asset value per share is determined once daily at 4:00 P.M.,
New York  time on each  day the New  York  Stock  Exchange  is open for  regular
trading and New York banks are open for business.

     The  determination  of the  Fund's  net  asset  value  per share is made by
subtracting  from the value of the total assets of the Fund (i.e.,  the value of
its investment in the Portfolio and other assets) the amount of its  liabilities
and dividing the  difference by the number of shares of the Fund  outstanding at
the time the  determination  is made. It is anticipated that the net asset value
per share of the Fund will remain  constant at $1.00.  No assurance can be given
that this goal can be achieved.

     The value of the Fund's investment in the Portfolio is also determined once
daily at 4:00  P.M.,  New York time on each day the New York Stock  Exchange  is
open for regular trading and New York banks are open for business.

     The determination of the value of the Fund's investment in the Portfolio is
made by  subtracting  from the value of the total  assets of the  Portfolio  the
amount of the  Portfolio's  liabilities  and  multiplying  the difference by the
percentage,  effective for that day,  which  represents  the Fund's share of the
aggregate beneficial interests in the Portfolio.

     The  Portfolio's  assets are valued by using the  amortized  cost method of
valuation.  This method  involves  valuing a security at its cost at the time of
purchase  and  thereafter  assuming a constant  amortization  to maturity of any
discount or premium,  regardless of the impact of fluctuating  interest rates on
the market value of the  instrument.  The market value of the securities held by
the Portfolio  fluctuates on the basis of the creditworthiness of the issuers of
such  securities  and on the  levels  of  interest  rates  generally.  While the
amortized cost method provides certainty in valuation,  it may result in periods
when the value so  determined  is higher or lower  than the price the  Portfolio
would receive if the security were sold. (See "Net Asset Value" in the Statement
of Additional Information.)

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
================================================================================

     All the Fund's net income and short-term  capital gains and losses, if any,
are declared as a dividend daily and paid monthly.

     Net income of the Fund consists of (i) all income  accrued on the assets of
the Fund (i.e.,  the Fund's pro rata share of the net income of the  Portfolio),
less (ii) all actual and accrued expenses of the Fund. (See "Net Asset Value".)

     Determination  of the Fund's net  income is made  immediately  prior to the
determination  of the net asset  value per share of the Fund at 4:00  P.M.,  New
York time on each day the New York Stock  Exchange is open for  regular  trading
and New York  banks are open for  business.  Net income for days other than such
business days is determined  as of 4:00 P.M.,  New York time on the  immediately
preceding business day. Dividends declared are payable to shareholders of record
on the date of determination.  Shares purchased through submission of a purchase
order prior to 11:00 A.M.,  New York time on such a business  day begin  earning
dividends on that business day. Shares redeemed do not qualify for a dividend on
the business day that the redemption is executed. (See "Redemption of Shares".)

     Unless  a  shareholder   otherwise  elects,   dividends  are  automatically
reinvested in additional Fund shares without reference to the minimum subsequent
purchase requirement.  In the event a shareholder redeems all shares held at any
time  during the month,  all accrued but unpaid  dividends  are  included in the
proceeds of the  redemption and future  purchases of shares by such  shareholder
will be subject to the minimum initial purchase requirements. The Trust reserves


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the right to discontinue, alter or limit the automatic reinvestment privilege at
NY time, but will  provide  shareholders  prior   written  notice  of  any  such
discontinuance, alteration or limitation.

     A  shareholder  whose shares are held by Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co. on
behalf of the  shareholder and who elects to have dividends paid in cash has the
amount of such dividends  automatically  credited to the  shareholder's  account
with  Brown  Brothers  Harriman  & Co.  Such a  shareholder  who  elects to have
dividends reinvested is able to do so, in both whole and fractional shares.

     A shareholder whose shares are held directly in the  shareholder's  name on
the books of the Trust and who elects to have  dividends paid in cash receives a
check in the amount of such  dividends.  Such a  shareholder  who elects to have
dividends reinvested is able to do so, in both whole and fractional shares.

     The net income and capital  gains and losses,  if any, of the Portfolio are
determined at 4:00 P.M., New York time on each business day. Net income for days
other than business  days is  determined  as of 4:00 P.M.,  New York time on the
immediately  preceding  business day. All the net income,  as defined below, and
capital gains and losses, if any, so determined are allocated pro rata among the
Fund and the other investors in the Portfolio at the time of such determination.

     For this  purpose  the net  income of the  Portfolio  (from the time of the
immediately preceding  determination  thereof) consists of (i) accrued interest,
accretion  of discount and  amortization  of premium on  securities  held by the
Portfolio, less (ii) all actual and accrued expenses of the Portfolio (including
the fees payable to the Investment Adviser and Administrator of the Portfolio).

TAXES
================================================================================

     Each year, the Trust intends to continue to qualify the Fund and elect that
the Fund be treated  as a  separate  "regulated  investment  company"  under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  Accordingly, the Fund is not subject
to federal  income taxes on its net income and  realized net capital  gains that
are distributed to its shareholders.  A 4% non-deductible  excise tax is imposed
on the Fund to the extent that certain  distribution  requirements  for the Fund
for each  calendar  year are not met. The Trust intends to continue to meet such
requirements.  The  Portfolio is also not required to pay any federal  income or
excise taxes.

     Dividends of net income (as defined under  "Dividends  and  Distributions")
and net short-term  capital gains,  if any, are taxable to  shareholders  of the
Fund as ordinary  income,  whether such dividends are paid in cash or reinvested
in   additional   shares.   These   distributions   are  not  eligible  for  the
dividends-received deduction allowed to corporate shareholders.

     Under U.S. Treasury  regulations,  the Trust and each Eligible  Institution
are  required  to  withhold  and remit to the U.S.  Treasury a portion  (31%) of
dividends and capital gains  distributions on the accounts of those shareholders
who fail to provide a correct  taxpayer  identification  number (Social Security
Number for  individuals)  or to make required  certifications,  or who have been
notified  by the  Internal  Revenue  Service  that  they  are  subject  to  such
withholdings.  Prospective investors should submit an IRS Form W-9 to avoid such
withholding.

                              State and Local Taxes

     The treatment of the Fund and its  shareholders  in those states which have
income tax laws might differ from  treatment  under the federal income tax laws.
Distributions  to  shareholders  may be  subject to  additional  state and local
taxes.  Shareholders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding any state
or local taxes.

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                                Foreign Investors

     The Fund is designed for  investors  who are either  citizens of the United
States or aliens subject to United States income tax. Prospective  investors who
are not citizens of the United  States and who are not aliens  subject to United
States  income tax are subject to United  States  withholding  tax on the entire
amount of all dividends. Therefore, such investors should not invest in the Fund
since alternative  investments in money market  instruments would not be subject
to United States withholding tax.

                                Other Information

     Annual notification as to the tax status of capital gains distributions, if
any, is provided to  shareholders  shortly  after June 30, the end of the Fund's
fiscal year. Additional tax information is mailed to shareholders in January.

     This tax  discussion is based on the tax laws and  regulations in effect on
the date of this  Prospectus,  however such laws and  regulations are subject to
change.  Shareholders  and prospective  investors are urged to consult their tax
advisors   regarding   specific   questions   relevant   to   their   particular
circumstances.

DESCRIPTION OF SHARES
================================================================================

     The Trust is an open-end management investment company organized on June 7,
1983, as an unincorporated  business trust under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.   Its  offices  are  located  at  6  St.  James  Avenue,  Boston,
Massachusetts 02116; its telephone number is (617) 423-0800.

     Pursuant to the Trust's  Declaration of Trust, the Trustees have authorized
the issuance of an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of each series
of the Trust,  one of which is the Fund. The Trustees of the Trust may divide or
combine the shares  into a greater or lesser  number of shares  without  thereby
changing the  proportionate  beneficial  interest in the Trust and may authorize
the  creation of  additional  series of shares,  the  proceeds of which would be
invested in separate,  independently managed portfolios. Currently there are two
series in addition to the Fund.

     The Trustees of the Trust themselves have the power to alter the number and
the terms of office of the Trustees of the Trust,  to lengthen  their own terms,
or to make  their  terms  of  unlimited  duration  subject  to  certain  removal
procedures,  and to  appoint  their  own  successors;  provided  that  at  least
two-thirds of the Trustees of the Trust have been elected by the shareholders.

     Each share of the Fund  represents  an equal  proportional  interest in the
Fund with each other  share.  Upon  liquidation  of the Fund,  shareholders  are
entitled  to  share  pro  rata in the  net  assets  of the  Fund  available  for
distribution to shareholders.

     Shareholders  of the Fund are  entitled  to a full vote for each full share
held and to a  fractional  vote for  fractional  shares.  The  voting  rights of
shareholders are not cumulative. Shares have no preemptive or conversion rights.
The rights of redemption are described elsewhere herein.  Shares when issued are
fully paid and nonassessable by the Trust,  except as set forth below. It is the
intention  of the Trust  not to hold  meetings  of  shareholders  annually.  The
Trustees  of  the  Trust  may  call  meetings  of  shareholders  for  action  by
shareholder  vote as may be required by the 1940 Act or as may be  permitted  by
the   Declaration  of  Trust  or  By-Laws.   Shareholders   have  under  certain
circumstances  (e.g.,  upon  application  and  submission  of certain  specified
documents  to the Trustees of the Trust by a specified  number of  shareholders)
the right to communicate with other shareholders in connection with requesting a
meeting of shareholders  for the purpose of removing one or more Trustees of the
Trust.  Shareholders  also have the right to remove one or more  Trustees of the
Trust  without a meeting by a  declaration  in writing by a specified  number of
shareholders.

   The By-Laws of the Trust  provide  that the presence in person or by proxy of
the  holders  of record of one half of the  shares of the Fund  outstanding  and

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entitled  to vote  thereat  shall  constitute  a quorum at all  meetings of Fund
shareholders,  except as  otherwise  required  by  applicable  law.  The By-Laws
further  provide that all questions  shall be decided by a majority of the votes
cast at any such  meeting  at which a quorum is  present,  except  as  otherwise
required by applicable law.

     The  Trust's  Declaration  of  Trust  provides  that,  at  any  meeting  of
shareholders  of  the  Fund,  Brown  Brothers  Harriman  & Co.,  as an  Eligible
Institution,  may vote any shares as to which Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co. is
the agent of record  and which are  otherwise  not  represented  in person or by
proxy at the  meeting,  proportionately  in  accordance  with the votes  cast by
holders of all shares otherwise represented at the meeting in person or by proxy
as to which Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. is the agent of record.  Any shares so
voted by Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. are deemed represented at the meeting for
purposes of quorum requirements.

     The  Trust is an  entity  of the type  commonly  known as a  "Massachusetts
business trust". Under Massachusetts law,  shareholders of such a business trust
may, under certain circumstances,  be held personally liable as partners for its
obligations. However, the risk of a shareholder incurring financial loss because
of shareholder  liability is limited to  circumstances  in which both inadequate
insurance existed and the Trust itself was unable to meet its obligations.

     The  Portfolio,  in which all of the  assets of the Fund are  invested,  is
organized  as a trust  under the law of the State of New York.  The  Portfolio's
Declaration of Trust provides that the Fund and other entities  investing in the
Portfolio (e.g., other investment companies, insurance company separate accounts
and common and  commingled  trust funds) are each liable for all  obligations of
the Portfolio. However, the risk of the Fund incurring financial loss on account
of such liability is limited to circumstances in which both inadequate insurance
existed  and  the  Portfolio   itself  was  unable  to  meet  its   obligations.
Accordingly,  the  Trustees of the Trust  believe  that neither the Fund nor its
shareholders  will be adversely  affected by reason of the  investment of all of
the assets of the Fund in the Portfolio.

     Each investor in the  Portfolio,  including the Fund,  may add to or reduce
its  investment in the Portfolio on each day the New York Stock Exchange is open
for regular trading and New York banks are open for business.  At 4:00 P.M., New
York time on each such  business  day, the value of each  investor's  beneficial
interest in the Portfolio is determined  by  multiplying  the net asset value of
the Portfolio by the percentage,  effective for that day, which  represents that
investor's  share of the aggregate  beneficial  interests in the Portfolio.  Any
additions  or  withdrawals,  which  are to be  effected  on that  day,  are then
effected. The investor's percentage of the aggregate beneficial interests in the
Portfolio is then  recomputed  as the  percentage  equal to the fraction (i) the
numerator of which is the value of such  investor's  investment in the Portfolio
as of 4:00  P.M.,  New York time on such day plus or minus,  as the case may be,
the amount of any additions to or withdrawals from the investor's  investment in
the  Portfolio  effected on such day, and (ii) the  denominator  of which is the
aggregate  net asset value of the  Portfolio  as of 4:00 P.M.,  New York time on
such day plus or minus,  as the case may be, the amount of the net  additions to
or withdrawals from the aggregate  investments in the Portfolio by all investors
in the Portfolio.  The percentage so determined is then applied to determine the
value of the investor's interest in the Portfolio as of 4:00 P.M., New York time
on the following business day of the Portfolio.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
================================================================================

     As used in this  Prospectus,  the term "majority of the outstanding  voting
securities  as defined in the 1940 Act"  currently  means the vote of (i) 67% or
more of the outstanding voting securities  present at a meeting,  if the holders
of more than 50% of the outstanding  voting  securities are present in person or
represented  by  proxy;  or  (ii)  more  than  50%  of  the  outstanding  voting
securities, whichever is less.

     Fund  shareholders   receive  semi-annual   reports  containing   unaudited
financial  statements and annual reports containing financial statements audited
by independent auditors.

     The Fund's "yield" and  "effective  yield" may be used from time to time in
shareholder  reports or other  communications  to  shareholders  or  prospective
investors.  Both yield  figures  are based on  historical  earnings  and are not
intended to indicate future performance. Performance information may include the
Fund's  investment  results  and/or  comparisons  of its  investment  results to
various unmanaged indexes. To the extent that unmanaged indexes are so included,
the same  indexes  will be used on a  consistent  basis.  The Fund's  investment
results as used in such  communications  are  calculated in the manner set forth
below. From time to time, fund rankings from various sources may be quoted.

     The "yield" of the Fund refers to the income  generated by an investment in
the Fund over a seven-day  period (which period will be stated).  This income is
then  "annualized".  That is, the amount of income  generated by the  investment
during that week is assumed to be generated  each week over a 52-week period and
is shown as a percentage of the investment.  The "effective yield" is calculated
similarly but, when  annualized,  the income earned by an investment in the Fund
is assumed to be reinvested.  The "effective  yield" is slightly higher than the
"yield" because of the compounding effect of this assumed reinvestment.

     This Prospectus omits certain of the information contained in the Statement
of  Additional  Information  and  the  Registration  Statement  filed  with  the
Securities and Exchange Commission.  The Statement of Additional Information may
be obtained from 59 Wall Street Distributors without charge and the Registration
Statement  may be obtained  from the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  upon
payment of the fee prescribed by the Rules and Regulations of the Commission.

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APPENDIX
================================================================================

      This  Appendix  is  intended  to provide  descriptions  of the  short-term
securities  the Portfolio  may  purchase.  However,  other such  securities  not
mentioned  below may be purchased for the Portfolio if they meet the quality and
maturity guidelines set forth in the Portfolio's investment policies.

================================================================================

                           U.S. Government Securities

     Assets of the Portfolio may be invested in securities  issued or guaranteed
by the U.S.  Government,  its agencies or  instrumentalities.  These securities,
including those which are guaranteed by federal  agencies or  instrumentalities,
may or may not be backed by the "full faith and credit" of the United States. In
the case of  securities  not  backed by the full  faith and credit of the United
States,  it may not be  possible  to assert a claim  against  the United  States
itself in the event the agency or  instrumentality  issuing or guaranteeing  the
security for ultimate repayment does not meet its commitments.  Securities which
are not backed by the full faith and credit of the United  States  include,  but
are not limited to,  securities of the Tennessee Valley  Authority,  the Federal
National Mortgage Association (FNMA), the U.S. Postal Service and the Resolution
Funding Corporation (REFCORP),  each of which has a limited right to borrow from
the U.S.  Treasury to meet its  obligations,  and securities of the Federal Farm
Credit  System,  the Federal  Home Loan Banks,  the Federal  Home Loan  Mortgage
Corporation (FHLMC) and the Student Loan Marketing Association,  the obligations
of each of which may be satisfied only by the  individual  credit of the issuing
agency.  Securities  which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States include Treasury bills,  Treasury notes,  Treasury bonds and pass through
obligations of the Government National Mortgage  Association (GNMA), the Farmers
Home   Administration  and  the  Export-Import  Bank.  There  is  no  percentage
limitation with respect to investments in U.S. Government securities.

                                Bank Obligations

     Assets  of  the  Portfolio  may  be  invested  in  U.S.  dollar-denominated
negotiable certificates of deposit, fixed time deposits and bankers' acceptances
of banks,  savings and loan  associations  and savings banks organized under the
laws of the  United  States  or any  state  thereof,  including  obligations  of
non-U.S.  branches of such banks, or of non-U.S. banks or their U.S. or non-U.S.
branches,  provided  that in each case,  such bank has more than $500 million in
total  assets,  and has an  outstanding  short-term  debt issue rated within the
highest rating category for short-term debt  obligations by at least two (unless
only rated by one) nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (e.g.,
Moody's and S&P) or, if unrated,  are of comparable  quality as determined by or
under the direction of the Portfolio's  Board of Trustees.  See "Bond,  Note and
Commercial Paper Ratings" in the Statement of Additional  Information.  There is
no additional  percentage  limitation  with respect to investments in negotiable
certificates  of deposit,  fixed time deposits and bankers'  acceptances of U.S.
branches of U.S. banks and U.S.  branches of non-U.S.  banks that are subject to
the same  regulation  as U.S.  banks.  Since  the  Portfolio  may  contain  U.S.
dollar-denominated  certificates  of deposit,  fixed time  deposits and bankers'
acceptances that are issued by non-U.S.  banks and their non-U.S.  branches, the
Portfolio  may be subject to additional  investment  risks with respect to those
securities that are different in some respects from obligations of U.S. issuers,
such as currency exchange control regulations, the possibility of expropriation,
seizure  or  nationalization  of  non-U.S.  deposits,  less  liquidity  and more
volatility in non-U.S. securities markets and the impact of political, social or
diplomatic developments or the adoption of other foreign government restrictions
which might adversely affect the payment of principal and interest on securities
held by the Portfolio. If it should become necessary, greater difficulties might
be encountered in invoking legal processes  abroad than would be the case in the

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United  States.  Issuers of  non-U.S.  bank  obligations  may be subject to less
stringent or different regulations than are U.S. bank issuers, there may be less
publicly available  information about a non-U.S.  issuer,  and non-U.S.  issuers
generally  are  not  subject  to  uniform  accounting  and  financial  reporting
standards,  practices and  requirements  comparable to those  applicable to U.S.
issuers.  Income  earned  or  received  by the  Portfolio  from  sources  within
countries  other than the United States may be reduced by withholding  and other
taxes imposed by such countries.  Tax conventions  between certain countries and
the United States,  however,  may reduce or eliminate such taxes. All such taxes
paid by the Portfolio would reduce its net income  available for distribution to
investors  (i.e., the Fund and other investors in the Portfolio);  however,  the
Investment  Adviser would consider  available yields, net of any required taxes,
in selecting  securities of non-U.S.  issuers.  While early  withdrawals are not
contemplated,  fixed time deposits are not readily marketable and may be subject
to early withdrawal  penalties,  which may vary. Assets of the Portfolio are not
invested in obligations of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., or the Distributor, or
in the  obligations  of the affiliates of any such  organization.  Assets of the
Portfolio  are also not invested in fixed time  deposits with a maturity of over
seven  calendar  days,  or in fixed time  deposits  with a maturity  of from two
business  days to seven  calendar days if more than 10% of the  Portfolio's  net
assets would be invested in such deposits.

                                Commercial Paper

     Assets of the  Portfolio  may be invested  in  commercial  paper  including
variable  rate demand  master notes issued by U.S.  corporations  or by non-U.S.
corporations  which are direct  parents or  subsidiaries  of U.S.  corporations.
Master notes are demand  obligations  that permit the  investment of fluctuating
amounts at varying market rates of interest pursuant to arrangements between the
issuer and a U.S.  commercial bank acting as agent for the payees of such notes.
Master notes are callable on demand,  but are not  marketable to third  parties.
Consequently,  the right to redeem such notes depends on the borrower's  ability
to pay on  demand.  At the date of  investment,  commercial  paper must be rated
within the highest rating category for short-term  debt  obligations by at least
two  (unless  only  rated  by  one)  nationally  recognized  statistical  rating
organizations  (e.g., Moody's and S&P) or, if unrated, are of comparable quality
as determined by or under the  direction of the  Portfolio's  Board of Trustees.
Any   commercial   paper  issued  by  a  non-U.S.   corporation   must  be  U.S.
dollar-denominated  and not subject to non-U.S.  withholding  tax at the time of
purchase. Aggregate investments in non-U.S. commercial paper of non-U.S. issuers
cannot exceed 10% of the Portfolio's net assets. Since the Portfolio may contain
commercial  paper  issued  by  non-U.S.  corporations,  it  may  be  subject  to
additional  investment risks with respect to those securities that are different
in some respects from  obligations of U.S.  issuers,  such as currency  exchange
control   regulations,   the   possibility   of   expropriation,    seizure   or
nationalization  of non-U.S.  deposits,  less  liquidity and more  volatility in
non-U.S.  securities  markets and the impact of political,  social or diplomatic
developments  or the adoption of other  foreign  government  restrictions  which
might adversely  affect the payment of principal and interest on securities held
by the Portfolio.  If it should become necessary,  greater difficulties might be
encountered  in invoking  legal  processes  abroad than would be the case in the
United States. There may be less publicly available information about a non-U.S.
issuer, and non-U.S. issuers generally are not subject to uniform accounting and
financial reporting  standards,  practices and requirements  comparable to those
applicable to U.S. issuers.  

                             Repurchase Agreements

     Repurchase  agreements  may be entered into for the  Portfolio  only with a
"primary dealer" (as designated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York) in U.S.
Government  securities.  This is an agreement in which the seller (the "Lender")
of a security  agrees to  repurchase  from the  Portfolio the security sold at a
mutually  agreed  upon time and price.  As such,  it is viewed as the lending of
money to the Lender.  The resale  price  normally  is in excess of the  purchase
price,  reflecting an agreed upon interest  rate.  The rate is effective for the

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period of time assets of the  Portfolio are invested in the agreement and is not
related  to the  coupon  rate on the  underlying  security.  The period of these
repurchase  agreements is usually  short,  from overnight to one week, and at no
time are assets of the  Portfolio  invested  in a  repurchase  agreement  with a
maturity of more than one year. The  securities  which are subject to repurchase
agreements,  however,  may have  maturity  dates in  excess of one year from the
effective date of the repurchase  agreement.  The Portfolio  always  receives as
collateral securities which are issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its
agencies or instrumentalities.  Collateral is marked to the market daily and has
a market value including  accrued  interest at least equal to 100% of the dollar
amount  invested on behalf of the Portfolio in each agreement along with accrued
interest.  Payment  for such  securities  is made for the  Portfolio  only  upon
physical  delivery or  evidence  of book entry  transfer to the account of State
Street  Bank  and  Trust  Company,  the  Portfolio's  Custodian.  If the  Lender
defaults,  the  Portfolio  might  incur a loss if the  value  of the  collateral
securing the repurchase  agreement declines and might incur disposition costs in
connection  with  liquidating  the  collateral.   In  addition,   if  bankruptcy
proceedings  are  commenced  with  respect to the Lender,  realization  upon the
collateral  on behalf of the  Portfolio  may be  delayed  or  limited in certain
circumstances.  A repurchase agreement with more than seven days to maturity may
not be  entered  into for the  Portfolio  if, as a result,  more than 10% of the
Portfolio's net assets would be invested in such repurchase  agreement  together
with any other investment for which market quotations are not readily available.

                          Reverse Repurchase Agreements

      Reverse  repurchase  agreements  may be entered  into only with a "primary
dealer"  (as  designated  by the  Federal  Reserve  Bank  of New  York)  in U.S.
Government  securities.  This is an agreement in which the  Portfolio  agrees to
repurchase  securities  sold by it at a mutually  agreed upon time and price. As
such,  it is viewed as the  borrowing  of money for the  Portfolio.  Proceeds of
borrowings under reverse  repurchase  agreements are invested for the Portfolio.
This is the  speculative  factor  known as  "leverage".  If interest  rates rise
during the term of a reverse  repurchase  agreement  utilized for leverage,  the
value of the securities to be repurchased for the Portfolio as well as the value
of securities  purchased with the proceeds will decline. In these circumstances,
the Portfolio's entering into reverse repurchase  agreements may have a negative
impact on the ability to maintain the Fund's net asset value of $1.00 per share.
Proceeds of a reverse repurchase transaction are not invested for a period which
exceeds the duration of the reverse repurchase  agreement.  A reverse repurchase
agreement  is not  entered  into for the  Portfolio  if, as a result,  more than
one-third of the market value of the Portfolio's total assets,  less liabilities
other than the obligations created by reverse repurchase agreements,  is engaged
in reverse repurchase  agreements.  In the event that such agreements exceed, in
the  aggregate,  one-third of such market value,  the amount of the  Portfolio's
obligations  created by reverse  repurchase  agreements is reduced  within three
days thereafter  (not including  weekends and holidays) or such longer period as
the  Securities and Exchange  Commission  may prescribe,  to an extent that such
obligations do not exceed,  in the  aggregate,  one-third of the market value of
the  Portfolio's  assets,  as  defined  above.  A  segregated  account  with the
Custodian is established  and maintained for the Portfolio with liquid assets in
an amount  at least  equal to the  Portfolio's  purchase  obligations  under its
reverse repurchase agreements. Such a segregated account consists of liquid high
grade debt securities  marked to the market daily, with additional liquid assets
added when  necessary  to insure that at all times the value of such  account is
equal to the purchase obligations.

                   When-issued and Delayed Delivery Securities

   Securities  may be purchased for the  Portfolio on a  when-issued  or delayed
delivery basis. For example, delivery and payment may take place a month or more
after the date of the  transaction.  The purchase  price and the  interest  rate
payable on the securities are fixed on the  transaction  date. The securities so
purchased  are  subject to market  fluctuation  and no  interest  accrues to the
Portfolio  until delivery and payment take place.  At the time the commitment to
purchase securities for the Portfolio on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis

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is made, the transaction is recorded and thereafter the value of such securities
is reflected each day in determining  the  Portfolio's  net asset value.  At the
time of its acquisition,  a when-issued  security may be valued at less than the
purchase price.  Commitments for such when-issued  securities are made only when
there is an intention of actually  acquiring the securities.  To facilitate such
acquisitions,  a segregated  account with the  Custodian is  maintained  for the
Portfolio  with liquid  assets in an amount at least equal to such  commitments.
Such a segregated  account consists of liquid high grade debt securities  marked
to the market  daily,  with  additional  liquid  assets added when  necessary to
insure that at all times the value of such account is equal to the  commitments.
On  delivery  dates  for  such  transactions,  such  obligations  are  met  from
maturities or sales of the securities held in the segregated account and/or from
cash flow. If the right to acquire a  when-issued  security is disposed of prior
to its  acquisition,  the Portfolio  could, as with the disposition of any other
portfolio  obligation,   incur  a  gain  or  loss  due  to  market  fluctuation.
When-issued  commitments  for  the  Portfolio  may not be  entered  into if such
commitments  exceed in the aggregate 15% of the market value of the  Portfolio's
total assets, less liabilities other than the obligations created by when-issued
commitments.

                                Other Obligations

     Assets of the  Portfolio  may be invested  in bonds,  with  maturities  not
exceeding one year, issued by U.S.  corporations which at the date of investment
are rated within the highest  rating  category for such  obligations by at least
two  (unless  only  rated  by  one)  nationally  recognized  statistical  rating
organizations  (e.g., Moody's and S&P) or, if unrated, are of comparable quality
as determined by or under the direction of the Portfolio's Board of Trustees.

     Assets  of the  Portfolio  may  also  be  invested  in  obligations  of the
International  Bank for Reconstruction and Development which may be supported by
appropriated but unpaid  commitments of its member countries,  although there is
no assurance that these  commitments will be undertaken in the future.  However,
assets of the Portfolio may not be invested in obligations of the Inter-American
Development Bank or the Asian Development Bank.

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The 59 Wall Street Trust


Investment Adviser and
  Administrator of the Trust
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
59 Wall Street
New York, New York  10005

Distributor
59 Wall Street Distributors, Inc.
6 St. James Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts  02116

Shareholder Servicing Agent
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
59 Wall Street
New York, New York  10005
(212) 493-8100



No  dealer,  salesman  or any  other  person  has  been  authorized  to give any
information or to make any  representations,  other than those contained in this
Prospectus and the Statement of Additional  Information,  in connection with the
offer contained in this Prospectus, and if given or made, such other information
or  representations  must not be relied  upon as having been  authorized  by the
Trust or the  Distributor.  This  Prospectus does not constitute an offer by the
Trust or by the Distributor to sell or the  solicitation of any offer to buy any
of the securities offered hereby in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is
unlawful  for  the  Trust  or  the  Distributor  to  make  such  offer  in  such
jurisdiction.

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STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

                      THE 59 WALL STREET MONEY MARKET FUND

                6 St. James Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02116

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         The 59 Wall  Street  Money  Market  Fund  (the  "Fund")  is a  separate
portfolio of The 59 Wall Street  Trust (the  "Trust"),  a management  investment
company  registered  under the  Investment  Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"1940 Act").  The Fund is a type of mutual fund commonly known as a money market
fund. The Fund is designed to be a cost effective and convenient means of making
substantial investments in money market instruments. The investment objective of
the Fund is to achieve as high a level of current  income as is consistent  with
the preservation of capital and the maintenance of liquidity. The Trust seeks to
achieve the  investment  objective  of the Fund by  investing  all of the Fund's
assets in the U.S.  Money Market  Portfolio  (the  "Portfolio"),  a  diversified
open-end  investment  company having the same investment  objective as the Fund.
The  Portfolio  pursues its  investment  objective by investing in high quality,
short-term money market  instruments.  There can be no assurance that the Fund's
investment objective will be achieved.

   
         Brown Brothers  Harriman & Co. is the  Portfolio's  investment  adviser
(the "Investment  Adviser").  This Statement of Additional  Information is not a
prospectus and should be read in conjunction  with the Prospectus dated November
1, 1995,  a copy of which may be obtained  from the Trust at the  address  noted
above.
    

                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                              CROSS-REFERENCE TO
                                             PAGE             PAGE IN PROSPECTUS
   
Investment Objective and Policies             2                     5, 6-7
Investment Restrictions                       2                        7-8
Trustees and Officers                         5                         10
Investment Adviser                            8                      10-11
Administrators                                9                      11-13
Distributor                                  10                         14
Net Asset Value                              11                         15
Computation of Performance                   12                         19
Federal Taxes                                13                      16-17
Massachusetts Trust                          13                      17-18
Portfolio Transactions                       15                          6
Bond, Note and Commercial Paper Ratings      16                        --
Additional Information                       17                         19
Financial Statements                         18                          4

   THE DATE OF THIS STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS NOVEMBER 1, 1995.
    


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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES
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         The following  supplements the information  contained in the Prospectus
concerning the investment objective, policies and techniques of the Fund and the
Portfolio.  Since the investment characteristics of the Fund correspond directly
to  those  of the  Portfolio,  the  following  is a  discussion  of the  various
investments and investment policies of the Portfolio.

   
         LOANS OF  PORTFOLIO  SECURITIES.  Securities  of the  Portfolio  may be
loaned if such loans are secured  continuously by cash or equivalent  collateral
or by an  irrevocable  letter of credit in favor of the Portfolio at least equal
at all times to 100% of the market value of the  securities  loaned plus accrued
income.  While such  securities are on loan, the borrower pays the Portfolio any
income accruing thereon,  and cash collateral may be invested for the Portfolio,
thereby  earning  additional  income.  All or any portion of interest  earned on
invested  collateral  may  be  paid  to  the  borrower.  Loans  are  subject  to
termination  by the Portfolio in the normal  settlement  time,  currently  three
business  days after notice,  or by the borrower on one day's  notice.  Borrowed
securities  are  returned  when  the loan is  terminated.  Any  appreciation  or
depreciation in the market price of the borrowed  securities which occurs during
the term of the loan  inures  to the  Portfolio  and its  investors.  Reasonable
finders' and custodial fees may be paid in connection  with a loan. In addition,
all facts and  circumstances,  including the  creditworthiness  of the borrowing
financial institution,  are considered before a loan is made and no loan is made
in excess of one year.  There is the risk that a  borrowed  security  may not be
returned to the  Portfolio.  Securities of the Portfolio are not loaned to Brown
Brothers Harriman & Co. or to any affiliate of the Trust, the Portfolio or Brown
Brothers Harriman & Co.
    

INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
 =============================================================================

         The Fund and the Portfolio are operated under the following  investment
restrictions which are deemed fundamental  policies and may be changed only with
the approval of the holders of a "majority of the outstanding  voting securities
as  defined  in the 1940 Act" of the Fund or the  Portfolio,  as the case may be
(see "Additional Information").

         Except  that the  Trust  may  invest  all of the  Fund's  assets  in an
open-end  investment company with  substantially the same investment  objective,
policies and restrictions as the Fund, neither the Portfolio nor the Trust, with
respect to the Fund, may:

         (1) purchase securities which may not be resold to the public without
registration under the Securities Act of 1933;

         (2) enter  into  repurchase  agreements  with more than  seven  days to
maturity if, as a result  thereof,  more than 10% of the market value of its net
assets would be invested in such repurchase  agreements  together with any other
investment for which market quotations are not readily available;

         (3)      enter into reverse repurchase agreements which, including any
borrowings under Investment Restriction No. 4, exceed, in the aggregate, one-

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third of the  market  value of its total  assets,  less  liabilities  other than
obligations  created by reverse  repurchase  agreements.  In the event that such
agreements  exceed,  in the aggregate,  one-third of such market value, it will,
within three days  thereafter  (not  including  weekends  and  holidays) or such
longer period as the  Securities and Exchange  Commission may prescribe,  reduce
the amount of the  obligations  created by reverse  repurchase  agreements to an
extent that such obligations will not exceed, in the aggregate, one-third of the
market value of its assets;

         (4) borrow  money,  except from banks for  extraordinary  or  emergency
purposes  and then only in  amounts  not to exceed 10% of the value of its total
assets,  taken  at cost,  at the time of such  borrowing;  mortgage,  pledge  or
hypothecate  any assets  except in  connection  with any such  borrowing  and in
amounts  not to exceed  10% of the  value of its net  assets at the time of such
borrowing.  Neither the  Portfolio  nor the Trust on behalf of the Fund,  as the
case may be, will purchase  securities while  borrowings  exceed 5% of its total
assets.  This borrowing  provision is included to facilitate the orderly sale of
portfolio  securities,  for example, in the event of abnormally heavy redemption
requests,  and is not for  investment  purposes  and does not  apply to  reverse
repurchase agreements (see "Other Investments - Reverse Repurchase Agreements");

         (5) enter into when-issued  commitments  exceeding in the aggregate 15%
of the market value of its total assets, less liabilities other than obligations
created by when-issued commitments;

         (6)purchase the securities or other  obligations of issuers  conducting
their principal  business  activity in the same industry if,  immediately  after
such purchase,  the value of such  investments in such industry would exceed 25%
of the value of its total assets. For purposes of industry concentration,  there
is no  percentage  limitation  with respect to  investments  in U.S.  Government
securities  and  negotiable  certificates  of deposit,  fixed time  deposits and
bankers'  acceptances  of U.S.  branches  of U.S.  banks  and U.S.  branches  of
non-U.S. banks that are subject to the same regulation as U.S. banks;

         (7) purchase the securities or other  obligations of any one issuer if,
immediately  after such purchase,  more than 5% of the value of its total assets
would be invested in  securities  or other  obligations  or any one such issuer.
This limitation does not apply to issues of the U.S. Government, its agencies or
instrumentalities;

         (8)  make  loans,  except  through  the  purchase  or  holding  of debt
obligations,   repurchase   agreements  or  loans  of  portfolio  securities  in
accordance with its investment objective and policies (see "Investment Objective
and Policies");

         (9)  purchase  or  sell  puts,  calls,   straddles,   spreads,  or  any
combinations thereof; real estate; commodities; commodity contracts or interests
in oil, gas or mineral exploration or development  programs.  However,  bonds or
commercial  paper issued by  companies  which invest in real estate or interests
therein including real estate investment trusts may be purchased;


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         (10) purchase  securities on margin,  make short sales of securities or
maintain a short  position,  provided that this  restriction is not deemed to be
applicable  to the purchase or sale of  when-issued  securities or of securities
for delivery at a future date;

         (11)  invest in fixed  time  deposits  with a  duration  of over  seven
calendar  days,  or in fixed time  deposits with a duration of from two business
days to seven  calendar  days if more  than  10% of its  total  assets  would be
invested in such deposits;

         (12)  acquire securities of other investment companies;

         (13)  act as an underwriter of securities; or

         (14)  issue any  senior  security  (as that term is defined in the 1940
Act) if such  issuance is  specifically  prohibited by the 1940 Act or the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.

    Except  with  respect  to  Investment  Restriction  No. 3,  there will be no
violation of any investment  restriction if that restriction is complied with at
the time the relevant action is taken  notwithstanding  a later change in market
value of an investment,  in net or total assets, in the securities rating of the
investment, or any other later change.

         STATE AND FEDERAL  RESTRICTIONS.  In order to comply with certain state
and federal statutes and policies neither the Portfolio nor the Trust, on behalf
of the Fund,  may as a matter of  operating  policy  (except  that the Trust may
invest  all  of  the  Fund's  assets  in an  open-end  investment  company  with
substantially  the same investment  objective,  policies and restrictions as the
Fund):  (i) borrow  money for any  purpose in excess of 10% of its total  assets
(taken at cost) (moreover, securities are not purchased at any time at which the
amount of its borrowings exceed 5% of its total assets (taken at market value)),
(ii) pledge, mortgage or hypothecate for any purpose in excess of 10% of its net
assets (taken at market  value),  (iii) sell any security  which it does not own
unless by virtue of its ownership of other securities it has at the time of sale
a  right  to  obtain  securities,  without  payment  of  further  consideration,
equivalent in kind and amount to the  securities  sold and provided that if such
right is  conditional  the sale  would be made  upon the same  conditions,  (iv)
invest  for the  purpose  of  exercising  control or  management,  (v)  purchase
securities  issued by any  investment  company  except by  purchase  in the open
market where no  commission  or profit to a sponsor or dealer  results from such
purchase  other than the  customary  broker's  commission,  or except  when such
purchase,  though  not made in the open  market,  is part of a plan of merger or
consolidation;  provided, however, that securities of any investment company are
not  purchased if such purchase at the time thereof would cause more than 10% of
its total assets  (taken at the greater of cost or market  value) to be invested
in the securities of such issuers or would cause more than 3% of the outstanding
voting  securities  of any such  issuer to be held for it, (vi) invest more than
10% of its  net  assets  (taken  at the  greater  of cost or  market  value)  in
securities  that are not readily  marketable,  (vii) purchase  securities of any
issuer if such purchase at the time thereof would cause it to hold more than 10%
of any class of securities of such issuer,

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for which  purposes  all  indebtedness  of an  issuer is deemed a single  class,
(viii)  invest  more  than  5% of  its  assets  in  companies  which,  including
predecessors, have a record of less than three years of continuous operation, or
(ix) purchase or retain in its portfolio any securities  issued by an issuer any
of whose  officers,  directors,  trustees or  security  holders is an officer or
Trustee  of the Trust or the  Portfolio,  or is an  officer  or  partner  of the
Investment  Adviser, if after the purchase of the securities of such issuer, one
or more of such persons owns  beneficially  more than 1/2 of 1% of the shares or
securities, or both, all taken at market value, of such issuer, and such persons
owning  more  than  1/2  of  1%  of  such  shares  or  securities  together  own
beneficially  more than 5% of such shares or  securities,  or both, all taken at
market value.  These  policies are not  fundamental  and may be changed  without
shareholder or investor approval in response to changes in the various state and
federal requirements.

         PERCENTAGE  AND  RATING   RESTRICTIONS.   If  a  percentage  or  rating
restriction  on investment or  utilization of assets set forth above or referred
to in the  Prospectus  is adhered to at the time an investment is made or assets
are so utilized,  a later  change in  percentage  resulting  from changes in the
value of the portfolio securities or a later change in the rating of a portfolio
security  is not  considered  a  violation  of  policy.  If the  Fund's  and the
Portfolio's  respective  investment  restrictions  relating  to  any  particular
investment practice or policy are not consistent,  the Portfolio has agreed with
the Trust,  on behalf of the Fund,  that the  Portfolio  will adhere to the more
restrictive limitation.

TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
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         The Trustees  and  executive  officers of the Trust and the  Portfolio,
their principal occupation during the past five years (although their titles may
have varied during the period) and business addresses are:
    

                             TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST

   
         J.V.  SHIELDS,  JR.* -- Chairman of the Board and Trustee;  Director of
The 59 Wall  Street  Fund,  Inc.  (since  September  1990);  Managing  Director,
Chairman and Chief  Executive  Officer of Shields & Company;  Chairman and Chief
Executive  Officer of Capital  Management  Associates,  Inc.;  and  Director  of
Flowers  Industries,  Inc.(1)  His  business  address is  Shields & Company,  71
Broadway, New York, NY 10006.

         EUGENE P. BEARD** -- Trustee; Director of The 59 Wall Street Fund, Inc.
(since April 1993);  and Executive  Vice  President -- Finance and Operations of
The  Interpublic  Group of Companies.  His business  address is The  Interpublic
Group of Companies, Inc., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.

         DAVID P.  FELDMAN**  -- Trustee;  Director of The 59 Wall Street  Fund,
Inc. (since September 1990); Corporate Vice President--Investment  Management of
American  Telephone and Telegraph Co.,  Inc.;  Director of Dreyfus Mutual Funds,
Equity Fund of Latin  America  (since prior to April 1990),  New World  Balanced
Fund (since  prior to May 1990),  India  Magnum Fund (since  prior to  September
1990),  and U.S. Prime  Properties Inc.  (since  February 1990);  and Trustee of
Corporate  Property  Investors.  His business address is American  Telephone and
Telegraph Co., Inc., One Oak Way, Room 2EA 176, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922.     

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         ALAN G. LOWY** -- Trustee;  Private  investor;  Director of The 59 Wall
Street Fund,  Inc.  (since April 1993);  and Secretary of the Los Angeles County
Board of Investments  (prior to March 1995).  His business address is 4111 Clear
Valley Drive, Encino, CA 91436.

         ARTHUR D.  MILTENBERGER**  --  Trustee;  Director of The 59 Wall Street
Fund, Inc. (since February 1992);  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Richard K. Mellon and Sons;  Treasurer  of the Richard  King Mellon  Foundation;
Director of Enterprise  Corporation (prior to 1992), Vought Aircraft Corporation
(prior  to  September  1994),  Caterair  International  (prior  to April  1994),
Computer Renaissance,  Inc. (prior to March 1990), and I&M Orchards, Inc. (prior
to 1991); and Member of the Valuation Committee of T. Rowe Price Threshold Fund,
L.P. (prior to 1992), Advisory Committee of the Carlyle Group and the Pittsburgh
Seed Fund and the  Valuation  Committee of  Morgenthaler  Venture Funds (2). His
business  address is Richard K.  Mellon and Sons,  P.O.  Box RKM,  Ligonier,  PA
15658.     

                           TRUSTEES OF THE PORTFOLIO

   
         H.B. ALVORD** -- Chairman of the Board and Trustee; Retired; Trustee of
the Trust (from September 1990 to October 1994);  Director of The 59 Wall Street
Fund, Inc. (from September 1990 to October 1994);  and Trustee of Landmark Funds
III, Landmark Tax Free Reserves,  Landmark Multi-State Tax Free Funds,  Landmark
Tax Free Income Funds,  Landmark Fixed Income Funds,  Landmark Funds I, Landmark
Funds II, and  Landmark  International  Equity Fund  (since  August  1990).  His
business address is P.O. Box 1812, Pebble Beach, CA 93953.

         RICHARD L.  CARPENTER** -- Trustee;  Director of Internal  Investments,
Public  School  Employees'  Retirement  System  (since June 1991);  and Managing
Director of Chase Investors Management Corp. (prior to March 1990). His business
address is 208 N. President Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17603.

         CLIFFORD A.  CLARK** --  Trustee;  Retired;  Director  of Schmid,  Inc.
(prior to July 1993); and Managing Director of the Smith-Denison Foundation. His
business address is 42 Clowes Drive, Falmouth, MA 02540.

         EDWARD H. NORTHROP** -- Trustee; Chairman of Xicom, Inc.. His business
address is P.O. Box 7, Innistree, Arden, NY  10910.

         DAVID M.  SEITZMAN** -- Trustee;  Practicing  Physician  with Seitzman,
Shuman,  Kwart and Phillips;  and Director of the National Capital  Underwriting
Company,  Commonwealth  Medical  Liability  Insurance  Co. and National  Capital
Insurance  Brokerage,  Limited  (since  1991).  His business  address is 2021 K.
Street, N.W., Suite 408, Washington, DC 20006.     

                    OFFICERS OF THE TRUST AND THE PORTFOLIO

            

         PHILIP W. COOLIDGE -- President;  Chief Executive Officer and President
of Signature  Financial Group, Inc. ("SFG"), 59 Wall Street  Distributors,  Inc.
("59  Wall  Street   Distributors")   (since  June  1990)  and  59  Wall  Street
Administrators, Inc. ("59 Wall Street Administrators") (since June 1993).

         JAMES E.  HOOLAHAN  -- Vice  President;  Senior Vice  President  of SFG
(since prior to December 1990).     

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         THOMAS M. LENZ --  Secretary;  Vice  President  and  Associate  General
Counsel of SFG (since prior to November  1990);  and  Assistant  Secretary of 59
Wall  Street  Distributors  (since May 1991) and 59 Wall  Street  Administrators
(since June 1993).

         SUSAN  JAKUBOSKI*** -- Assistant  Treasurer and Assistant  Secretary of
the Portfolio;  Assistant  Secretary,  Assistant Treasurer and Vice President of
Signature  Financial Group (Cayman) Limited (since August 1994); Fund Compliance
Administrator  of Concord  Financial  Group,  Inc. (from November 1990 to August
1994); and Senior Fund Accountant of Neuberger & Berman Management  Incorporated
(prior to November 1990).  Her business address is Elizabethan  Square,  Shedden
Road, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, BWI.

         MOLLY S. MUGLER -- Assistant  Secretary;  Legal  Counsel and  Assistant
Secretary of SFG; and Assistant  Secretary of 59 Wall Street Distributors (since
June 1990) and 59 Wall Street Administrators (since June 1993).

         BARBARA M. O'DETTE -- Assistant Treasurer; Assistant Treasurer of SFG,
59 Wall Street Distributors (since June 1990) and 59 Wall Street Administrators
(since June 1993).

         DAVID G.  DANIELSON -- Assistant  Treasurer;  Assistant  Manager of SFG
(since May 1991); and Graduate Student,  Northeastern University (prior to March
1991).

         BRIAN J. HALL -- Assistant Treasurer; Fund Administrator of SFG (since
November 1991); and Senior State Regulation Administrator of The Boston Company
(prior to November 1991).
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*     Mr. Shields is an "interested person" of the Trust and the Portfolio
      because of his affiliation with a registered broker-dealer.

**    These Trustees are members of the Audit Committee of the Trust or the
      Portfolio, as the case may be.

***   Ms. Jakuboski is an officer of the Portfolio but is not an officer of the
      Trust.

(1)   Shields & Company, Capital Management Associates, Inc. and Flowers
      Industries, Inc., with which Mr. Shields is associated, are a registered
      broker-dealer and a member of the New York Stock Exchange, a registered
      investment adviser, and a diversified food company, respectively.

(2)   Richard K. Mellon and Sons, Richard King Mellon Foundation, Enterprise
      Corporation, Vought Aircraft Corporation, Caterair International, The
      Carlyle Group and Morgenthaler Venture Funds, with which Mr. Miltenberger
      is or has been associated, are a private foundation, a private foundation,
      a business development firm, an aircraft manufacturer, an airline food
      services company, a merchant bank, and a venture capital partnership,
      respectively.

   
         Each Trustee and officer of the Trust listed above holds the equivalent
position with The 59 Wall Street Fund, Inc. The address of each officer of the
    

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Trust is 6 St. James Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02116.  Messrs. Coolidge,
Hoolahan, Lenz, Danielson and Hall and Mss. Jakuboski, Mugler and O'Dette also
hold similar positions with other investment companies for which affiliates of
59 Wall Street Distributors serve as the principal underwriter.
    

         Except for Mr.  Shields,  no Trustee is an  "interested  person" of the
Trust or the Portfolio as that term is defined in the 1940 Act.

   
         The Trustees  receive a base annual fee of $15,000 (except the Chairman
who  receives a base annual fee of $20,000)  which is paid jointly by all series
of the Trust and The 59 Wall Street Fund,  Inc. and  allocated  among the series
based upon their  respective  net assets.  In  addition,  each series  which has
commenced operations pays an annual fee to each Trustee of $1,000. The aggregate
compensation  to each  Trustee  from the  Trust and the Fund  Complex  (the Fund
Complex  consists of the Trust and The 59 Wall Street Fund, Inc. which currently
consists of six series) was less than $60,000.
    

         By virtue of the responsibilities  assumed by Brown Brothers Harriman &
Co.  under  the  Investment  Advisory  Agreement  with  the  Portfolio  and  the
Administration  Agreement with the Fund,  and by Brown  Brothers  Harriman Trust
Company (Cayman) Limited under the  Administration  Agreement with the Portfolio
(see  "Investment  Adviser"  and  "Administrators"),  neither  the Trust nor the
Portfolio requires  employees other than its officers,  and none of its officers
devote full time to the affairs of the Trust or the  Portfolio,  as the case may
be, or, other than the Chairmen,  receive any compensation  from the Fund or the
Portfolio.

   
         As of September  30,  1995,  the Trustees and officers of the Trust and
the  Portfolio  as a group owned less than 1% of the  outstanding  shares of the
Trust and less than 1% of the aggregate  beneficial  interests in the Portfolio.
At the close of business on that date no person, to the knowledge of management,
owned  beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding  shares of the Fund nor more
than 5% of the  aggregate  beneficial  interests in the  Portfolio.  Partners of
Brown Brothers  Harriman & Co. and their  immediate  families  owned  23,615,657
(3.79%)  shares of the Fund.  Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co. and its affiliates
separately  were able to direct the  disposition  of an  additional  121,608,449
(19.50%)  shares of the Fund, as to which shares Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co.
disclaims beneficial ownership.
    

INVESTMENT ADVISER
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         Under its Investment Advisory Agreement with the Portfolio,  subject to
the general supervision of the Portfolio's  Trustees and in conformance with the
stated  policies  of the  Portfolio,  Brown  Brothers  Harriman  & Co.  provides
investment advice and portfolio  management  services to the Portfolio.  In this
regard,  it is the  responsibility  of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. to make the
day-to-day  investment  decisions for the  Portfolio,  to place the purchase and
sale orders for portfolio transactions and to manage, generally, the Portfolio's
investments.
    


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         The Investment Advisory Agreement between Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
and the Portfolio is dated December 15, 1993 and remains in effect for two years
from such date and thereafter, but only as long as the agreement is specifically
approved at least  annually  (i) by a vote of the holders of a "majority  of the
outstanding  voting securities as defined in the 1940 Act" of the Portfolio,  or
by the Portfolio's Trustees, and (ii) by a vote of a majority of the Trustees of
the  Portfolio  who are not  parties to the  Investment  Advisory  Agreement  or
"interested persons" (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Portfolio ("Independent
Trustees"), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such
approval.  The  Investment  Advisory  Agreement was approved by the  Independent
Trustees on December 15, 1993.  The  Investment  Advisory  Agreement  terminates
automatically  if assigned and is  terminable  at any time without  penalty by a
vote of a majority of the Trustees of the  Portfolio or by a vote of the holders
of a "majority of the outstanding  voting securities as defined in the 1940 Act"
of the Portfolio on 60 days' written notice to Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. and
by Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co. on 90 days'  written  notice to the Portfolio
(see "Additional Information").

   
         With respect to the Portfolio,  the investment advisory fee paid to the
Investment  Adviser is calculated daily and paid monthly at an annual rate equal
to 0.15% of the Portfolio's average daily net assets. Prior to November 1, 1994,
Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co.  managed  the assets of the Fund  pursuant to an
Investment  Advisory  Agreement  which was terminated by the Trust, on behalf of
the Fund, upon the Fund's investment of all of its assets in the Portfolio.  For
the period  October 31, 1994  through  June 30,  1995,  the  Portfolio  incurred
$614,606 for advisory services. For the period July 1, 1994 to October 31, 1994,
the Fund  incurred  $281,568 for advisory  services.  For the fiscal years ended
June 30, 1994 and 1993, the Fund paid $1,471,193 and  $2,798,423,  respectively,
for advisory services.
    

         The  Glass-Steagall  Act prohibits certain financial  institutions from
engaging in the business of underwriting, selling or distributing securities and
from  sponsoring,  organizing or  controlling a registered  open-end  investment
company  continuously  engaged in the issuance of its shares,  such as the Fund.
There is presently no controlling precedent  prohibiting financial  institutions
such as Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co.  from  performing  investment  advisory,
administrative or shareholder servicing/eligible institution functions. If Brown
Brothers Harriman & Co. were to terminate its Investment Advisory Agreement with
the Portfolio,  or were prohibited from acting in such capacity,  it is expected
that the Trustees of the Portfolio  would  recommend to the investors  that they
approve a new  investment  advisory  agreement  for the  Portfolio  with another
qualified  adviser.  If Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co.  were to  terminate  its
Shareholder    Servicing   Agreement,    Eligible   Institution   Agreement   or
Administration  Agreement with the Trust or were  prohibited  from acting in any
such capacity,  its customers  would be permitted to remain  shareholders of the
Fund and alternative means for providing  shareholder services or administrative
services,  as the case may be,  would be sought.  In such  event,  although  the
operation of the Trust might change,  it is not expected  that any  shareholders
would suffer any adverse financial  consequences.  However, an alternative means
of providing shareholder services might afford less convenience to shareholders.


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ADMINISTRATORS
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         The  Administration  Agreements  between  the Trust and Brown  Brothers
Harriman & Co.  (dated  November 1, 1993) and between  the  Portfolio  and Brown
Brothers  Harriman Trust Company (Cayman) Limited (dated December 15, 1993) will
remain in effect for two years from such  respective  date and  thereafter,  but
only so long as each such agreement is  specifically  approved at least annually
in the  same  manner  as the  Investment  Advisory  Agreement  (see  "Investment
Adviser").  The  Independent  Trustees last approved the Trust's  Administration
Agreement and the  Portfolio's  Administration  Agreement on August 22, 1995 and
December 15, 1993, respectively.  Each agreement will terminate automatically if
assigned by either party thereto and is terminable  with respect to the Trust or
the  Portfolio  at any  time  without  penalty  by a vote of a  majority  of the
Trustees of the Trust or the Trustees of the  Portfolio,  as the case may be, or
by a vote of the holders of a "majority of the outstanding  voting securities as
defined in the 1940 Act" of the Trust or the Portfolio,  as the case may be (see
"Additional Information"). The Trust's Administration Agreement is terminable by
the  Trustees  of the Trust or  shareholders  of the  Trust on 60 days'  written
notice to Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. The Portfolio's Administration Agreement
is  terminable  by the  Trustees  of the  Portfolio  or by the  Fund  and  other
investors in the Portfolio on 60 days' written notice to Brown Brothers Harriman
Trust Company (Cayman)  Limited.  Each agreement is terminable by the respective
Administrator  on 90 days' written notice to the Trust or the Portfolio,  as the
case may be.

         The  administrative  fee payable to Brown Brothers  Harriman & Co. from
the Fund is  calculated  daily and  payable  monthly at an annual  rate equal to
0.075% of the Fund's average daily net assets.  From November 1, 1993 to October
31,  1994,  Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co. was paid at an annual  rate equal to
0.10% of the Fund's average daily net assets. Prior to November 1, 1993, 59 Wall
Street  Distributors  served  as  administrator  of the Trust and was paid at an
annual rate equal to 0.05% of the Fund's  average  daily net assets.  During the
fiscal  years  ended  June 30,  1995,  1994 and 1993,  the Fund  paid  $494,282,
$515,818 and $349,803, respectively, for administrative services.

         The  administrative  fee paid to Brown Brothers  Harriman Trust Company
(Cayman)  Limited by the Portfolio is  calculated  and paid monthly at an annual
rate equal to 0.035% of the Portfolio's average daily net assets. Brown Brothers
Harriman Trust Company  (Cayman)  Limited is a wholly-owned  subsidiary of Brown
Brothers Harriman Trust Company of New York, which is a wholly-owned  subsidiary
of Brown  Brothers  Harriman & Co. For the period  October 31, 1994 through June
30, 1995, the Portfolio incurred $143,408 for administrative services.
    

DISTRIBUTOR
 =============================================================================

   
         The  Distribution  Agreement  (dated August 31, 1990) between the Trust
and 59 Wall Street Distributors remains in effect indefinitely, but only so long
as such agreement is specifically  approved at least annually in the same manner
as  the  Investment   Advisory   Agreement  (see  "Investment   Adviser").   The
Distribution Agreement was most recently approved by the Independent Trustees of
the Trust on February  22,  1995.  The  agreement  terminates  automatically  if
assigned by either party thereto and is  terminable  with respect to the Fund at
any time without
    

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penalty by a vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust or by a vote of the
holders of a "majority of the  outstanding  voting  securities as defined in the
1940 Act" of the Fund (see "Additional Information"). The Distribution Agreement
is terminable  with respect to the Fund by the Trust's  Trustees or shareholders
of the Fund on 60 days'  written  notice  to 59 Wall  Street  Distributors.  The
agreement  is  terminable  by 59 Wall Street  Distributors  on 90 days'  written
notice to the Trust.

NET ASSET VALUE
 =============================================================================

   
         The net asset value of each of the Fund's shares is determined each day
the New York Stock  Exchange is open for regular  trading and New York banks are
open for business. (As of the date of this Statement of Additional  Information,
such  Exchange  and banks are so open every  weekday  except  for the  following
holidays:  New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday,
Memorial  Day,   Independence  Day,  Labor  Day,  Columbus  Day,  Veterans  Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas.)  This  determination of net asset value of each
share of the Fund is made once  during  each such day as of the close of regular
trading on such  Exchange  by  subtracting  from the value of the  Fund's  total
assets (i.e., the value of its investment in the Portfolio and other assets) the
amount of its liabilities,  including expenses payable or accrued,  and dividing
the  difference by the number of shares of the Fund  outstanding at the time the
determination  is made. It is anticipated that the net asset value of each share
of the Fund will remain  constant at $1.00 and,  although  no  assurance  can be
given  that it will be able to do so on a  continuing  basis,  the Trust and the
Portfolio employ specific  investment policies and procedures to accomplish this
result.
    

         The  value  of the  Portfolio's  net  assets  (i.e.,  the  value of its
securities and other assets less its liabilities,  including expenses payable or
accrued)  is  determined  at the same time and on the same days as the net asset
value per share of the Fund is determined. The value of the Fund's investment in
the Portfolio is  determined by  multiplying  the value of the  Portfolio's  net
assets by the  percentage,  effective for that day, which  represents the Fund's
share of the aggregate beneficial interests in the Portfolio.

         The  securities  held by the  Portfolio  are valued at their  amortized
cost.  Pursuant  to a  rule  of  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission,  an
investment  company may use the  amortized  cost method of valuation  subject to
certain  conditions  and the  determination  that  such  method  is in the  best
interests of the Fund's  shareholders and the Portfolio's  other investors.  The
use of amortized cost valuations is subject to the following conditions:  (i) as
a  particular  responsibility  within  the  overall  duty  of  care  owed to the
Portfolio's investors, the Trustees of the Portfolio have established procedures
reasonably  designed,  taking into account  current  market  conditions  and the
investment  objective  of its  investors,  to  stabilize  the net asset value as
computed;  (ii) the procedures  include  periodic  review by the Trustees of the
Portfolio,  as they deem  appropriate and at such intervals as are reasonable in
light of current market conditions, of the relationship between the value of the
Portfolio's net assets using amortized cost and the value of the Portfolio's net
assets  based upon  available  indications  of market value with respect to such
portfolio  securities;  (iii) the Trustees of the  Portfolio  will consider what
steps,  if any,  should be taken if a  difference  of more than 1/2 of 1% occurs
between the two methods of

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valuation;  and (iv) the Trustees of the Portfolio  will take such steps as they
consider  appropriate,  such  as  shortening  the  average  portfolio  maturity,
realizing gains or losses as a result of the Fund's investment in the Portfolio,
establishing  the value of the Portfolio's net assets by using available  market
quotations,  or reducing the number of interests in the  Portfolio,  to minimize
any material dilution or other unfair results which might arise from differences
between the two methods of valuation.



         Such  conditions  also generally  require that: (i) investments for the
Portfolio  be  limited  to  instruments  which  the  Trustees  of the  Portfolio
determine  present  minimal  credit  risks  and  which  are of high  quality  as
determined by any nationally recognized  statistical rating organization that is
not an affiliated person of the issuer of, or any issuer,  guarantor or provider
of credit support for, the instrument, or, in the case of any instrument that is
not so rated, is of comparable  quality as determined by the Investment  Adviser
under  the  general  supervision  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Portfolio;  (ii) a
dollar-weighted  average  portfolio  maturity  of  not  more  than  90  days  be
maintained and no instrument is purchased with a remaining maturity of more than
397 days; (iii) the Portfolio's available cash will be invested in such a manner
as to  reduce  such  maturity  to 90 days  or  less  as  soon  as is  reasonably
practicable,   if  the  disposition  of  a  portfolio   security  results  in  a
dollar-weighted  average  portfolio  maturity of more than 90 days;  and (iv) no
more than 5% of the  Portfolio's  total assets may be invested in the securities
of any one issuer (other than U.S. Government securities).

COMPUTATION OF PERFORMANCE
 =============================================================================

   
         The current and  effective  yields of the Fund may be used from time to
time  in  shareholder  reports  or  other   communications  to  shareholders  or
prospective  investors.  Seven-day current yield is computed by dividing the net
change in  account  value  (exclusive  of  capital  changes)  of a  hypothetical
pre-existing  account  having  a  balance  of one  share at the  beginning  of a
seven-day  calendar period by the value of that account at the beginning of that
period,  and  multiplying  the return over the  seven-day  period by 365/7.  For
purposes of the  calculation,  net change in account value reflects the value of
additional shares purchased with dividends from the original share and dividends
declared on both the original share and any such additional shares, but does not
reflect realized gains or losses or unrealized appreciation or depreciation. The
Fund's current yield for the seven-day  calendar  period ended June 30, 1995 was
5.52%. In addition,  the Trust may use an effective  annualized  yield quotation
for the Fund  computed  on a  compounded  basis by  adding 1 to the base  period
return  (calculated  as  described  above),  raising the sum to a power equal to
365/7,  and  subtracting 1 from the result.  Based upon this latter method,  the
Fund's effective  annualized yield for the seven-day  calendar period ended June
30, 1995 was 5.68%.
    

         The yield should not be considered a representation of the yield of the
Fund in the future  since the yield is not fixed.  Actual  yields will depend on
the type,  quality and  maturities of the  investments  held for the  Portfolio,
changes in interest rates on  investments,  and the Fund's  expenses  during the
period.

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         Yield  information  may be useful for reviewing the  performance of the
Fund  and  for  providing  a  basis  for   comparison   with  other   investment
alternatives.  However,  unlike bank deposits or other  investments  which pay a
fixed yield for a stated period of time,  the Fund's yield does  fluctuate,  and
this should be considered when reviewing performance or making comparisons.

FEDERAL TAXES
 =============================================================================

         Each year,  the Trust intends to continue to qualify the Fund and elect
that the Fund be treated  as a separate  "regulated  investment  company"  under
Subchapter M of the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as amended (the  "Code").
Under  Subchapter M of the Code the Fund is not subject to federal  income taxes
on amounts distributed to shareholders.

         Qualification  as  a  regulated   investment  company  under  the  Code
requires,  among other things,  that (a) at least 90% of the Fund's annual gross
income,  without  offset  for  losses  from  the sale or  other  disposition  of
securities, be derived from interest, payments with respect to securities loans,
dividends  and gains from the sale or other  disposition  of securities or other
income derived with respect to its business of investing in such securities; (b)
less than 30% of the Fund's  annual gross income be derived from gains  (without
offset for losses) from the sale or other  disposition  of  securities  held for
less than three months; and (c) the holdings of the Fund be diversified so that,
at the end of each  quarter of its fiscal  year,  (i) at least 50% of the market
value of the Fund's assets be represented by cash,  U.S.  Government  securities
and other  securities  limited  in  respect  of any one  issuer to an amount not
greater  than  5% of  the  Fund's  assets  and  10% of  the  outstanding  voting
securities of such issuer, and (ii) not more than 25% of the value of the Fund's
assets  be  invested  in the  securities  of any one  issuer  (other  than  U.S.
Government  securities  and  securities  of  other  investment  companies).   In
addition,  in order not to be subject to federal income tax, at least 90% of the
Fund's net  investment  income and net  short-term  capital gains earned in each
year must be distributed to the Fund's shareholders.

         To maintain a constant  $1.00 per share net asset  value,  the Trustees
may direct that the number of  outstanding  shares be reduced pro rata.  If this
adjustment  is made,  it will  reflect  the  lower  market  value  of  portfolio
securities and not realized losses.

MASSACHUSETTS TRUST
 =============================================================================

         The Trust's  Declaration of Trust permits the Trust's Board of Trustees
to  issue an  unlimited  number  of full and  fractional  shares  of  beneficial
interest and to divide or combine the shares into a greater or lesser  number of
shares without thereby changing the  proportionate  beneficial  interests in the
Trust.  Each Fund share represents an equal  proportionate  interest in the Fund
with each other share.  Upon  liquidation or dissolution of the Fund, the Fund's
shareholders  are entitled to share pro rata in the Fund's net assets  available
for distribution to its shareholders.  Shares of each series participate equally
in the earnings,  dividends and assets of the particular series.  Shares of each
series are entitled to vote separately to approve advisory agreements or changes

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in investment  policy, but shares of all series vote together in the election or
selection of the Trust's Trustees,  principal  underwriters and auditors for the
Trust.  Upon  liquidation or dissolution of the Trust,  the shareholders of each
series  are  entitled  to share pro rata in the net  assets of their  respective
series available for distribution to shareholders.  The Trust reserves the right
to create and issue additional series of shares. The Trust currently consists of
three series.

         Shareholders are entitled to one vote for each share held on matters on
which  they  are  entitled  to  vote.  Shareholders  in the  Trust  do not  have
cumulative  voting  rights,  and  shareholders  owning  more  than  50%  of  the
outstanding  shares of the Trust may elect all of the  Trustees  of the Trust if
they choose to do so and in such event the other shareholders in the Trust would
not be able to elect any Trustee of the Trust. The Trust is not required and has
no current  intention to hold  meetings of  shareholders  annually but the Trust
will hold special  meetings of shareholders  when in the judgment of the Trust's
Trustees it is necessary or desirable to submit matters for a shareholder  vote.
Shareholders  have under  certain  circumstances  (e.g.,  upon  application  and
submission  of certain  specified  documents  to the  Trustees of the Trust by a
specified  number  of   shareholders)   the  right  to  communicate  with  other
shareholders in connection  with  requesting a meeting of  shareholders  for the
purpose of removing one or more  Trustees of the Trust.  Shareholders  also have
the right to remove  one or more  Trustees  of the Trust  without a meeting by a
declaration  in writing  by a  specified  number of  shareholders.  No  material
amendment  may  be  made  to  the  Trust's  Declaration  of  Trust  without  the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of its outstanding shares.  Shares
have no preference,  pre-emptive,  conversion or similar  rights.  Shares,  when
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable,  except as set forth below. The Trust
may enter into a merger or  consolidation,  or sell all or substantially  all of
its  assets,  if  approved  by the  vote of the  holders  of  two-thirds  of its
outstanding shares, except that if the Trustees of the Trust recommend such sale
of assets,  the  approval  by vote of the  holders of a majority  of the Trust's
outstanding  shares will be  sufficient.  The Trust may also be terminated  upon
liquidation  and  distribution  of its  assets,  if  approved by the vote of the
holders of two-thirds of its outstanding shares.

         Stock certificates are not issued by the Trust.

         The Trust is an entity of the type commonly  known as a  "Massachusetts
business trust". Under Massachusetts law,  shareholders of such a business trust
may, under certain circumstances,  be held personally liable as partners for its
obligations  and  liabilities.  However,  the  Declaration  of Trust contains an
express disclaimer of shareholder liability for acts or obligations of the Trust
and  provides for  indemnification  and  reimbursement  of expenses out of Trust
property for any shareholder  held personally  liable for the obligations of the
Trust.  The  Declaration  of Trust also provides  that the Trust shall  maintain
appropriate  insurance (for example,  fidelity  bonding and errors and omissions
insurance)  for  the  protection  of  the  Trust,  its  shareholders,  Trustees,
officers,  employees and agents  covering  possible tort and other  liabilities.
Thus,  the  risk  of  a  shareholder's   incurring  financial  loss  because  of
shareholder  liability  is limited  to  circumstances  in which both  inadequate
insurance existed and the Trust itself was unable to meet its obligations.


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         The Declaration of Trust further provides that obligations of the Trust
are not  binding  upon the  Trust's  Trustees  individually  but  only  upon the
property  of the Trust and that the  Trust's  Trustees  are not  liable  for any
action or failure to act,  but nothing in the  Declaration  of Trust  protects a
Trust's  Trustee against any liability to which he would otherwise be subject by
reason of wilful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard
of the duties involved in the conduct of his office.

   
         Interests in the Portfolio have no preference,  preemptive,  conversion
or similar rights, and are fully paid and  non-assessable.  The Portfolio is not
required to hold annual meetings of investors, but will hold special meetings of
investors when, in the judgment of its trustees, it is necessary or desirable to
submit  matters for an  investor  vote.  Each  investor is entitled to a vote in
proportion to the share of its investment in the Portfolio.
    

PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS
 =============================================================================

         Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., as Investment Adviser for the Portfolio,
places orders for all purchases and sales of portfolio  securities,  enters into
repurchase  and reverse  repurchase  agreements  and executes loans of portfolio
securities.  Fixed-income  securities  are generally  traded at a net price with
dealers acting as principal for their own account  without a stated  commission.
The  price  of  the  security  usually  includes  a  profit  to the  dealer.  In
underwritten offerings, securities are purchased at a fixed price which includes
an amount of  compensation  to the  underwriter,  generally  referred  to as the
underwriter's  concession  or  discount.  On  occasion,   certain  money  market
instruments  may be  purchased  directly  from  an  issuer,  in  which  case  no
commissions or discounts are paid. From time to time certificates of deposit may
be  purchased  through  intermediaries  who may  charge a  commission  for their
services.

         Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. does not seek profits through short-term
trading.  However, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. may on behalf of the Portfolio
dispose of any portfolio security prior to its maturity if it believes such
disposition is advisable even if this action realizes profits.

   
         Since brokerage  commissions are not normally paid on investments which
are made for the Portfolio,  turnover resulting from such investments should not
adversely  affect  the net asset  value of the  Portfolio.  In  connection  with
portfolio transactions for the Portfolio,  Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. intends
to seek best price and execution on a competitive  basis for both  purchases and
sales of securities.  Prior to the Fund's termination of its Investment Advisory
Agreement with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. no brokerage  commissions were paid
from the Fund during the fiscal years ended June 30, 1995, 1994 and 1993.
    

         On those  occasions  when  Brown  Brothers  Harriman  & Co.  deems  the
purchase or sale of a security to be in the best  interests of the  Portfolio as
well as other customers,  Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., to the extent permitted
by applicable laws and regulations,  may, but is not obligated to, aggregate the
securities to be sold or purchased  with those to be sold or purchased for other
customers  in  order  to  obtain  best  execution,   including  lower  brokerage
commissions, if appropriate. In such event, allocation of the securities so

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purchased or sold as well as any expenses  incurred in the  transaction are made
by Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. in the manner it considers to be most equitable
and consistent  with its fiduciary  obligations to its customers,  including the
Portfolio.  In  some  instances,  this  procedure  might  adversely  affect  the
Portfolio.

BOND, NOTE AND COMMERCIAL PAPER RATINGS
   
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                                  Bond Ratings

MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE, INC. ("MOODY'S")

         Aaa - Bonds  rated Aaa are judged to be of the "best  quality".  Issues
rated Aaa may be further modified by the numbers 1, 2 or 3 (3 being the highest)
to show relative strength within the rating category.

STANDARD & POOR'S CORPORATION ("S&P")

         AAA - The AAA rating is the highest rating assigned to debt obligations
and indicates an extremely strong capacity to pay principal and interest.

                   Note and Variable Rate Investment Ratings

         Moody's  -  MIG-1.  Notes  rated  MIG-1  are  judged  to be of the best
quality,  enjoying  strong  protection from  established  cash flow of funds for
their  services or from  established  and  broad-based  access to the market for
refinancing or both.

         S&P - SP-1.  SP-1  denotes  a very  strong or  strong  capacity  to pay
principal  and  interest.  Issues  determined  to  possess  overwhelming  safety
characteristics are given a plus (+) designation (SP-1+).

                       Corporate Commercial Paper Ratings

         Moody's -  Commercial  Paper  ratings  are  opinions  of the ability of
issuers  to repay  punctually  promissory  obligations  not  having an  original
maturity in excess of nine months.  Prime-1  indicates highest quality repayment
capacity of rated issue.

         S&P  -  Commercial  Paper  ratings  are a  current  assessment  of  the
likelihood  of timely  payment of debts  having an original  maturity of no more
than 365 days.  Issues rated A-1 have the greatest  capacity for timely payment.
Issues  rated  "A-1+"  are  those  with  an   "overwhelming   degree  of  credit
protection."

                              Other Considerations

         Among the factors  considered  by Moody's in assigning  bond,  note and
commercial paper ratings are the following:  (i) evaluation of the management of
the issuer;  (ii) economic evaluation of the issuer's industry or industries and
an appraisal of  speculative-type  risks which may be inherent in certain areas;
(iii)  evaluation  of the  issuer's  products  in relation  to  competition  and
customer acceptance;  (iv) liquidity;  (v) amount and quality of long-term debt;
(vi) trend of earnings over a period of 10 years;  (vii) financial strength of a
parent

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company  and  the  relationships   which  exist  with  the  issuer;  and  (viii)
recognition by management of obligations  which may be present or may arise as a
result of public interest questions and preparations to meet such obligations.

         Among  the  factors  considered  by S&P in  assigning  bond,  note  and
commercial paper ratings are the following:  (i) trend of earnings and cash flow
with allowances made for unusual  circumstances,  (ii) stability of the issuer's
industry,  (iii) the issuer's relative strength and position within the industry
and (iv) the reliability and quality of management.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 =============================================================================

         As used in this Statement of Additional Information and the Prospectus,
the term "majority of the outstanding  voting  securities as defined in the 1940
Act"  currently  means  the  vote of (i) 67% or more of the  outstanding  voting
securities  present  at a  meeting,  if the  holders  of  more  than  50% of the
outstanding  voting securities are present in person or represented by proxy; or
(ii) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities, whichever is less.

         Fund shareholders  receive  semi-annual  reports  containing  unaudited
financial  statements and annual reports containing financial statements audited
by independent auditors.

         A shareholder's right to receive payment with respect to any redemption
may be suspended or the payment of the redemption proceeds postponed: (i) during
periods when the New York Stock  Exchange is closed for other than  weekends and
holidays or when regular trading on such Exchange is restricted as determined by
the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  by rule or  regulation,  (ii) during
periods in which an emergency  exists which causes disposal of, or evaluation of
the  net  asset  value  of,   portfolio   securities  to  be   unreasonable   or
impracticable,  or (iii) for such other periods as the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission may permit.

         With  respect  to  the  securities  offered  by  the  Prospectus,  this
Statement of Additional  Information  and the  Prospectus do not contain all the
information included in the Registration Statement filed with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission under the Securities Act of 1933. Pursuant to the rules and
regulations  of the Securities and Exchange  Commission,  certain  portions have
been omitted. The Registration  Statement including the exhibits filed therewith
may be examined  at the office of the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  in
Washington, D.C.

         Statements  contained in this Statement of Additional  Information  and
the Prospectus concerning the contents of any contract or other document are not
necessarily  complete,  and in each  instance,  reference is made to the copy of
such  contract  or  other  document  filed  as an  exhibit  to the  Registration
Statement. Each such statement is qualified in all respects by such reference.

         A copy of the Declaration of Trust establishing the Trust is on file in
the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.



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 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 =============================================================================

         The Fund's  current  annual  report to  shareholders  as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 30(b) of the 1940 Act and
Rule 30b2-1  thereunder is hereby  incorporated  herein by reference.  A copy of
such report  will be  provided  without  charge to each  person  receiving  this
Statement of Additional Information.

59WS018J
    

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                                     PART C
                               OTHER INFORMATION

   
ITEM 24.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
    

(a)      Financial Statements:

         Financial  Statement included in the Prospectus  constituting Part A of
this Registration Statement:

   
                  Financial  Highlights  for each of the  years in the five year
                  periods ended June 30, 1995.
    

         Audited  Financial  Statements  included in the Statement of Additional
Information constituting Part B of this Registration Statement:

The 59 Wall Street Money Market Fund

   
                  Statement of Assets and Liabilities at June 30, 1995.
                  Statement of Operations for the year ended June 30, 1995.
                  Statement of  Changes  in Net Assets for the years  ended June
                    30, 1994 and June 30, 1995.
                  Financial  Highlights  for each of the  years in the five year
                  periods ended June 30, 1995.
    
                  Notes to Financial Statements.
                  Independent Auditors' Report.

   
U.S. Money Market Portfolio

                  Portfolio of Investments at June 30, 1995.
                  Statement of Assets and Liabilities at June 30, 1995.
                  Statement of Operations for the period October 31, 1994
                    (commencement of operations) to June 30, 1995.
                  Statement of Changes in Net Assets for the period  October 31,
                    1994 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 1995.
                  Financial Highlights for the period October 31, 1994
                    (commencement of operations) to June 30, 1995.
                  Notes to Financial Statements.
                  Independent Auditors' Report.
    

(b)      Exhibits:

   
1(a)        Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Registrant (11)

1(b)        Designation of Series of The 59 Wall Street U.S. Treasury Money
              Fund (11)

1(c)        Desigantion of Series of The 59 Wall Street Tax Free Short/
              Intermediate Fixed Income Fund (11)
    

 


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2        By-Laws of the Registrant (11)

3        Not Applicable

4        Not Applicable

5 (a)    Advisory Agreement with respect to The 59 Wall Street Money
         Market Fund (7)

5 (b)    Advisory Agreement with respect to The 59 Wall Street U.S. Treasury
         Money Fund (8)

5 (c)    Advisory Agreement with respect to The 59 Wall Street Tax Free Short/
         Intermediate Fixed Income Fund (9)

6        Distribution Agreement (2)

7        Not Applicable

8(a)     Custody Agreement (1)

 (b)     Transfer Agency Agreement (1)

9(a)     Amended and Restated Administration Agreement (7)

 (b)     Subadministrative Services Agreement (7)

 (c)     License Agreement (2)

 (d)     Shareholder Servicing Agreement (7)

 (e)     Eligible Institution Agreement (7)

 (f)     Expense Reimbursement Agreement with respect to The
           59 Wall Street Money Market Fund (7)

 (g)     Expense Reimbursement Agreement with respect to The
           59 Wall U.S. Treasury Money Fund (8)

 (h)     Expense Reimbursement Agreement with respect to The
           59 Wall Street Tax Free Short/Intermediate Fixed Income Fund (9)

10       Opinion of Counsel (including consent) (10)

11(a)    Consent of independent auditors with respect to
           The 59 Wall Street Money Market Fund (11)

  (b)    Consent of independent auditors with respect to
           U.S Money Market Portfolio (11)

12       Not Applicable

13       Purchase Agreement (1)

    


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14       Not Applicable

15       Not Applicable

16(a)   Schedule of Computation of Performance Quotations with
          respect to The 59 Wall Street Money Market Fund (5)

16(b)   Schedule of Computation of Performance Quotations with
          respect to The 59 Wall Street U.S. Treasury Money Fund (6)

16(c)   Schedule of Computation of Performance Quotations with
          respect to The 59 Wall Street Tax Free Short/Intermediate Fixed
          Income Fund (4)

17       Financial Data Schedule (11)

18       Powers of Attorney (10)
    

   
(1)      Filed with Amendment No. 1 to this Registration Statement on
         October 28, 1983.
(2)      Filed with Amendment No. 10 to this Registration Statement
         on August 31, 1990.
(3)      Filed with Amendment No. 11 to this Registration Statement
         on February 14, 1991.
(4)      Filed with Amendment No. 14 to this Registration Statement
         on June 15, 1992.
(5)      Filed with Amendment No. 15 to this Registration Statement
         on October 26, 1992.
(6)      Filed with Amendment No. 16 to this Registration Statement
         on October 26, 1992.
(7)      Filed with Amendment No. 17 to this Registration Statement
         on Septemebr 3, 1993.
(8)      Filed with Amendment No. 18 to this Registration Statement
         on September 3, 1993.
(9)      Filed with Amendment No. 19 to this Registration Statement
         on September 3, 1993.
(10)     Filed with Amendment No. 28 to this Registration Statement
         on October 31, 1994.
(11)     Filed herewith.
    

ITEM 25.          PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH
REGISTRANT.


         See "Trustees and Officers" in the Statement of Additional  Information
filed as part of this Registration Statement.

   
ITEM 26.          NUMBER OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES (September 30, 1995).
    

               Title of Class                     Number of Record Holders

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          Shares of Beneficial Interest                  3,477
    (The 59 Wall Street Money Market Fund)

          Shares of Beneficial Interest                    590
 (The 59 Wall Street U.S. Treasury Money Fund)

          Shares of Beneficial Interest                    307
 (The 59 Wall Street Tax Free Short/Intermediate
    
               Fixed Income Fund)

   
ITEM 27.          INDEMNIFICATION.
    

         As permitted by Section 17(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended  (the "1940  Act"),  and  pursuant  to Article  VII of the  Registrant's
By-Laws,  officers,  Trustees,  employees  and agents of the  Registrant  may be
indemnified  against certain  liabilities in connection with the Registrant.  As
permitted  by  Section  17(i) of the 1940  Act,  pursuant  to  Section  5 of the
Distribution  Agreement,  59 Wall Street  Distributors,  Inc., as Distributor of
shares of each series of the  Registrant,  may be  indemnified  against  certain
liabilities which it may incur. Such Article VII of the By-Laws and Section 5 of
the  Distribution  Agreement  are  hereby  incorporated  by  reference  in their
entirety.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), may be permitted to Trustees,  officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant and the principal  underwriter pursuant to
the foregoing provisions,  or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange  Commission such  indemnification  is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for  indemnification  against such liabilities  (other
than the payment by the  Registrant  of expenses  incurred or paid by a Trustee,
officer of controlling person of the Registrant or the principal  underwriter in
connection  with the  successful  defense of any action,  suit or proceeding) is
asserted against the Registrant by such Trustee,  officer or controlling  person
or the principal underwriter in connection with the securities being registered,
the  Registrant  will,  unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent,  submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question of whether such  indemnification  by it is against public policy as
expressed  in the Act and will be  governed  by the final  adjudication  of such
issue.

   
ITEM 28.          BUSINESS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS OF INVESTMENT ADVISER.
    

         The investment adviser of the Registrant's Money Market Fund, Brown
Brothers Harriman & Co. ("BBH & Co."), is a New York limited partnership. BBH &
Co. conducts a general banking business and is a member of the New York Stock
Exchange, Inc.

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partners or officers of BBH & Co. is engaged in any other business,  profession,
vocation or employment of a substantial nature.

   
ITEM 29.          PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITERS.
    

         (a)      59 Wall Street Distributors, Inc. ("59 Wall Street
                  Distributors") and its affiliates also serve as
                  administrator and/or distributor to other registered
                  investment companies.

         (b)      Set forth below are the names, principal business
                  addresses and positions of each Director and officer of
                  59 Wall Street Distributors.  The principal business
                  address of these individuals is c/o 59 Wall Street
                  Distributors, Inc., 6 St. James Avenue, Boston, MA
                  02116.  Unless otherwise specified, no officer or
                  Director of 59 Wall Street Distributors serves as an
                  officer or Trustee of the Registrant.

   
PHILIP W. COOLIDGE: President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of 59
Wall Street Distributors. President of Registrant.

JOAN R. GULINELLO: Secretary of 59 Wall Street Distributors. Secretary and
Treasurer of Registrant.

LINDA T. GIBSON: Assistant Secretary of 59 Wall Street Distributors.

THOMAS M. LENZ: Assistant Secretary of 59 Wall Street Distributors. Assistant
Secretary of Registrant.

MOLLY S. MUGLER: Assistant Secretary of 59 Wall Street Distributors. Assistant
Secretary of Registrant.

ANDRES E. SALDANA: Assistant Secretary of 59 Wall Street Distributors.

SUSAN JAKUBOSKI: Assistant Treasurer of 59 Wall Street Distributors.

BARBARA M. O'DETTE: Assistant Treasurer of 59 Wall Street Distributors.

DAVID G. DANIELSON:  Assistant Treasurer of Registrant.

BRAIN J. HALL:  Assistant Treasurer of Registrant.

ROBERT G. DAVIDOFF: Director of 59 Wall Street Distributors; CMNY Capital, L.P.,
135 East 57th Street, New York, NY 10022.

DONALD S. CHADWICK: Director of 59 Wall Street Distributors; 4609 Bayard Street,
Apartment 411, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.     



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LEEDS HACKETT: Director of 59 Wall Street Distributors; Hackett Associates
Limited, 1260 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor, New      York, NY 10020.

   
LAURENCE B. LEVINE: Director of 59 Wall Street Distributors; Blair Corporation,
250 Royal Palm Way, Palm Beach, FL 33480.

KATE B.M. BOLSOVER: Director of 59 Wall Street Distributors; Signature Financial
Group (Europe), Ltd., 49 St. James's Street, London SW1A 1JT. (c) Not
Applicable.

ITEM 30.          LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS.
    

         All accounts,  books and other  documents  required to be maintained by
Section  31(a) of the 1940 Act and the Rules  thereunder  are  maintained at the
offices of:

         The 59 Wall Street Trust
         59 Wall Street Distributors, Inc.
         59 Wall Street Administrators, Inc.
         6 St. James Avenue
         Boston, MA 02116

         Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
         59 Wall Street
         New York, NY 10005

         State Street Bank and Trust Company
         1776 Heritage Drive
         North Quincy, MA 02171

   
ITEM 31.          MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
    

         Other than as set forth under the caption  "Management of the Trust" in
the Prospectus constituting Part A of this Registration Statement, Registrant is
not a party to any management-related service contract.

   
ITEM 32.          UNDERTAKINGS.
    

         (a)      If the  information  called  for by Item  5A of  Form  N-1A is
                  contained in the latest  annual  report to  shareholders,  the
                  Registrant  shall  furnish each person to whom a prospectus is
                  delivered with a copy of the Registrant's latest annual report
                  to shareholders upon request and without charge.




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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 it meets all the
requirements  for  effectiveness  of  this   Post-Effective   Amendment  to  its
Registration Statement on Form N-1A ("Registration  Statement") pursuant to Rule
485(b) under the
    


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Securities  Act of 1933 and has duly caused this  amendment to its  Registration
Statement  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereto  duly
authorized,  in the City of New  York  and  State of New York on the 26th day of
October, 1995.

THE 59 WALL STREET TRUST

By /s/PHILIP W. COOLIDGE
   (Philip W. Coolidge, President)

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has been signed below by the  following  persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

SIGNATURE                   TITLE                                DATE


                           Trustee and
/s/JOSEPH V. SHIELDS, JR.  Chairman of the Board            October 26, 1995
(J.V. Shields, Jr.)

                           President (Principal
/s/PHILIP W. COOLIDGE      Executive Officer)               October 26, 1995
(Philip W. Coolidge)


/s/H.B. ALVORD             Trustee                          October 26, 1995
(H.B. Alvord)


/s/EUGENE P. BEARD         Trustee                          October 26, 1995
(Eugene P. Beard)


/s/DAVID P. FELDMAN        Trustee                          October 26, 1995
(David P. Feldman)


/s/ARTHUR D. MILTENBERGER  Trustee                          October 26, 1995
(Arthur D. Miltenberger)


/s/ALAN G. LOWY            Trustee                          October 26, 1995
(Alan G. Lowy)

                           Acting Treasurer (Acting
                           Principal Financial and
/s/DAVID G. DANIELSON      Principal Accounting Officer)    October 26, 1995
(David G. Danielson)    


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                                   SIGNATURES

         U.S.  Money Market  Portfolio  (the  "Portfolio")  has duly caused this
Post-Effective   Amendment   to  the   Registration   Statement   on  Form  N-1A
("Registration  Statement")  of The 59 Wall  Street  Trust (the  "Trust")  to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized in George Town,
Grand Cayman on the 26th day of October, 1995.

U.S. MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIO


By: /s/SUSAN JAKUBOSKI
    (Susan Jakuboski, Vice President)

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Trust's
Registration  Statement  has been signed below by the  following  persons in the
capacities indicated on October 26, 1995.

SIGNATURE                                    TITLE


                                             Trustee and Chairman of
/s/H.B. ALVORD*                               the Board of the Portfolio
(H.B. Alvord)

                                             President of the Portfolio
/s/PHILIP W. COOLIDGE*                        (Principal Executive Officer)
(Philip W. Coolidge)


/s/RICHARD L. CARPENTER*                     Trustee of the Portfolio
(Richard L. Carpenter)


/s/CLIFFORD A. CLARK*                        Trustee of the Portfolio
(Clifford A. Clark)


/s/EDWARD H. NORTHROP*                       Trustee of the Portfolio
(Edward H. Northrop)


/s/DAVID M. SEITZMAN*                        Trustee of the Portfolio
(David M. Seitzman)

                                             Acting Treasurer (Acting Principal
/s/DAVID G. DANIELSON                         Financial Officer and Principal
(David G. Danielson)                          Accounting Officer) of the
                                              Portfolio



    
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*By /s/SUSAN JAKUBOSKI

    Susan Jakuboski
    As attorney-in-fact pursuant to
    a power of attorney filed herewith
    


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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS


EXHIBIT NO.               DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

   
1(a)                      Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the
                            Registrant
1(b)                      Designation of Series of The 59 Wall Street U.S. 
                            Treasury Money Fund
1(c)                      Designation of Series of The 59 Wall Street Tax Free
                            Short/Intermediate Fixed Income Fund

2                         By-Laws of the Registrant

11(a)                     Consent of independent auditors with respect
                            to The 59 Wall Street Money Market Fund

11(b)                     Consent of independent auditors with respect
                            to U.S Money Market Portfolio

17                        Financial Data Schedules
    


                           THE 59 WALL STREET TRUST

                      (formerly "The 59 Wall Street Fund")



                              DECLARATION OF TRUST



                  Amended and Restated as of October 23, 1989


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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS


                                                                         PAGE


ARTICLE I -- Name and Definitions.......................................  1

         Section 1.1.  Name.............................................  1
         Section 1.2.  Definitions......................................  1


ARTICLE II -- Trustees..................................................  4

         Section 2.1.  Number of Trustees...............................  4
         Section 2.2.  Election and Term................................  4
         Section 2.3.  Resignation and Removal..........................  5
         Section 2.4.  Vacancies........................................  5
         Section 2.5.  Delegation of Power to Other Trustees............  6


ARTICLE III -- Powers of Trustees.......................................  6

         Section 3.1.  General..........................................  6
         Section 3.2.  Investments......................................  7
         Section 3.3.  Legal Title......................................  8
         Section 3.4.  Issuance and Repurchas of Shares.................  8
         Section 3.5.  Borrowing Money; Lending Trust Assets............  9
         Section 3.6.  Delegation; Committees...........................  9
         Section 3.7   Collection and Payment...........................  9
         Section 3.8.  Expenses.........................................  9
         Section 3.9.  Manner of Acting; By-Laws........................ 10
         Section 3.10. Miscellaneous Powers............................. 10
         Section 3.11. Principal Transactions........................... 10


ARTICLE IV --  Administrator, Adviser, Distributor,
                       Custodian and Transfer Agent..................... 11

         Section 4.1.  Administrator.................................... 11
         Section 4.2.  Adviser.......................................... 11
         Section 4.3.  Distributor...................................... 12
         Section 4.4.  Custodian........................................ 12
         Section 4.5.  Transfer Agent................................... 12
         Section 4.6.  Parties to Contract.............................. 12



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                                                                         PAGE
ARTICLE V -- Limitations of Liability
                     of Shareholders, Trustees and others............... 13

         Section 5.1.  No Personal Liability of Shareholders,
                         Trustees, etc.................................. 13
         Section 5.2.  Non-Liability of Trustees, etc................... 13
         Section 5.3.  Indemnification.................................. 14
         Section 5.4.  No Bond Required of Trustees..................... 14
         Section 5.5.  No Duty of Investigation; Notice in Trust
                         Instruments, etc............................... 14
         Section 5.6.  Reliance on Experts, etc......................... 15


ARTICLE VI -- Shares of Beneficial Interest............................. 15

         Section 6.1.  Beneficial Interest.............................. 15
         Section 6.2.  Rights of Shareholders........................... 15
         Section 6.3.  Trust Only....................................... 16
         Section 6.4.  Issuance of Shares............................... 16
         Section 6.5.  Register of Shares............................... 17
         Section 6.6.  Transfer of Shares............................... 17
         Section 6.7.  Notices.......................................... 18
         Section 6.8.  Voting Powers.................................... 15
         Section 6.9   Series or Classes of Shares...................... 18


ARTICLE VII -- Redemptions.............................................. 22

         Section 7.1.  Redemptions...................................... 22
         Section 7.2.  Redemptions of Shares;
                         Disclosure of Holdings......................... 23
         Section 7.3.  Redemptions of Shares of
                         Shareholders No Longer
                         Customers of the Administrator
                         or the Adviser................................. 23
         Section 7.4.  Redemptions of Accounts of
                         Less Than $1,000............................... 23
         Section 7.5.  Redemptions Pursuant to
                         Constant Not Asset Value
                         Provisions..................................... 24


ARTICLE VIII -- Determination of Net Asset Value,
                     Net Income and Distributions....................... 24

         Section 8.1.  Net Asset Value.................................. 24
         Section 8.2.  Distributions to
                         Shareholders................................... 24

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                                                                         PAGE
         Section 8.3.  Determination of Net Income;
                         Constant Net Asset Value
                         of Shares of Certain
                         Series, Reduction of
                         Outstanding Shares............................. 25
         Section 8.4.  Power to Nodify Foregoing
                         Procedures..................................... 25


ARTICLE IX -- Duration; Termination of Trust
                    or any Series or Class;
                    Amendment; Mergers, etc............................. 26

         Section 9.1.  Duration......................................... 26
         Section 9.2.  Termination of Trust,
                         any Series or any Class........................ 26
         Section 9.3.  Amendment Procedure.............................. 27
         Section 9.4.  Merger, Consolidation and
                         Sale of Assets................................. 28
         Section 9.5.  Incorporation.................................... 29


ARTICLE X -- Reports to Shareholders.................................... 30


ARTICLE XI -- Miscellaneous............................................. 30

         Section 11.1. Filing........................................... 30
         Section 11.2. Resident Agent................................... 30
         Section 11.3. Governing Law.................................... 30
         Section 11.4. Counterparts..................................... 30
         Section 11.5. Reliance by Third Parties........................ 31
         Section 11.6. Provisions in Conflict with
                         Law or Regulations............................. 31


SIGNATURE PAGE.......................................................... 32



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                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                              DECLARATION OF TRUST

                                       OF

                            THE 59 WALL STREET TRUST

                             Dated October 23, 1989



         AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST made October 23, 1989, by the
undersigned Trustees;

         WHEREAS,  pursuant to a  Declaration  of Trust dated June 7, 1983,  the
Trustees  established a  Massachusetts  business  trust for the  investment  and
reinvestment of funds contributed thereto;

         WHEREAS, said Declaration of Trust has been amended from time to time;

         WHEREAS,  the Trustees  desire to restate said  Declaration of Trust in
its entirety;

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  the  Trustees  restate  the  Declaration  of Trust as
follows:

                                   ARTICLE I

                              NAME AND DEFINITIONS


         Section 1.1.  Name. The name of the trust created hereby is The 59 Wall
Street Trust.

         Section 1.2. Definitions. Wherever they are used herein, the following
terms have the following respective meanings:

         (a)      "Administrator" means the party, other than the Trust, to any
contract described in Section 4.1 hereof.

         (b) "Adviser"  means the party,  other than the Trust,  to any contract
described in Section 4.2 hereof.

         (c) By-Laws"  means the By-Laws  referred to in Section 3.9 hereof,  as
from time to time amended.

         (d) The terms "Commission", "Affiliated Person" and "Interested Person"
have the meanings given them in the 1940 Act.

         (e) "Custodian" means the party,  other than the Trust, to any contract
described in Section 4.4 hereof.

         (f) "Declaration"  means this Declaration of Trust an amended from time
to time. Reference in this Declaration of Trust to "Declaration", "hereof",

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"herein" and  "hereunder"  shall be deemed to refer to this  Declaration  rather
than the article or section in which such words appear.

         (g)      "Distributor" means the party, other than the Trust, to any
contract described in Section 4.3 hereof.

         (h)  "Fundamental  Policies" shall mean the investment  restrictions as
applicable to Shares of any series or class thereof set forth in the  Prospectus
and designated as fundamental policies therein.

         (i) "Majority  Shareholder Vote" means, unless otherwise  determined by
the  Trustees in  accordance  with  Section 6.8 hereof in  conjunction  with the
establishment  of any series or classes of Shares,  the vote of the holders of a
majority  of  Shares,   which  shall  consist  of:  (i)  a  majority  of  Shares
repre-sented  in  person  or by  Proxy  and  entitled  to vote at a  meeting  of
Shareholders at which a quorum, as determined in accordance with the By-Laws, is
present;  (ii) a majority of Shares issued and  outstanding and entitled to vote
when action is taken by written consent of  Shareholders;  and (iii) a "majority
of the outstanding voting securities, as that phrase is defined in the 1940 Act,
when action is taken by Shareholders  with respect to any matter as to which the
vote of "a majority of the outstanding  voting securities" is required under the
1940 Act;  provided  that in cases  required or permitted  under the 1940 Act or
Section 6.9 hereof to be  submitted  to the holders of the Shares of one or more
but not all series or classes of Shares, a "Majority Shareholder Vote" means the
vote of "a majority of the  outstanding  voting  securities,"  as that phrase is
defined in the 1940 Act, of the Shares of the particular series or class.

         (j) "1940 Act" means the  Investment  Company Act of 1940 and the rules
and regulations thereunder as amended from time to time.

         (k)   "Person"   means   and   includes   individuals,    corporations,
partnerships,  trusts, associations,  joint ventures and other entities, whether
or not legal entities,  and governments and agencies and political  subdivisions
thereof.

         (l) "Prospectus" means the prospectus,  and any statement of additional
information and any information or document  incorporated by reference  therein,
constituting  part  of  the  Registration  Statement  of  the  Trust  under  the
Securities Act of 1933 as such prospectus, including any statement of additional
information and any information or document  incorporated by reference  therein,
as may be amended or  supplemented  and filed with the  Commission  from time to
time and, in the event that there is more than one Prospectus,  each relating to
the Shares of any one or more  series or classes of Shares,  "Prospectus"  means
the Prospectus relating to such series or classes of Shares.

         (m)      "Shareholder" means a record owner of outstanding Shares.

         (n)  "Shares"  means the units of  interest  into which the  beneficial
interest in the Trust shall be divided from time to time,  including  the shares
of any and all series or classes  which may be  established  by the Trustees and
includes  fractions of Shares as well as whole Shares.  Shares have a designated
par value of $.01 per Share.

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         (o)      "Transfer Agent" means the party, other than the Trust, to any
contract described in Section 4.5 hereof.

         (p) "Trust" means The 59 Wall Street  Trust,  consisting of any and all
series or classes which may be established by the Trustees.

         (q) "Trust Property" or "Trust Estate" means any and all property, real
or  personal,  tangible  or  intangible,  which  in  owned or held by or for the
account of the Trust (or any or all series or classes thereof which the Trustees
may from time to time establish) or the Trustees.

         (r)  "Trustees  means the persons who have signed the  Declaration,  so
long as they shall continue in office in accordance  with the terms hereof,  and
all  other  persons  who may from  time to time be duly  elected  or  appointed,
qualified and serving as Trustees in accordance with the provisions  hereof, and
reference  herein to a Trustee or the  Trustees  shall  refer to such  person or
persons in their capacity as trustees hereunder.

                                   ARTICLE II

                                    TRUSTEES


         Section 2.1.  Number of Trustees.  The number of Trustees shall be such
number as shall be fixed  from time to time by  written  instrument  signed by a
majority of the Trustees then in office,  provided,  however, that the number of
Trustees shall in no event be less than two (2) nor more than fifteen (15).

         Section  2.2.  Election and Term.  The  Trustees  shall be elected by a
Majority  Shareholder  Vote at the first meeting of  Shareholders  following the
initial  public  offering of Shares of the Trust.  The  Trustees  shall have the
power to set and alter the terms of office of the Trustees,  and they may at any
time  lengthen  or  lessen  their  own terms or make  their  terms of  unlimited
duration,  subject to the  resignation  and  removal  provisions  of Section 2.3
hereof.  Subject to Section  16(a) of the 1940 Act, the Trustees may elect their
own successors and may, pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof, appoint Trustees to fill
vacancies.   The  Trustees  shall  adopt  By-Laws  not  inconsistent  with  this
Declaration  or any  provision  of law to provide  for  election  of Trustees by
Shareholders  at such  time or  times  as the  Trustees  shall  determine  to be
necessary or advisable.

         Section 2.3.  Resignation and Removal. Any Trustee may resign his trust
(without  need for prior or subsequent  accounting)  by an instrument in writing
signed by him and delivered to the other Trustees and such resignation  shall be
effective upon such  delivery,  or at a later date according to the terms of the
instrument. Any of the Trustees may be removed (provided the aggregate number of
Trustees  after  such  removal  shall not be less than the  number  required  by
Section 2.1 hereof) with cause,  by the action of  two-thirds  of the  remaining
Trustees.  In  addition,  no Trustee  shall  continue to serve as such after the
holders of not less than two-thirds of the outstanding Shares have declared that
he be removed from that office either by  declaration  in writing filed with the
Custodian  or by votes  cast in person or by proxy at a meeting  called for that
purpose.  The Trustees  shall  promptly call a meeting of  Shareholders  for the
purpose of voting upon the question of removal of any

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such  Trustee or Trustees  when  requested in writing so to do by the holders of
not less than 10 per  centum of the  outstanding  Shares.  Whenever  ten or more
Shareholders  who have been such for at least six months  preceding  the date of
application,  and who hold in the  aggregate  either  Shares  having a net asset
value of at least  $25,000 or at least 1 per centum of the  outstanding  Shares,
whichever  is less,  shall apply to the  Trustees in writing,  stating that they
wish to communicate with other Shareholders with a view to obtaining  signatures
to a request for a meeting pursuant to the preceding sentence and accompanied by
a form of  communication  and request which they wish to transmit,  the Trustees
shall then follow the  procedures  set forth in Section  16(c)(1) or 16(c)(2) of
the 1940 Act.  Upon the  resignation  or removal of a Trustee,  or his otherwise
ceasing to be a Trustee,  he shall  execute and deliver  such  documents  as the
remaining  Trustees  shall  require for the purpose of conveying to the Trust or
the remaining  Trustees any Trust  Property held in the name of the resigning or
removed  Trustee.  Upon  the  incapacity  or  death of any  Trustee,  his  legal
representative  shall  execute and deliver on his behalf such  documents  as the
remaining Trustees shall require as provided in the preceding sentence.

         Section 2.4. Vacancies. The term of office of a Trustee shall terminate
and a vacancy  shall  occur in the  event of the  death,  resignation,  removal,
bankruptcy,  adjudicated  incompetence or other incapacity to perform the duties
of the  office  of a  Trustee.  No such  vacancy  shall  operate  to  annul  the
Declaration or to revoke any existing  agency  created  pursuant to the terms of
the  Declaration.  In the  case of an  existing  vacancy,  including  a  vacancy
existing  by reason of an  increase  in the number of  Trustees,  subject to the
provisions of Section 16(a) of the 1940 Act, the remaining Trustees or, prior to
the public  offering  of Shares of the  Trust,  if only one  Trustee  shall then
remain  in  office,  the  remaining  Trustee,  shall  fill such  vacancy  by the
appointment of such other person as they or he, in their or his discretion shall
see fit,  made by a written  instrument  signed by a majority  of the  remaining
Trustees or by the remaining  Trustee,  as the case may be. Any such appointment
shall not  become  effective,  however,  until the person  named in the  written
instrument of appointment  shall have accepted in writing such  appointment  and
agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of the Declaration. An appointment of
a Trustee may be made in  anticipation  of a vacancy to occur at a later date by
reason of  retirement,  resignation  or  increase  in the  number  of  Trustees,
provided  that  such  appointment  shall  not  become  effective  prior  to such
retirement,  resignation  or  increase  in the  number of  Trustees.  Whenever a
vacancy in the number of Trustees  shall occur,  until such Vacancy is filled as
provided  in this  Section  2.4,  the  Trustees in office,  regardless  of their
number,  shall have all the powers  granted to the Trustees and shall  discharge
all  the  duties  imposed  upon  the  Trustees  by the  Declaration.  A  written
instrument  certifying the existence of such vacancy signed by a majority of the
Trustees shall be conclusive evidence of the existence of such vacancy.

         Section 2.5. Delegation of Power to Other Trustees. Any Trustee may, by
power of attorney,  delegate his power for a period not exceeding six (6) months
at any one time to any other Trustee or Trustees; provided that in no case shall
less  than two (2)  Trustees  personally  exercise  the  powers  granted  to the
Trustees under the Declaration except as herein otherwise expressly provided.


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                                  ARTICLE III

                               POWERS OF TRUSTEES


         Section 3.1.  General.  The Trustees  shall have exclusive and absolute
control  over the Trust  Property and over the business of the Trust to the same
extent  as if the  Trustees  were the sole  owners  of the  Trust  Property  and
business  in their own  right,  but with such  powers  of  delegation  as may be
permitted  by the  Declaration.  The  Trustees  shall have power to conduct  the
business of the Trust and carry on its operations in any and all of its branches
and maintain offices both within and without the Commonwealth of  Massachusetts,
in any and all  states of the  United  States of  America,  in the  District  of
Columbia,  in foreign countries and in any and all  commonwealths,  territories,
dependencies, colonies, possessions, agencies or instrumentalities of the United
States of America and of foreign  governments,  and to do all such other  things
and execute all such instruments as they deem necessary,  proper or desirable in
order to promote the interests of the Trust  although such things are not herein
specifically mentioned.  Any determination as to what is in the interests of the
Trust made by the Trustees in good faith shall be conclusive.  In construing the
provisions of the Declaration,  the presumption shall, be in favor of a grant of
power to the Trustees.

         The  enumeration of any specific power herein shall not be construed as
limiting  the  aforesaid  power.  Such powers of the  Trustees  may be exercised
without order of or resort to any court.

         Section 3.2.  Investments.  The Trustees shall have the power to:

                  (a)  conduct,   operate  and  carry  on  the  business  of  an
         investment company;

                  (b)  subscribe  for,  invest  in,  reinvest  in,  purchase  or
         otherwise acquire,  hold, pledge,  sell,  assign,  transfer,  exchange,
         distribute,  lend  or  otherwise  deal  in or  dispose  of  securities,
         negotiable or  non-negotiable  instruments,  obligations,  evidences of
         indebtedness,  certificates  of  deposit  or  indebtedness,  commercial
         paper,  repurchase agreements,  reverse repurchase agreements,  options
         and other securities of any kind, including,  without limitation, those
         issued,  guaranteed  or  sponsored  by any and all  Persons  including,
         without limitation,  states,  territories and possessions of the United
         States, the District of Columbia and any of the political subdivisions,
         agencies  or  instrumentalities  thereof,  and  by  the  United  States
         Government  or its  agencies  or  instrumentalities,  or  international
         instrumentalities,  or by any bank or  savings  institution,  or by any
         corporation  or  organization  organized  under the laws of the  United
         States  or of  any  state,  territory  or  possession  thereof,  and of
         corporations or organizations organized under foreign laws, or in "when
         issued" or "delayed  delivery"  contracts for any such  securities,  or
         retain  Trust  assets  in  cash  and  from  time  to  time  change  the
         investments  of the assets of the Trust;  and to  exercise  any and all
         rights,  powers and  privileges  of ownership or interest in respect of
         any and all such investments of every kind and description,  including,
         without limitation, the right to consent and otherwise act with respect
         thereto, with power to designate one or more persons,

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         firms,  associations  or  corporations  to exercise any of said rights,
         powers and  privileges in respect of any of said  instruments;  and the
         Trustees  shall be deemed to have the foregoing  powers with respect to
         any  additional  securities  in which the Trust may  invest  should the
         Fundamental Policies be amended.

The Trustees  shall not be limited to investing in obligations  maturing  before
the possible  termination of the Trust, nor shall the Trustees be limited by any
law limiting the investments which may be made by fiduciaries.

         Section 3.3.  Legal Title.  Legal title to all the Trust Property shall
be vested in the Trustees as joint tenants  except that the Trustees  shall have
power to cause legal title to any Trust Property to be held by or in the name of
one or more of the Trustees,  or in the name of the Trust, or in the name of any
other Person as nominee,  on such terms as the Trustees may determine,  provided
that the interest of the Trust therein is  appropriately  protected.  The right,
title  and  interest  of  the  Trustees  in  the  Trust   Property   shall  vest
automatically  in each  Person  who may  hereafter  become a  Trustee.  Upon the
resignation,  removal or death of a Trustee he shall automatically cease to have
any right, title or interest in any of the Trust Property,  and the right, title
and interest of such Trustee in the Trust Property shall vest  automatically  in
the remaining  Trustees.  Such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective
whether or not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered.

         Section 3.4. Issuance and Repurchase of Shares. The Trustees shall have
the power to issue, sell, repurchase,  redeem,  retire,  cancel,  acquire, hold,
resell, reissue, dispose of, transfer, and otherwise deal in Shares and, subject
to the provisions set forth in Articles VII, VIII and IX and Section 6.9 hereof,
to  apply  to any  such  repurchase,  redemption,  retirement,  cancellation  or
acquisition  of Shares any funds or property of the  particular  series or class
with  respect to which such  Shares are  issued,  whether  capital or surplus or
otherwise,  to the full  extent now or  hereafter  permitted  by the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts governing business corporations.

         Section 3.5.  Borrowing  Money;  Lending Trust  Assets.  Subject to the
Fundamental Policies, the Trustees shall have power to borrow money or otherwise
obtain  credit  and to secure  the same by  mortgaging,  pledging  or  otherwise
subjecting  as  security  the assets of the Trust,  to  endorse,  guarantee,  or
undertake the performance of any obligation, contract or engagement of any other
Person and to lend Trust assets.

         Section 3.6.  Delegation;  Committees.  The Trustees  shall have power,
consistent with their continuing  exclusive authority over the management of the
Trust and the Trust  Property,  to  delegate  from time to time to such of their
number or to officers, employees or agents of the Trust the doing of such things
and the  execution  of such  instruments  either in the name of the Trust or the
names of the Trustees or otherwise as the Trustees may deem expedient.

         Section 3.7.  Collection and Payment.  The Trustees shall have power to
collect  all  property  due to the Trust;  to pay all claims,  including  taxes,
against the Trust  Property;  to  prosecute,  defend,  compromise or abandon any
claims relating to the Trust Property; to foreclose any security interest

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securing any obligations,  by virtue of which any property is owed to the Trust;
and to enter into releases, agreements and other instruments.

         Section 3.8.  Expenses.  The Trustees shall have the power to incur and
pay  any  expenses  which  in the  opinion  of the  Trustees  are  necessary  or
incidental to carry out any of the purposes of the Declaration,  to enter into a
plan of distribution and any related agreements whereby the Trust, any series or
any class may finance  directly or  indirectly  any activity  which is primarily
intended  to result in the sale of Shares,  and to pay  reasonable  compensation
from the funds of the Trust to  themselves as Trustees.  The Trustees  shall fix
the compensation of all officers, employees and Trustees.

         Section 3.9. Manner of Acting;  By-Laws.  Except as otherwise  provided
herein or in the By-Laws or by any  provision  of law, any action to be taken by
the Trustees may be taken by a majority of the Trustees  present at a meeting of
Trustees (a quorum  being  present),  including  any meeting  held by means of a
conference  telephone  circuit or similar  communications  equipment by means of
which all  persons  participating  in the  meeting  can hear each  other,  or by
written  consents  of all the  Trustees.  The  Trustees  may adopt  By-Laws  not
inconsistent with this Declaration to provide for the conduct of the business of
the Trust and may amend or repeal  such  By-Laws to the extent such power is not
reserved to the Shareholders.

         Section 3.10.  Miscellaneous  Powers. The Trustees shall have the power
to: (a) employ or contract with such Persons as the Trustees may deem  desirable
for the transaction of the business of the Trust; (b) enter into joint ventures,
partnerships and any other combinations or associations;  (c) remove Trustees or
fill  vacancies in or add to their  number,  elect and remove such  officers and
appoint and terminate such agents or employees as they consider appropriate, and
appoint from their own number,  and terminate,  any one or more committees which
may  exercise  some or all of the power and  authority  of the  Trustees  as the
Trustees  may  determine;  (d)  purchase,  and pay for  out of  Trust  Property,
insurance  policies insuring the Shareholders,  Trustees,  officers,  employees,
agents,   administrators,   managers,   investment  advisers,   distributors  or
independent  contractors  of the Trust  against all claims  arising by reason of
holding  any such  position  or by reason of any  action  taken or omitted to be
taken  by any  such  Person  in  such  capacity,  whether  or  not  constituting
negligence,  or whether or not the Trust would have the power to indemnify  such
Person against such  liability;  (e) establish  pension,  profit-sharing,  Share
purchase,  and other  retirement,  incentive and benefit plans for any Trustees,
officers, employees and agents of the Trust; (f) to the extent permitted by law,
indemnify  any  person  with  whom  the  Trust  has   dealings,   including  the
Administrator,  Adviser,  Custodian,  Distributor  and Transfer  Agent,  to such
extent  as  the  Trustees  shall  determine;   (g)  guarantee   indebtedness  or
contractual  obligations of others;  (h) determine and change the fiscal year of
the Trust and the method by which its  accounts  shall be kept;  and (i) adopt a
seal for the Trust,  but the absence of such seal shall not impair the  validity
of any instrument executed on behalf of the Trust.

         Section 3.11. Principal Transactions.  Except in transactions permitted
by the 1940 Act or any order of exemption issued by the Commission,  or effected
to implement the provisions of any agreement to which the Trust is a party,  the
Trustees  shall not,  on behalf of the Trust,  buy any  securities  (other  than
Shares) from or sell any securities (other than Shares) to, or

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lend any assets of the Trust to, any Trustee or officer of the Trust or any firm
of which any such Trustee or officer is a member  acting as  principal,  or have
any such dealings with the Adviser or Distributor or with any Affiliated  Person
of such Person;  by the Trust may employ any such Person,  or firm or company in
which such person is an Interested Person, as broker, legal counsel,  registrar,
transfer agent, dividend disbursing agent or custodian upon customary terms.


                                   ARTICLE IV

                      ADMINISTRATOR, ADVISER, DISTRIBUTOR,
                          CUSTODIAN AND TRANSFER AGENT

         Section 4.1.  Administrator.  The Trustees may in their discretion from
time to time enter into an  administration  contract  or  contracts  whereby the
other  party to such  contract  shall  under  take to  furnish  the  Trust  such
administration,  accounting  and legal  services and  facilities  and such other
services  and  facilities,  if any,  as the  Trustees  shall  from  time to time
consider desirable and all upon such terms and conditions as the Trustees may in
their discretion determine.

         Section  4.2.  Adviser.  Subject to approval by a Majority  Shareholder
Vote,  the  Trustees  may in their  discretion  from time to time  enter into an
investment  advisory  contract  or  contracts  whereby  the other  party to such
contract  shall  undertake  to  furnish  the  Trust  such  investment  advisory,
statistical and research facilities and services,  and such other facilities and
services, if any, as the Trustees shall from time to time consider desirable and
all upon such  terms and  conditions  as the  Trustees  may in their  discretion
determine.  Notwithstanding any provisions of the Declaration,  the Trustees may
authorize the Adviser  (subject to such general or specific  instructions as the
Trustees  may from  time to time  adopt) to effect  purchases,  sales,  loans or
exchanges or portfolio  securities of the Trust on behalf of the Trustees or may
authorize  any  officer,  employee or Trustee to effect such  purchases,  sales,
loans or exchanges  pursuant to  recommendations of the Adviser (and all without
further action by the Trustees).  Any such purchasing sales, loans and exchanges
shall be deemed to have been  authorized  by all of the  Trustees.  The Trustees
may, in their sole discretion, call a meeting of Shareholders in order to submit
to a vote of  Shareholders  at such meeting the approval of  continuance  of any
such investment advisory contract.

         Section 4.3.  Distributor.  The Trustees may in their  discretion  from
time to time enter into a distribution  contract or contracts  providing for the
sale of Shares to net the Trust not less than the net asset  value per share (as
described  in Article  VIII  hereof) and  pursuant to which the Trust may either
agree to sell the Shares to the other  party to the  contract  or  appoint  such
other party its sales agent for such Shares.  In either case, the contract shall
be on  such  terms  and  conditions  as the  Trustees  may in  their  discretion
determine not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article IV.

         Section 4.4. Custodian.  The Trustees may in their discretion from time
to time enter into a custodian contract or contracts whereby the other party
to such contract shall undertake to furnish custodian services to the Trust,
including holding the Trust's portfolio securities and cash and maintaining
books and records with respect to the Trust's portfolio transactions.  The

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contract  shall  have such terms and  conditions  as the  Trustees  may in their
discretion determine not inconsistent with the Declaration. The By-Laws may make
further provision as to the duties and appointment of the Custodian.

         Section 4.5.  Transfer Agent. The Trustees may in their discretion from
time to time enter into a transfer  agency and shareholder  service  contract or
contracts  whereby the other party to such contract  shall  undertake to furnish
transfer agency and shareholder  services to the Trust.  Any such contract shall
have such terms and conditions as the Trustees may in their discretion determine
not inconsistent  with the Declaration.  Such services may be provided by one or
more Persons.

         Section  4.6.  Parties  to  Contract.  Any  contract  of the  character
described in Section 4.1,  4.2, 4.3, 4.4 or 4.5 of this Article IV and any other
contract  may be  entered  into  with any  Person,  although  one or more of the
Trustees or officers of the Trust may be such other party to the  contract or an
officer, director,  trustee,  shareholder,  or member of such other party to the
contract,  and no such contract  shall be  invalidated  or rendered  voidable by
reason of the existence of any such  relationship;  nor shall any Person holding
such  relationship be liable merely by reason of such  relationship for any loss
or expense to the Trust under or by reason of said contract or  accountable  for
any profit realized directly or indirectly therefrom, provided that the contract
when entered into was not  inconsistent  with the provisions of this Article IV.
The same Person may be the other party to any contracts entered into pursuant to
Section 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 or 4.5 above or otherwise, and any Trustee,  officer,
employee  or agent of the  Trust  may be  financially  interested  or  otherwise
affiliated with Persons who are parties to any or all of the contracts mentioned
in this Section 4.6.

                                  ARTICLE V

                   LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS,
                              TRUSTEES AND OTHERS


         Section 5.1. No Personal Liability of Shareholders,  Trustees.  etc. No
Shareholder shall be subject to any personal liability  whatsoever to any Person
in connection  with Trust  Property or the acts,  obligations  or affairs of the
Trust. No Trustee,  officer,  employee or agent of the Trust shall be subject to
any personal  liability  whatsoever  to any Persons  other than the Trust or its
Shareholders,  in  connection  with Trust  Property or the affairs of the Trust,
save only that arising from bad faith, wilful  misfeasance,  gross negligence or
reckless  disregard  for his or its duty to such  Person;  and all such  Persons
shall look solely to the Trust Property for satisfaction of claims of any nature
arising  in  connection  with the  affairs  of the  Trust.  If any  Shareholder,
Trustee,  officer,  employee or agent,  as such, of the Trust is made a party to
any suit or  proceeding  to enforce any such  liability,  he or it shall not, on
account thereof,  be held to any personal  liability.  The Trust shall indemnify
and hold each  Shareholder  harmless from and against all claims and liabilities
to which such  Shareholder  may become  subject by reason of his being or having
been a Shareholder, and shall reimburse such Shareholder for all legal and other
expenses  reasonably  incurred  by his in  connection  with  any  such  claim or
liability. The rights accruing to a Shareholder under this

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Section 5.1 shall not exclude any other right to which such  Shareholder  may be
lawfully entitled, nor shall anything herein contained restrict the right of the
Trust to indemnify or reimburse such  Shareholder in any  appropriate  situation
even though not specifically provided herein.

         Section  5.2.  Non-Liability  of  Trustees,  etc. No Trustee,  officer,
employee or agent of the Trust shall be liable to the Trust,  its  Shareholders,
or to any  Shareholder,  Trustee,  officer,  employee,  or agent thereof for any
action or failure to act (including  without limitation the failure to compel in
any way any former or acting  Trustee to redress any breach of trust) except for
his or its own bad faith,  wilful  misfeasance,  gross  negligence  or  reckless
disregard of his or its duties.

         Section 5.3. Indemnification.

         (a) The  Trustees  shall  provide for  indemnification  by the Trust of
every person who is, or has been, a Trustee or officer of the Trust  against all
liability  and  against  all  expenses  reasonably  incurred  or  paid by him in
connection  with any  claim,  action,  suit or  proceeding  in which he  becomes
involved as a party or otherwise by virtue of his being or having been a Trustee
or  officer  and  against  amounts  paid or  incurred  by him in the  settlement
thereof,  in such  manner  not  otherwise  prohibited  or  limited by law as the
Trustees may provide from time to time in the By-Laws.

         (b) The words "claims,"  "action," "suit," or "proceeding"  shall apply
to all  claims,  actions,  suits or  proceedings  (civil,  criminal,  or  other,
including  appeals),  actual  or  threatened;  and  the  words  "liability"  and
"expenses" shall include, without limitation, attorneys' fees, costs, judgments,
amounts paid in settlement, fines, penalties and other liabilities.

         Section 5.4. No Bond Required of Trustees.  No Trustee shall be
obligated to give any bond or other security for the performance of any of his
duties hereunder.

         Section  5.5. No Duty of  Investigation;  Notice in Trust  Instruments,
etc. No  purchaser,  lender,  transfer  agent or other  Person  dealing with the
Trustees or any  officer,  employee or agent of the Trust shall be bound to make
any inquiry concerning the validity of any transaction  purporting to be made by
the  Trustees  or by said  officer,  employee  or  agent  or be  liable  for the
application of money or property paid,  loaned,  or delivered to or on the order
of the  Trustees  or of said  officer,  employee  or  agent.  Every  obligation,
contract,  instrument,  certificate,  Share,  other  security  of the  Trust  or
undertaking, and every other act or thing whatsoever executed in connection with
the Trust shall be  conclusively  presumed to have been  executed or done by the
executors thereof only in their capacity as Trustees under the Declaration or in
their  capacity as officers,  employees,  or agents of the Trust.  Every written
obligation,  contract,  instrument,  certificate,  Share,  other security of the
Trust or  undertaking  made or issued by the Trustees shall recite that the same
is  executed  or  made by them  not  individually,  but as  Trustees  under  the
Declaration,  and that the  obligations  of any such  instrument are not binding
upon any of the Trustees or Shareholders,  individually, but bind only the Trust
Estate,  and  may  contain  any  further  recital  which  they  or he  may  deem
appropriate,  but the  omission  of such  recital  shall not operate to bind the
Trustees or Shareholders individually. The Trustees shall at all times

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maintain  insurance for the protection of the Trust Property,  its Shareholders,
Trustees,  officers,  employees and agents in such amount as the Trustees  shall
deem adequate to cover possible tort liability,  and such other insurance as the
Trustees in their sole judgment shall deem advisable.

         Section  5.6.  Reliance on Experts,  etc.  Each  Trustee and officer or
employee of the Trust  shall,  in the  performance  of his duties,  be fully and
completely  justified and protected with regard to any act or any failure to act
resulting from reliance in good faith upon the books of account or other records
of the Trust,  upon an opinion of counsel,  or upon reports made to the Trust by
any of its  officers or  employees or by the  Administrator,  the  Adviser,  the
Distributor, the Custodian, the Transfer Agent, accountants, appraisers or other
experts or consultants  selected with reasonable care by the Trustees,  officers
or employees of the Trust, regardless of whether such counsel or expert may also
be a Trustee.


                                   ARTICLE VI

                         SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST


         Section 6.1.  Beneficial  Interest.  The interest of the  beneficiaries
hereunder shall be divided into transferable Shares of beneficial interest,  par
value  $.01  per  share.  The  number  of such  Shares  of  beneficial  interest
authorized  hereunder is unlimited.  The Trustees may initially  issue whole and
fractional  Shares of a single  class,  each of which Shares shall  represent an
equal  proportionate  share in the Trust with each other Share. The Trustees may
divide or combine the Shares into a greater or lesser  number of Shares  without
thereby changing the proportionate beneficial interests in the Trust. Subject to
the  provisions  of Section 6.9 hereof,  the  Trustees  may also  authorize  the
creation of  additional  series of Shares (the proceeds of which may be invested
in separate,  independently managed portfolios) and additional classes of Shares
within any series. All Shares issued hereunder  including,  without  limitation,
Shares  issued in  connection  with a  dividend  in Shares or a split in Shares,
shall be fully paid and nonassessable.

         Section  6.2.  Rights  of  Shareholders.  The  ownership  of the  Trust
Property of every description and the right to conduct any business hereinbefore
described are vested  exclusively in the Trustees,  and the  Shareholders  shall
have no interest therein other than the beneficial  interest  conferred by their
Shares,  and they shall have no right to call for any  partition  or division of
any property,  profits,  rights or interests of the Trust nor can they be called
upon to assume  any losses of the Trust or suffer an  assessment  of any kind by
virtue of their  ownership  of Shares.  The Shares  shall be  personal  property
giving only the rights in the  Declaration  specifically  set forth.  The Shares
shall not entitle the holder to preference, preemptive, appraisal, conversion or
exchange rights, except as the Trustees may determine with respect to any series
or class of Shares.  Upon  liquidation  of the Trust,  holders of the Shares are
entitled  to  share  pro  rata in the net  assets  of the  Trust  available  for
distribution  to the holders,  except as provided by Section 6.9(f) with respect
to the holders of different series or classes of Shares.

         Section 6.3. Trust Only.  It in the intention of the Trustees to create

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only the  relationship of Trustee and beneficiary  between the Trustees and each
Shareholder from time to time. It is not the intention of the Trustees to create
a  general   partnership,   limited   partnership,   joint  stock   association,
corporation,  bailment  or any form of legal  relationship  other  than a trust.
Nothing in the Declaration shall be construed to make the  Shareholders,  either
by  themselves  or with the  Trustees,  partners  or  members  of a joint  stock
association.

         Section 6.4. Issuance of Shares. The Trustees, in their discretion may,
from time to time without vote of the Shareholders, issue Shares, in addition to
the then issued and outstanding Shares and Shares held in the treasury,  to such
party or parties and for such amount and type of  consideration,  including cash
or property, at such time or times (including, without limitation, each business
day in accordance with the maintenance of a constant net asset value per Share),
and on such terms as the Trustees may deem best,  and may in such manner acquire
other assets  (including the acquisition of assets subject to, and in connection
with the assumption of,  liabilities)  and  businesses.  In connection  with any
issuance  of Shares,  the  Trustees  may from time to time divide or combine the
Shares  into  a  greater  or  lesser  number   without   thereby   changing  the
proportionate  beneficial  interests in the Trust.  Reductions  in the number of
outstanding  Shares may be made  pursuant  to the  provisions  of Section 8.3 in
order to maintain a constant net asset value per Share of any series  attempting
to maintain such a constant not asset value.  Contributions  to the Trust may be
accepted for, and Shares shall be redeemed as, whole Shares and/or  fractions of
a Share as described in the Prospectus.

         Section  6.5.  Register  of  Shares.  A  register  shall be kept at the
principal  office of the Trust or at an office of the Transfer Agent which shall
contain the names and  addresses  of the  Shareholders  and the number of Shares
hold by then respectively and a record of all transfers  thereof.  Such register
may be in written form or any other form capable of being converted into written
form within a reasonable  time for visual  inspection.  Such  register  shall be
conclusive  as to who are the holders of the Shares and who shall be entitled to
receive  dividends or distributions or otherwise to exercise or enjoy the rights
of  Shareholders.  No  Shareholder  shall be entitled to receive  payment of any
dividend or  distribution,  nor to have notice  given to his as herein or in the
By-Laws  provided,  until he has given his address to the Transfer Agent or such
other officer or agent of the Trustees as shall keep the said register for entry
thereon. It is not contemplated that certificates will be issued for the Shares;
however, the Trustees, in their discretion,  may authorize the issuance of Share
certificates and promulgate appropriate rules and regulations as to their use.

         Section 6.6.  Transfer of Shares.  Shares shall be  transferable on the
records of the Trust only by the record holder thereof or by his agent thereunto
duly authorized in writing,  upon delivery to the Trustees or the Transfer Agent
of a duly executed  instrument  of transfer,  together with such evidence of the
genuineness of each such execution and authorization and of other matters as may
reasonably be required. Upon such delivery the transfer shall be recorded on the
register of the Trust.  Until such  record is made,  the  Shareholder  of record
shall be deemed to be the holder of such Shares for all purposes  hereunder  and
neither the  Trustees  nor any  Transfer  Agent or  registrar  nor any  officer,
employee or agent of the Trust  shall be affected by any notice of the  proposed
transfer.

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         Any person becoming entitled to any Shares in consequence of the death,
bankruptcy,  or  incompetence of any  Shareholder,  or otherwise by operation of
law,  shall be recorded  on the  register of Shares as the holder of such Shares
upon production of the proper  evidence  thereof to the Trustees or the Transfer
Agent,  but until such record is made, the Shareholder of record shall be deemed
to be the holder of such  Shares for all  purposes  hereunder  and  neither  the
Trustees  nor any Transfer  Agent or  registrar  nor any officer or agent of the
Trust shall be affected by any notice of such death, bankruptcy or incompetence,
or other  operation of law,  expect as may  otherwise be provided by the laws of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

         Section 6.7. Notices.  Any and all notices to which any Shareholder may
be entitled and any and all communications  shall be deemed duly served or given
if mailed,  postage prepaid,  addressed to any Shareholder of record at his last
known address as recorded on the register of the Trust.

         Section 6.8. Voting Powers.  The Shareholders  shall have power to vote
only (i) for the election of Trustees as provided in Section 2.2.  hereof,  (ii)
with  respect to any  investment  advisory  contract as provided in Section 4.21
(iii) with respect to  termination of the Trust as provided in Section 9.2, (iv)
with respect to any amendment of the  Declaration  to the extent and as provided
in Section 9.3, (v) with respect to any merger,  consolidation or sale of assets
as provided in Section 9.4. (vi) with respect to  incorporation  of the Trust to
the  extent and as  provided  in Section  9.5,  (vii) to the same  extent as the
stockholders  of a  Massachusetts  business  corporation  as to whether or not a
court action,  proceeding or claim should or should not be brought or maintained
derivatively  or as a class  action on behalf of the Trust or the  Shareholders,
and (viii) with respect to such additional  matters relating to the Trust as may
be required by law,  the  Declaration,  the By-Laws or any  registration  of the
Trust with the Commission (or any successor agency) or any state, or as and when
the  Trustees may consider  necessary  or  desirable.  Each whole Share shall be
entitled  to one vote as to any matter on which it is  entitled to vote and each
fractional Share shall be entitled to a proportionate  fractional  vote,  except
the  Shares  held  in the  treasury  of the  Trust  as of the  record  date,  as
determined  in accordance  with the By-Laws,  shall not be voted and except that
the Trustees may, in conjunction with the establishment of any series or classes
of Shares,  establish conditions under which the several series or classes shall
have separate or no voting  rights.  There shall be no cumulative  voting in the
election of  Trustees.  Until  Shares are issued,  the Trustees may exercise all
rights of Shareholders  and may take any action required by law, the Declaration
or the By-Laws to be taken by  Shareholders.  The  By-Laws  may include  further
provisions for Shareholders' votes and meetings and related matters.

         Section 6.9. Series or Classes of Shares.  If the Trustees shall divide
the  Shares of the Trust into two or more  series or two or more  classes of any
series,  as provided in Section 6.1 hereof,  the following  provisions  shall be
applicable:

                  (a) All  provisions  herein  relating to the Trust shall apply
         equally to each  series of the Trust  except as the  context  otherwise
         requires.  (b) The number of authorized Shares and the number of Shares
         of each series or of each class that may be issued shall be  unlimited.
         The

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         Trustees may classify or reclassify  any unissued  Shares or any Shares
         previously  issued  and  reacquired  of any series or class into one or
         more  series  or one or  more  classes  that  may  be  established  and
         designated  from time to time. The Trustees may hold as treasury shares
         (of the  same  or  some  other  series  or  class),  reissue  for  such
         consideration  and on such terms as they may  determine,  or cancel any
         Shares  of any  series or any  class  reacquired  by the Trust at their
         discretion from time to time.

                  (c) The power of the Trustees to invest and reinvest the Trust
         Property  shall be  governed by Section  3.2 of this  Declaration  with
         respect to any one or more series which represents the interests in the
         assets of the Trust  immediately  prior to the  establishment of two or
         more series and the power of the Trustees to invest and reinvest assets
         applicable to any other series shall be set forth in the  instrument of
         the Trustees establishing such series.

                  (d) All  consideration  received by the Trust for the issue or
         sale of Shares of a particular series or class together with all assets
         in which such  consideration  is  invested or  reinvested,  all income,
         earnings, profits, and proceeds thereof, including any proceeds derived
         from the sale, exchange or liquidation of such assets, and any funds or
         payments  derived from any  reinvestment  of such  proceeds in whatever
         form the same may be, shall irrevocably  belong to that series or class
         for all  purposes,  subject  only to the  rights of  creditors  of such
         series,  and  shall be so  recorded  upon the books of  account  of the
         Trust.  In the event  that  there  are any  assets,  income,  earnings,
         profits, and proceeds thereof, funds, or payments which are not readily
         identifiable  as  belonging  to any  particular  series or  class,  the
         Trustees  shall  allocate  them  among any one or more of the series or
         classes established and designated from time to time in such manner and
         on such  basis  as  they,  in  their  sole  discretion,  deem  fair and
         equitable. Each such allocation by the Trustees shall be conclusive and
         binding  upon  the  Shareholders  of all  series  or  classes  for  all
         purposes.

                  (e) The assets  belonging to each  particular  series shall be
         charged with the liabilities of the Trust in respect of that series and
         all expenses,  costs, charges and reserves attributable to that series,
         and any general  liabilities,  expenses,  costs, charges or reserves of
         the Trust  which  are not  readily  identifiable  as  belonging  to any
         particular series shall be allocated and charged by the Trustees to and
         among any one or more of the series  established  and  designated  from
         time to time in such manner and on such basis as the  Trustees in their
         sole   discretion   deem  fair  and  equitable.   Each   allocation  of
         liabilities,  expenses,  costs,  charges and  reserves by the  Trustees
         shall be conclusive  and binding upon the holders of all series for all
         purposes.  The Trustees shall have full  discretion,  to the extent not
         inconsistent  with the 1940 Act,  to  determine  which  items  shall be
         treated  as  income  and  which  items  as   capital;   and  each  such
         determination  and allocation  shall be conclusive and binding upon the
         Shareholders.  The  assets of a  particular  series of the Trust  shall
         under no circumstances be charged with liabilities  attributable to any
         other  series  of the  Trust.  All  persons  extending  credit  to,  or
         contracting with or having any claim against a particular series of the
         Trust shall look only to the assets

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         of that  particular  series for  payment of such  credit,  contract  or
         claim.

                  (f) Each  Share of a series of the  Trust  shall  represent  a
         beneficial  interest in the net assets of such  series.  Each holder of
         Shares of a series  shall be  entitled to receive his pro rata share of
         distributions  of income and  capital  gains made with  respect to such
         series.   Upon  redemption  of  his  Shares  or   indemnification   for
         liabilities   incurred  by  reason  of  his  being  or  having  been  a
         Shareholder of a series,  such shareholder  shall be paid solely out of
         the funds and property of such series of the Trust. Upon liquidation or
         termination of a series of the Trust, Shareholders of such series shall
         be  entitled  to  receive  a pro rata  share of the net  assets of such
         series. A Shareholder of a particular  series of the Trust shall not be
         entitled to  participate  in a derivative  or class action on behalf of
         any other series or the Shareholders or any other series of the Trust.

                  (g)  Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, on any matter
         submitted to a vote of Shareholders of the Trust,  Shareholders of each
         series or class  shall  vote  separately  on any  matter to the  extent
         required  by, and any matter  shall be deemed to have been  effectively
         acted upon with  respect to any series or class as  provided  in,  Rule
         18f-2,  as from time to time in  effect,  under  the 1940  Act,  or any
         successor rule.

                  (h) The  power  of the  Trustees  to pay  dividends  and  make
         distributions shall be governed by Section 8.2 of this Declaration with
         respect  to any one or more  series or  classes  which  represents  the
         interests  in  the  assets  of  the  Trust  immediately  prior  to  the
         establishment  of two or more  series or classes.  With  respect to any
         other  series  or class,  dividends  and  distributions  on Shares of a
         particular  series  or class may be paid  with  such  frequency  as the
         Trustees may determine, which may be daily or otherwise,  pursuant to a
         standing  resolution  or  resolutions  adopted  only  once or with such
         frequency as the Trustees  may  determine,  to the holders of Shares of
         that  series  or class,  from such of the  income  and  capital  gains,
         accrued or realized, from the assets belonging to that series or class,
         as the Trustees may determine,  after  providing for actual and accrued
         liabilities  belonging  to that  series or  class.  All  dividends  and
         distributions  on  Shares  of a  particular  series  or class  shall be
         distributed  pro  rata  to the  holders  of that  series  or  class  in
         proportion to the number of Shares of that series or class held by such
         holders at the date and time of record  established  for the payment of
         such dividends or distributions.

                  (i) The  Trustees  shall  have  the  power  to  determine  the
         designations,   preferences,   privileges,   limitations   and  rights,
         including  voting  and  dividend  rights,  of each  class and series of
         Shares.

                  (j) The  establishment  and designation of any series or class
         of shares  shall be effective  upon the  execution by a majority of the
         then Trustees of an instrument  setting  forth such  establishment  and
         designation  and the relative  rights and preferences of such series or
         class, or as otherwise  provided in such  instrument.  At any time that
         there are no Shares outstanding of any particular series or class

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         previously   established  and  designated,   the  Trustees  may  by  an
         instrument  executed by a majority of their number  abolish that series
         or class and the establishment and designation thereof. Each instrument
         referred to in this paragraph  shall have the status of an amendment to
         this Declaration.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                                  REDEMPTIONS


         Section 7.1. Redemptions. All outstanding Shares may be redeemed at the
option of the  holders  thereof,  upon and  subject to the terms and  conditions
provided  in  this  Article  VII.  The  Trust  shall,  upon  application  of any
Shareholder  or  pursuant  to  authorization  from any  Shareholder,  redeem  or
repurchase  from such  Shareholder  outstanding  Shares  for an amount per share
determined  by  the  Trustees  in  accordance   with  any  applicable  laws  and
regulations;  provided  that (a) such amount per share shall not exceed the cash
equivalent of the proportionate interest of each Share of any class or series of
Shares in the  assets of the Trust  attributable  to such class or series at the
time of the  redemption or repurchase  and (b) if so authorized by the Trustees,
the Trust may, at any time and from time to time, charge fees for effecting such
redemption or repurchase, at such rates as the Trustees may establish, as and to
the extent  permitted  under the 1940 Act, and may, at any time and from time to
time, pursuant to the 1940 Act, suspend such right of redemption. The procedures
for and fees, if any,  chargeable in connection  with  effecting and  suspending
redemption  shall be as set forth in the Prospectus  from time to time.  Payment
will be made in such manner as described in the Prospectus.

         Section 7.2.  Redemptions  of Shares;  Disclosure  of Holdings.  If the
Trustees  shall, at any time and in good faith, be of the opinion that direct or
indirect  ownership of Shares or other securities of the Trust has or may become
concentrated in any Person to an extent which would  disqualify the Trust or any
series  thereof as a regulated  investment  company  under the Internal  Revenue
Code,  then the  Trustees  shall  have the  power by lot or other  means  deemed
equitable  by them (i) to call for  redemption  by any such Person a number,  or
principal amount, of Shares or other Securities of the Trust sufficient,  in the
opinion of the Trustees,  to maintain or bring the direct or indirect  ownership
of Shares or other securities of the Trust into conformity with the requirements
for such  qualification  and (ii) to refuse to transfer or issue Shares or other
securities of the Trust to any Person whose  acquisition  of the Shares or other
securities of the Trust in question could in the opinion of the Trustees  result
in such disqualification. The redemption shall be effected at a redemption price
determined in accordance with Section 7.1.

         The  holders  of Shares or other  securities  of the Trust  shall  upon
demand  disclose to the  Trustees in writing  such  information  with respect to
direct and indirect  ownership of Shares or other securities of the Trust as the
Trustees deem  necessary to comply with the  provisions of the Internal  Revenue
Code, or to comply with the requirements of any other authority.

         Section 7.3. Redemptions of Shares of Shareholders No Longer Customers
of the Administrator or the Adviser.  The Trustees may in their sole

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discretion redeem the Shares of any Shareholder at a redemption price determined
in  accordance  with  Section  7.1 if such  Shareholder  is no longer a customer
either the  Administrator  or the  Adviser.  If the  Trustees  redeem  Shares in
accordance  with this Section 7.3, a Shareholder  will be notified that he is no
longer a customer  of either the  Administrator  or the  Adviser  and be allowed
sixty (60) days to become a customer of either the  Administrator or the Adviser
before redemption is processed.

         Section 7.4.  Redemptions of Accounts of Less Than $1,000. The Trustees
may  redeem  Shares of any  Shareholder  at a  redemption  price  determined  in
accordance with Section 7.1 if, immediately  following a redemption of Shares of
a series for any  reason,  the  aggregate  net asset value of the Shares of such
series in such Shareholder's account is less than $1,000. If the Trustees redeem
Shares  pursuant to this Section 7.4, a  Shareholder  will be notified  that the
value of his account is less than $1,000 and be allowed  sixty (60) days to make
an additional investment before redemption is processed.

         Section 7.5. Redemptions Pursuant to Constant Net Asset Value
Provisions.  The Trust may also reduce the number of outstanding Shares
pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.3.

                                 ARTICLE VIII

                       DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE,
                          NET INCOME AND DISTRIBUTIONS

         Section 8.1. Net Asset Value.  The net asset value of each  outstanding
Share of the Trust shall be determined on such days and at such time or times as
the Trustees may determine. The method of determination of net asset value shall
be determined by the Trustees and shall be as set forth in the  Prospectus.  The
power and duty to make the daily  calculations  may be delegated by the Trustees
to the  Administrator,  the Adviser,  the Custodian,  the Transfer Agent or such
other  person as the  Trustees by  resolution  may  determine.  The Trustees may
suspend the daily  determination  of net asset value to the extent  permitted by
the 1940 Act.

         Section 8.2.  Distributions  to  Shareholders.  The Trustees shall from
time to time distribute  ratably among the  Shareholders  such proportion of the
net profits, surplus (including paid-in surplus), capital, or assets held by the
Trustees  as they  may deem  proper.  Such  distribution  may be made in cash or
property  (including  without limitation any type of obligations of the Trust or
any  assets  thereof),  and  the  Trustees  may  distribute  ratably  among  the
Shareholders additional Shares issuable hereunder in such manner, at such times,
and on such terms as the  Trustees may deem proper.  Such  distributions  may be
among the  Shareholders  of record at the time of  declaring a  distribution  or
among the  Shareholders  of  record at such  later  date as the  Trustees  shall
determine.  The Trustees  may always  retain from the net profits such amount as
they may deem  necessary  to pay the debts or  expenses  of the Trust or to meet
obligations of the Trust, or as they may deem desirable to use in the conduct of
its affairs or to retain for future  requirements or extensions of the business.
The  Trustees may adopt and offer to  Shareholders  such  dividend  reinvestment
plans, cash dividend payout plans or related plans

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as the Trustees shall deem appropriate.

          Inasmuch as the computation of net income and gains for Federal income
tax  purposes  may vary from the  computation  thereof on the  books,  the above
provisions  shall  be  interpreted  to give  the  Trustees  the  power  in their
discretion  to  distribute  for any fiscal  year as  ordinary  dividends  and as
capital gains  distributions,  respectively,  additional  amounts  sufficient to
enable the Trust to avoid or reduce liability for taxes.

         Section 8.3.  Determination of Net Income;  Constant Net Asset Value of
Shares of Certain Series;  Reduction of Outstanding  Shares.  The Trustees shall
have the power to  determine  the net income of each  series of the Trust one or
more times on each business day and at each such determination  declare such net
income as dividends in additional  Shares of such series.  The  determination of
net income and the resultant  declaration of dividends  shall be as set forth in
the Prospectus.  With respect to any series or class that may have as one of its
investment  policies the  maintenance of a constant net asset value,  if the net
income of such series or class is a negative  amount,  the  Trustees  shall have
authority  to: (i) suspend the  declaration  of a dividend out of net income for
the  purpose of causing  the net asset  value per share of any such series to be
increased to a constant amount; and (ii) reduce the number of outstanding Shares
of  such  series  or  class,  such  reduction  to be  effected  by  having  each
Shareholder of the series or class proportionately  contribute to the capital of
the series the  necessary  Shares that  represent  the amount of the excess upon
such  determination.  Each  Shareholder  will be deemed  to have  agreed to such
contribution in these circumstances by his investment in the Trust. The Trustees
shall have full  discretion to determine  whether any cash or property  received
shall be treated as income or as  principal  and  whether  any item of  expenses
shall be charged to the income or the principal account, and their determination
made in good faith shall be  conclusive  upon the  Shareholders.  In the case of
stock dividends received,  the Trustees shall have full discretion to determine,
in the light of the  particular  circumstances,  how such,  if any, of the value
thereof  shall be treated  as  income,  the  balance,  if any,  to be treated as
principal.

         Section 8.4. Power to Modify Foregoing Procedures.  Notwithstanding any
of the foregoing provisions of this Article VIII, the Trustees may prescribe, in
their absolute  discretion,  such other bases and times for  determining the per
share net  asset  value of the  Shares or net  income,  or the  declaration  and
payment of dividends and distributions,  as they may deem necessary or desirable
to enable the Trust to comply with any provision of the 1940 Act,  including any
rule or  regulation  adopted  pursuant  to  Section  22 of the  1940  Act by the
Commission  or  any  securities  association  registered  under  the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, or any order of exemption issued by said  Commission,  all
as in effect now or hereafter amended or modified.


                                   ARTICLE IX

                                   DURATION;
                              TERMINATION OF TRUST
                            OR ANY SERIES OR CLASS;
                            AMENDMENT; MERGERS, ETC.

         Section 9.1. Duration.  The Trust shall continue without limitation of

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time but subject to the provisions of this Article IX.

         Section 9.2.  Termination  of Trust,  any Series or any Class.  (a) The
Trust or any series or any class may be terminated (i) by the  affirmative  vote
of the  holders of not less than  two-thirds  of the  Shares of the  Trust,  the
series or the  class,  respectively,  outstanding  and  entitled  to vote at any
meeting of Shareholders, or (ii) by an instrument in writing, without a meeting,
signed by a majority of the Trustees and consented to by the holders of not less
than  two-thirds of such Shares or by such other vote as may be  established  by
the  Trustees  with  respect to any class or series of  Shares,  or (iii) by the
Trustees by written  notice to the  Shareholders.  Upon the  termination  of the
Trust or any series or any class:

                  (i) The Trust,  the  series or the class,  as the case may be,
         shall  carry on no  business  except for the  purpose of winding up its
         affairs.

                  (ii) The Trustees  shall proceed to wind up the affairs of the
         Trust,  the  series or the  class,  as the case may be,  and all of the
         powers of the Trustees under this Declaration  shall continue until the
         affairs of the Trust, the series or the class shall have been wound up,
         including the power to fulfill or discharge the contracts of the Trust,
         the series or the class,  collect its  assets,  sell,  convey,  assign,
         exchange,  transfer  or  otherwise  dispose  of all or any  part of the
         remaining Trust property of the Trust,  the series or the class, as the
         case may be,  to one or more  persons  at public  or  private  sale for
         consideration which may consist in whole or in part of cash, securities
         or other property of any kind, discharge or pay its liabilities, and to
         do all other acts appropriate to liquidate its business;  provided that
         any  sale,  conveyance,   assignment,   exchange,   transfer  or  other
         disposition  of all or  substantially  all the  Trust  property  of the
         Trust,  the  series or the  class,  as the case may be,  shall  require
         Shareholder approval in accordance with section 9.4 hereof.

                  (iii) After paying or adequately  providing for the payment of
         all  liabilities,  and upon receipt of such releases,  indemnities  and
         refunding agreements, as they deem necessary for their protection,  the
         Trustees may distribute the remaining Trust Property of the Trust,  the
         series or the  class,  as the case may be, in cash or in kind or partly
         each, among the Shareholders according to their respective rights.

         (b)  After  termination  of the  Trust,  any  series  or any  class and
distribution to the Shareholders as herein provided,  a majority of the Trustees
shall  execute and lodge among the records of the Trust an instrument in writing
setting forth the fact of such termination,  and the Trustees shall thereupon be
discharged from all further liabilities and duties hereunder with respect to the
Trust, the series or the class, as the case may be, and the rights and interests
of all Shareholders of the Trust, the series or the class shall thereupon cease.

         Section 9.3. Amendment  Procedure.  (a) This Declaration may be amended
by a Majority  Shareholder  Vote.  The Trustees may also amend this  Declaration
without the vote or consent of  Shareholders  to designate  series or classes in
accordance  with Section 6.9 hereof,  to change the name of the Trust, to supply
any omission, to cure, correct or supplement any ambiguous, defective or

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inconsistent  provision  hereof,  or if they deem it  necessary  to conform this
Declaration  to  the  requirements  of  applicable  federal  or  state  laws  or
regulations or the requirements of the regulated  investment  company provisions
of the Internal  Revenue Code, or to reduce or eliminate the payment of taxes by
Shareholders,  the Trust or any class or series thereof under applicable federal
or state laws or  regulations,  but the Trustees shall not be liable for failing
so to do.

         (b) No amendment  may be made under this Section 9.3 which would change
any  rights  with  respect  to any  Shares of the Trust by  reducing  the amount
payable  thereon  upon  liquidation  of the  Trust,  a  series  or a class or by
diminishing or eliminating any voting rights pertaining thereto, except with the
vote or consent of the  holders of  two-thirds  of the Shares of the Trust,  the
series or the class outstanding and entitled to vote.  Nothing contained in this
Declaration  shall  permit  the  amendment  of this  Declaration  to impair  the
exemption  from  personal  liability of the  Shareholders,  Trustees,  officers,
employees and agents of the Trust or to permit assessments upon Shareholders.

         (c) A  certificate  signed  by a  majority  of the  Trustees  or by the
Secretary or any  Assistant  Secretary of the Trust,  setting forth an amendment
and reciting that it was duly adopted by the  Shareholders or by the Trustees as
aforesaid or a copy of the Declaration,  as amended,  and executed by a majority
of the Trustees or certified by the Secretary or any Assistant  Secretary of the
Trust,  shall be  conclusive  evidence of such  amendment  when lodged among the
records of the Trust. Unless such amendment or certificate sets forth some later
time for the  effectiveness  of such  amendment,  it shall be  effective  on the
taking of the action.

         Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  hereof,  until  such  time as a
Registration  Statement  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  covering
the  first  public  offering  of  securities  of the  Trust  shall  have  become
effective,  this  Declaration may be terminated or amended in any respect by the
affirmative  vote of a majority of the Trustees or by an instrument  signed by a
majority of the Trustees.

         Section 9.4. Merger,  Consolidation  and Sale of Assets.  The Trust may
merge or consolidate  with any other  corporation,  association,  trust or other
organization,  and a series of the Trust may merge or  consolidate  with another
series of the Trust and a class or classes may merge or consolidate with another
class or classes or with a series of the Trust, or the Trust may sell,  lease or
exchange all or  substantially  all of the Trust  Property or the Trust Property
allocated  to a series or class,  including  its good will,  upon such terms and
conditions and for such consideration when and an authorized,  at any meeting of
Shareholders  of the Trust or of the affected  series or class,  as the case may
be, called for the purpose,  by the affirmative  vote of the holders of not less
than  two-thirds  of the  Shares  outstanding  and  entitled  to vote,  or by an
instrument  or  instruments  in writing  without a meeting,  consented to by the
holders of not less than two-thirds of such Shares, or by such other vote as may
be  established  by the Trustees  with respect to any series or class of Shares;
provided, however, that, if such merger, consolidation,  sale, lease or exchange
is recommended by the Trustees,  a Majority Shareholder Vote shall be sufficient
authorization; and any such merger, consolidation, sale, lease or exchange shall
be deemed for all purposes to have been  accomplished  under and pursuant to the
statutes of the

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Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts.  In respect of any such merger,  consolidation,
sale or  exchange  of assets,  any  Shareholder  shall be  entitled to rights of
appraisal of his Shares to the same extent as a shareholder  of a  Massachusetts
business corporation in respect of a merger, consolidation,  sale or exchange of
assets of a  Massachusetts  business  corporation,  and such rights shall be his
exclusive remedy in respect of his dissent from any such action.

         Section 9.5.  Incorporation.  With  approval of a Majority  Shareholder
Vote, or by such other vote as may be  established  by the Trustees with respect
to any series or class of Shares,  the  Trustees  may cause to be  organized  or
assist  in  organizing  a  corporation  or  corporations  under  the laws of any
jurisdiction or any other trust, partnership,  association or other organization
to take over all of the Trust  Property  or the Trust  Property  allocated  to a
series or class,  as the case may be, or to carry on any  business  in which the
Trust shall  directly or indirectly  have an interest,  and to sell,  convey and
transfer  the Trust  Property  or the Trust  Property  allocated  to a series or
class,  as the  case  may  be,  to any  such  corporation,  trust,  partnership,
association or organization in exchange for the shares or securities  thereof or
otherwise,  and to lend money to, subscribe for the shares or securities of, and
enter  into  any  contracts  with  any  such  corporation,  trust,  partnership,
association  or  organization  in which the Trust  holds or is about to  acquire
shares or any other  interest.  Subject to Section 9.3 hereof,  the Trustees may
also cause a merger or consolidation  between the Trust or any successor thereto
and any such corporation, trust, partnership,  association or other organization
if and to the extent permitted by law, as provided under the law then in effect.
Nothing   contained   herein  shall  be  construed  as  requiring   approval  of
Shareholders  for the Trustees to organize or assist in  organizing  one or more
corporations,  trusts,  partnerships,  associations or other  organizations  and
selling,  conveying  or  transferring  a portion of the Trust  Property  to such
organization or entities.


                                   ARTICLE X

                            REPORTS TO SHAREHOLDERS

         The Trustees shall at least semi-annually  submit to the Shareholders a
written  financial  report of the Trust,  including  financial  statements which
shall at least annually be certified by independent public accountants.


                                   ARTICLE XI

                                 MISCELLANEOUS


         Section 11.1.  Filing.  This Declaration and any amendment hereto shall
be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and
in such other places as may be required under the laws of Massachusetts  and may
also be filed or recorded in such other places as the Trustees deem appropriate.
Each  amendment  so filed  shall be  accompanied  by a  certificate  signed  and
acknowledged by a Trustee or by the Secretary or any Assistant  Secretary of the
Trust stating that such action was duly taken in a manner provided herein.  Such
amendment shall be effective as provided in Section 9.3

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above. A restated  Declaration,  integrating into a single instrument all of the
provisions of the  Declaration  which are then in effect and  operative,  may be
executed from time to time by a majority of the Trustees and shall,  upon filing
with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,  be conclusive evidence
of all amendments contained therein and may thereafter be referred to in lieu of
the original Declaration and the various amendments thereto.

         Section 11.2. Resident Agent. The name of the Trust's resident agent is
CT Corporation  System, and its post office address is 2 Oliver Street,  Boston,
Massachusetts 02109.

         Section  11.3.  Governing  Law.  This  Declaration  is  executed by the
Trustees with reference to the laws of the  Commonwealth of  Massachusetts,  and
the rights of all parties  shall be subject to and  construed  according  to the
laws of said State.

         Section  11.4.  Counterparts.  The  Declaration  may be  simultaneously
executed  in  several  counterparts,  each of  which  shall be  deemed  to be an
original,  and such  counterparts,  together,  shall constitute one and the same
instrument,   which  shall  be  sufficiently  evidenced  by  any  such  original
counterpart.

         Section 11.5. Reliance by Third Parties. Any certificate executed by an
individual who,  according to the records of the Trust,  appears to be a Trustee
hereunder,  or Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Trust, certifying to: (a)
the number or identity of Trustees or Shareholders, (b) the due authorization of
the execution of any instrument or writing, (c) the form of any vote passed at a
meeting of Trustees or Shareholders, (d) the fact that the number of Trustees or
Shareholders  present  at  any  meeting  or  executing  any  written  instrument
satisfies  the  requirements  of this  Declaration,  (e) the form of any By-Laws
adopted by or the identity of any officers  elected by the Trustees,  or (f) the
existence of any fact or facts which in any manner  relate to the affairs of the
Trust,  shall be conclusive  evidence as to the matters so certified in favor of
any person dealing with the Trustees and their successors.

         Section 11.6.  Provisions in Conflict with Law or Regulations.  (a) The
provisions  of  the  Declaration  are  severable,  and  if  the  Trustees  shall
determine,  with  the  advice  of  counsel,  that any of such  provisions  is in
conflict with the 1940 Act, the regulated  investment  company provisions of the
Internal  Revenue  Code or with  other  applicable  laws  and  regulations,  the
conflicting  provisions  shall be deemed never to have constituted a part of the
Declaration;  provided, however, that such determination shall not affect any of
the remaining  provisions of the  Declaration  or render invalid or improper any
action taken or omitted prior to such determination.

         (b) If any  provision  of the  Declaration  shall  be held  invalid  or
unenforceable in any  jurisdiction,  such invalidity or  unenforceability  shall
attain only to such provision in such  jurisdiction  and shall not in any manner
affect such provision in any other  jurisdiction  or any other  provision of the
Declaration in any jurisdiction.


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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned have executed this instrument this
23rd day of October 1989.

/s/JAMES E. MOLTZ
- -----------------------
James E. Moltz

/s/JOHN G. FOERST, JR.
- -----------------------
John G. Foerst, Jr.

/s/GENE APRUZZI
- -----------------------
Gene Apruzzi

/s/RICHARD KARL GOELTZ
- -----------------------
Richard Karl Goeltz

/s/H..ALVORD
- -----------------------
H.B. Alvord


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                            THE 59 WALL STREET TRUST



         (a) The  principal  place of business  of The 59 Wall  Street  Trust is
located at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10104-0101.

         (b)  The names and residences of its Trustees are as follows:

Name                                       Residence

James E. Moltz                             29 Indian Spring Trail
                                           Darien, CT  06820

Gene Apruzzi                               20 West 64th Street, Apt. 25E
                                           New York, New York  10023

H. B. Alvord                               1450 Oleada Road
                                           Pebble Beach, CA  93953

John G. Foerst, Jr.                        77 Dover Road
                                           Manhasset, NY  11030

Richard Karl Goeltz                        953 Fifth Avenue
                                           New York, NY  10021

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                           THE 59 WALL STREET TRUST

                CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION OF TRUST

         The undersigned, constituting a majority of the Trustees of The 59 Wall
Street Trust (the  "Trust"),  a business trust  organized  under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,  pursuant to a Declaration of Trust,  amended and
restated as of October  23,  1989 (the  "Declaration"),  do hereby  certify,  as
provided  by the  provisions  of the first  sentence  of  Section  9.3(a) of the
Declaration, by vote duly adopted by a majority of the shareholders of the Trust
on  September  23,  1991,  and by a majority of the Trustees on August 13, 1991,
that  Section 7.4 of the  Declaration  was duly  amended and restated in full as
follows:

                  "Section 7.4. Redemptions of Accounts of Less Than a Specified
         Amount.  With  respect  to each  series of the Trust,  the  Shareholder
         Servicing  Agent and each Eligible  Institution may establish for their
         respective  customers an  involuntary  redemption  requirement.  If the
         value of a Shareholder's  holdings falls below that amount because of a
         redemption  of  Shares,  the  Shareholder's  remaining  Shares  may  be
         redeemed. If such remaining Shares are to be redeemed,  the Shareholder
         shall be notified  that the value of such  Shareholder's  holdings  has
         fallen below the applicable  specified minimum amount and be allowed 60
         days to make an additional investment to enable the Shareholder to meet
         the  applicable   specified  minimum  amount   requirement  before  the
         redemption is processed.  The terms  "Shareholder  Servicing Agent" and
         "Eligible  Institution" shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the
         then-current  prospectus of the series whose Shares are subject to such
         involuntary redemption requirement."

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate this
10th day of December, 1991.



/s/J.V. SHIELDS, JR.
J.V. Shields, Jr.


/s/H.B. ALVORD
H.B. Alvord


/s/DAVID P. FELDMAN
David P. Feldman


/s/RICHARD KARL GOELTZ
Richard Karl Goeltz


/s/ROSS JONES
Ross Jones




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                            THE 59 WALL STREET TRUST

                CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION OF TRUST

         The undersigned, constituting a majority of the Trustees of The 59 Wall
Street Trust (the  "Trust"),  a business trust  organized  under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,  pursuant to a Declaration of Trust,  amended and
restated as of October  23,  1989 (the  "Declaration"),  do hereby  certify,  as
provided  by the  provisions  of the first  sentence  of  Section  9.3(a) of the
Declaration, by vote duly adopted by a majority of the shareholders of the Trust
on  September  23,  1991,  and by a majority of the Trustees on August 13, 1991,
that the second  sentence of Section 6.8 of the Declaration was duly amended and
restated in full as follows:

                  "Each  whole  Share  shall be  entitled  to one vote as to any
         matter on which it is entitled to vote and each fractional  Share shall
         be entitled to a proportionate fractional vote, except that Shares held
         in the treasury of the Trust as of the record date,  as  determined  in
         accordance  with the  By-Laws,  shall not be voted and except  that all
         Shares shall be voted by individual series on any matter submitted to a
         vote of the Shareholders except as provided in Section 6.9(g) hereof."

and that Section 6.9(g) of the Declaration was duly amended as restated in full
as follows:

                  "(g) Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary,  on
         any  matter  submitted  to a vote  of  Shareholders,  all  Shares  then
         entitled to vote shall be voted by individual  series,  except that (i)
         when  required  by the 1940 Act to be  voted in the  aggregate,  Shares
         shall not be voted by  individual  series,  and (ii) when the  Trustees
         have  determined  that the matter affects the interests of Shareholders
         of more than one series, Shareholders of all such affected series shall
         vote in the aggregate."

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate this
10th day of December, 1991.



/s/J.V. SHIELDS, JR.
J.V. Shields, Jr.


/s/H.B. ALVORD
H.B. Alvord


/s/DAVID P. FELDMAN
David P. Feldman


/s/RICHARD KARL GOELTZ
Richard Karl Goeltz


/s/ROSS JONES
Ross Jones



<PAGE>


                            THE 59 WALL STREET TRUST

                CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION OF TRUST

         The undersigned, constituting a majority of the Trustees of The 59 Wall
Street Trust (the  "Trust"),  a business trust  organized  under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,  pursuant to a Declaration of Trust,  amended and
restated as of October  23,  1989 (the  "Declaration"),  do hereby  certify,  as
provided  by the  provisions  of the first  sentence  of  Section  9.3(a) of the
Declaration, by vote duly adopted by a majority of the shareholders of the Trust
on  September  23,  1991,  and by a majority of the Trustees on August 13, 1991,
that Section 6.8 of the  Declaration  was duly  amended by adding the  following
sentences immediately following the fourth sentence thereof:

         "At any  meeting  of  Shareholders  of the  Trust or any  series of the
         Trust, an Eligible Institution may vote any Shares of such series as to
         which such  Eligible  Institution  is the holder or agent of record and
         which  are not  otherwise  represented  in  person  or by  proxy at the
         meeting,  proportionately  in accordance with the votes cast by holders
         of all Shares of such series  otherwise  represented  at the meeting in
         person or by proxy as to which such Eligible  Institution is the holder
         or agent of record.  Any Shares of such  series so voted by an Eligible
         Institution  shall  be  deemed  represented  at  the  meeting  for  all
         purposes,  including quorum purposes.  The term "Eligible  Institution"
         shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the then-current prospectus of
         the series whose Shares are being so voted."

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate this
10th day of December, 1991.


/s/J.V. SHIELDS, JR.
J.V. Shields, Jr.


/s/H.B. ALVORD
H.B. Alvord


/s/DAVID P. FELDMAN
David P. Feldman


/s/RICHARD KARL GOELTZ
Richard Karl Goeltz


/s/ROSS JONES
Ross Jones



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                            THE 59 WALL STREET TRUST


                               Establishment and
                       Designation of Series of Shares of
                Beneficial Interest (par value $0.01 per share)

         Pursuant  to  Section  6.9 of the  Declaration  of Trust,  amended  and
restated  as of October 23, 1989 (the  "Declaration  of Trust"),  of The 59 Wall
Street  Trust (the  "Trust"),  the Trustees of the Trust  hereby  establish  and
designate  a series of Shares (as  defined  in the  Declaration  of Trust)  (the
"Fund") to have the following special and relative rights:

         1.       The Fund shall be designated as follows:

                  The 59 Wall Street U.S. Treasury Money Fund

         2. The Fund shall be  authorized  to hold cash,  invest in  securities,
instruments and other  properties and use investment  techniques as from time to
time described in the Trust's then currently  effective  registration  statement
under the  Securities  Act of 1933 to the extent  pertaining  to the offering of
Shares of the Fund ("Shares"). Each Share shall be redeemable, shall be entitled
to one vote (or fraction thereof in respect of a fractional share) on matters on
which Shares shall be entitled to vote,  shall  represent a pro rata  beneficial
interest in the assets allocated or belonging to the Fund, and shall be entitled
to receive its pro rata share of the net assets of the Fund upon  liquidation of
the Fund,  all as  provided  in Section  6.9 of the  Declaration  of Trust.  The
proceeds of sales of Shares, together with any income and gain thereon, less any
diminution or expenses  thereof,  shall  irrevocably  belong to the Fund, unless
otherwise required by law.

         3.  Shareholders  of the Fund shall vote  separately  as a class on any
matter to the extent  required  by, and any matter  shall be deemed to have been
effectively  acted upon with respect to the Fund as provided in, Rule 18f-2,  as
from  time to time in  effect,  under the  Investment  Company  Act of 1940,  as
amended, or any successor rule, and by the Declaration of Trust.

         4. At any meeting of shareholders of the Fund, an Eligible  Institution
(as that term may from time to time be  defined in the  applicable  then-current
prospectus  of  the  Fund)  may  vote  any  Shares  as to  which  such  Eligible
Institution  is the  holder  or agent of  record  and  which  are not  otherwise
represented in person or by proxy at the meeting,  proportionately in accordance
with the votes  cast by  holders  of all  Shares  otherwise  represented  at the
meeting  in  person or by proxy as to which  such  Eligible  Institution  is the
holder or agent of record.  Any Shares so voted by an Eligible  Institution will
be  deemed  represented  at the  meeting  for  all  purposes,  including  quorum
purposes.

         5. All Shares  shall be subject to  redemption  and  redeemable  at the
option of the Trust.  The Board of Trustees may by resolution  from time to time
authorize  the  Trust  to  require  the  redemption  of all or any  part  of any
outstanding  Shares,  without  the vote or  consent of  shareholders  (including
through the  establishment of uniform  standards with respect to the minimum net
asset  value of a  shareholder  account),  upon the  sending of  written  notice
thereof to each  shareholder  any of whose  Shares are so redeemed and upon such
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conditions as the Board of Trustees shall deem  advisable,  out of funds legally
available  therefor,  at net asset value per Share determined in accordance with
the provisions of the applicable then-current prospectus of the Fund and to take
all other steps deemed necessary or advisable in connection therewith. The Board
of  Trustees  may  authorize  the  closing of those  accounts  not  meeting  the
specified minimum standards of net asset value by redeeming all of the Shares in
such accounts.

         6. The Fund's Shareholder Servicing Agent and each Eligible Institution
(as those terms are defined in the  applicable  then-current  prospectus  of the
Fund) may establish for their  respective  customers an  involuntary  redemption
requirement.  If the value of a  shareholder's  holdings falls below that amount
because of a redemption of Shares,  the  shareholder's  remaining  Shares may be
redeemed.  If such remaining Shares are to be redeemed,  the shareholder will be
notified  that the value of his  holdings  has fallen  below that  amount and be
allowed 60 days to make an additional  investment to enable the  shareholder  to
meet the minimum requirement before the redemption is processed.

         7. The assets and  liabilities  of the Trust shall be  allocated to the
Fund as set forth in Section 6.9 of the Declaration of Trust.

         8.  Subject  to the  provisions  of Section  6.9 and  Article IX of the
Declaration of Trust, the Trustees (including any successor Trustees) shall have
the right at any time and from time to time to reallocate assets and expenses or
to change the designation of the Fund or any other Funds hereafter  created,  or
to otherwise change the special and relative rights of the Fund.

         IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned  Trustees  have  executed  this
instrument this 12th day of February, 1991.



/s/J.V. SHIELDS, JR.               Trustee and Chairman of the Board
J.V. Shields, Jr.


/s/H.B. ALVORD                     Trustee
H.B. Alvord


/s/DAVID P. FELDMAN                Trustee
David P. Feldman


/s/RICHARD KARL GOELTZ             Trustee
Richard Karl Goeltz


/s/ROSS JONES                      Trustee
Ross Jones

WS5041


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WS5041

                            THE 59 WALL STREET TRUST

                               Establishment and
                       Designation of Series of Shares of
                Beneficial Interest (par value $0.01 per share)

         Pursuant  to  Section  6.9 of the  Declaration  of Trust,  amended  and
restated  as of October 23, 1989 (the  "Declaration  of Trust"),  of The 59 Wall
Street  Trust (the  "Trust"),  the Trustees of the Trust  hereby  establish  and
designate  a series of Shares (as  defined  in the  Declaration  of Trust)  (the
"Fund") to have the following special and relative rights:

         1.       The Fund shall be designated as follows:

                  The 59 Wall Street Tax Free  Short/Intermediate  Fixed  Income
Fund

         2. The Fund shall be  authorized  to hold cash,  invest in  securities,
instruments and other  properties and use investment  techniques as from time to
time described in the Trust's then currently  effective  registration  statement
under the  Securities  Act of 1933 to the extent  pertaining  to the offering of
Shares of the Fund ("Shares"). Each Share shall be redeemable, shall be entitled
to one vote (or fraction thereof in respect of a fractional share) on matters on
which Shares shall be entitled to vote,  shall  represent a pro rata  beneficial
interest in the assets allocated or belonging to the Fund, and shall be entitled
to receive its pro rata share of the net assets of the Fund upon  liquidation of
the Fund,  all as  provided  in Section  6.9 of the  Declaration  of Trust.  The
proceeds of sales of Shares, together with any income and gain thereon, less any
diminution or expenses  thereof,  shall  irrevocably  belong to the Fund, unless
otherwise required by law.

         3.  Shareholders  of the Fund shall vote  separately  as a class on any
matter to the extent  required  by, and any matter  shall be deemed to have been
effectively  acted upon with respect to the Fund as provided in, Rule 18f-2,  as
from  time to time in  effect,  under the  Investment  Company  Act of 1940,  as
amended, or any successor rule, and by the Declaration of Trust.

         4. At any meeting of shareholders of the Fund, an Eligible  Institution
(as that term may from time to time be  defined in the  applicable  then-current
prospectus  of  the  Fund)  may  vote  any  Shares  as to  which  such  Eligible
Institution  is the  holder  or agent of  record  and  which  are not  otherwise
represented in person or by proxy at the meeting,  proportionately in accordance
with the votes  cast by  holders  of all  Shares  otherwise  represented  at the
meeting  in  person or by proxy as to which  such  Eligible  Institution  is the
holder or agent of record.  Any Shares so voted by an Eligible  Institution will
be  deemed  represented  at the  meeting  for  all  purposes,  including  quorum
purposes.

         5. All Shares  shall be subject to  redemption  and  redeemable  at the
option of the Trust.  The Board of Trustees may by resolution  from time to time
authorize  the  Trust  to  require  the  redemption  of all or any  part  of any
outstanding  Shares,  without  the vote or  consent of  shareholders  (including
through the  establishment of uniform  standards with respect to the minimum net
asset  value of a  shareholder  account),  upon the  sending of  written  notice
thereof to each  shareholder  any of whose  Shares are so redeemed and upon such
terms and conditions as the Board of Trustees shall deem advisable, out of funds
legally


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available  therefor,  at net asset value per Share determined in accordance with
the provisions of the applicable then-current prospectus of the Fund and to take
all other steps deemed necessary or advisable in connection therewith. The Board
of  Trustees  may  authorize  the  closing of those  accounts  not  meeting  the
specified minimum standards of net asset value by redeeming all of the Shares in
such accounts.

         6. The  presence  in  person  or by proxy of the  holders  of record of
one-third  of the shares  issued and  outstanding  and  entitled to vote thereat
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business at all meetings of
the  stockholders  except as otherwise  provided by law or in the Declaration of
Trust.

         7. The Fund's Shareholder Servicing Agent and each Eligible Institution
(as those terms are defined in the  applicable  then-current  prospectus  of the
Fund) may establish for their  respective  customers an  involuntary  redemption
requirement.  If the value of a  shareholder's  holdings falls below that amount
because of a redemption of Shares,  the  shareholder's  remaining  Shares may be
redeemed.  If such remaining Shares are to be redeemed,  the shareholder will be
notified  that the value of his  holdings  has fallen  below that  amount and be
allowed 60 days to make an additional  investment to enable the  shareholder  to
meet the minimum requirement before the redemption is processed.

         8. The assets and  liabilities  of the Trust shall be  allocated to the
Fund as set forth in Section 6.9 of the Declaration of Trust.

         9.  Subject  to the  provisions  of Section  6.9 and  Article IX of the
Declaration of Trust, the Trustees (including any successor Trustees) shall have
the right at any time and from time to time to reallocate assets and expenses or
to change the designation of the Fund or any other Funds hereafter  created,  or
to otherwise change the special and relative rights of the Fund.

         IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned  Trustees  have  executed  this
instrument this 9th day of June, 1992.



/s/J.V. SHIELDS, JR.               Trustee and Chairman of the Board
J.V. Shields, Jr.


/s/H.B. ALVORD                     Trustee
H.B. Alvord


/s/DAVID P. FELDMAN                Trustee
David P. Feldman


/s/RICHARD KARL GOELTZ             Trustee
Richard Karl Goeltz


/s/ROSS JONES                      Trustee
Ross Jones


WS5041


                           THE 59 WALL STREET FUND

                                    By-Laws

                                   ARTICLE I

                                  Shareholders

         Section 1. Place of Meeting.  All meetings of the Shareholders shall be
held at the principal  office of the Trust in the  Commonwealth of Massachusetts
or at such other  place  within  the  United  States as may from time to time be
designated by the Trustees and stated in the notice of such meeting.

         Section 2. Special or Extraordinary Meetings.  Special or extraordinary
meetings of the  Shareholders  for any purpose or purposes  may be called by the
Chairman or a majority  of the  Trustees,  and shall be called by the  Secretary
upon receipt of the request in writing signed by  Shareholders  holding not less
than  twenty-five  per cent  (25%) of the  Shares  issued  and  outstanding  and
entitled to vote  thereat.  Such request  shall state the purpose or purposes of
the  proposed  meeting.  The  Secretary  shall inform such  Shareholders  of the
reasonably  estimated  costs of preparing and mailing such notice of meeting and
upon payment to the Trust of such costs, the Secretary shall give notice stating
the purpose or purposes of the meeting as required in this Article and By-Law to
all Shareholders  entitled to notice of such meeting. No special meeting need be
called upon the  request of the  holders of Shares  entitled to cast less than a
majority of all votes entitled to be cast at such meeting to consider any matter
which is substantially the same as a matter voted upon at any special meeting of
Shareholders held during the preceding twelve months.

         Section  3.  Notice of  Meetings.  Not less than ten days' or more than
ninety days' written or printed notice of every meeting of Shareholders, stating
the time and place thereof (and the general  nature of the business  proposed to
be transacted at any special or extraordinary  meeting),  shall be given to each
Shareholder  entitled  to vote  thereat by  leaving  the same with him or at his
residence  or usual place of business or by mailing  it,  postage  prepaid,  and
addressed  to him at his address as it appears  upon the books of the Trust.  If
mailed,  notice shall be deemed to he given when  deposited in the United States
mail addressed to the Shareholder as aforesaid.

         No notice of the time,  place or purpose of any meeting of Shareholders
need be given to any  Shareholder  who  attends  in person or by proxy or to any
Shareholder who executes a written waiver of such notice, either before or after
the meeting is held, and which notice is filed with the records of the meeting.

         Section 4. Record Dates.  The Trustees may fix, in advance,  a date not
more  than  sixty  (60) or less  than ten (10)  days  preceding  the date of any
meeting  of  Shareholders  as  a  record  date  for  the  determination  of  the
Shareholders  entitled  to  notice  of and to  vote at such  meeting;  and  only
Shareholders  of record on such date shall be  entitled to notice of and to vote
at such meeting.

         Section 5. Quorum and Adjournment of Meetings.  The presence in person
or by proxy of the holders of record of a majority of the Shares of the Trust


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issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat shall constitute a quorum at
all meetings of the Shareholders except as otherwise provided in the Declaration
of Trust.  If,  however,  such quorum shall not be present or represented at any
meeting of the Shareholders,  the holders of a majority of the Shares present in
person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn  the  meeting  from time to time,
without  notice  other than  announcement  at the meeting,  until the  requisite
amount of Shares  entitled to vote at such  meeting  shall be  present.  At such
adjourned  meeting  at which the  requisite  amount of Shares  entitled  to vote
thereat shall be  represented  any business may be  transacted  which might have
been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

         Section 6. Voting and  Inspectors.  At all  meetings,  Shareholders  of
record  entitled to vote thereat shall have one vote for each Share  standing in
his name on the books of the  Trust  (and such  Shareholders  of record  holding
fractional shares, if any, shall have  proportionate  voting rights) on the date
of the determination of Shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting, either in
person  or by proxy  appointed  by  instrument  in  writing  subscribed  by such
Shareholder  or his duly  authorized  attorney.  No proxy shall be valid  eleven
months after its date.  Pursuant to a resolution  of a majority of the Trustees,
proxies may be solicited in the name of one or more  Trustees or officers of the
Trust.

         All elections  shall be had and all questions  decided by a majority of
the votes cast at a duly constituted  meeting,  except as otherwise  provided by
statute or by the Declaration of Trust or by these By-Laws.

         At any election of Trustees,  the Chairman of the meeting may, and upon
the request of the holders of ten per cent (10%) of the Shares  entitled to vote
at such  election  shall,  appoint two  inspectors  of election  who shall first
subscribe an oath or affirmation to execute  faithfully the duties of inspectors
at such  election  with strict  impartiality  and according to the best of their
ability,  and shall after the election make a  certificate  of the result of the
vote taken.  No  candidate  for the office of Trustee  shall be  appointed  such
Inspector.

         Section 7. Conduct of Meetings.  The meetings of the Shareholders shall
be presided over by the Chairman, or if he is not present, by the President,  or
if none of them is  present,  by a Chairman  to be elected at the  meeting.  The
Secretary of the Trust,  if present,  shall act as a Secretary of such meetings,
or if he is not  present,  an Assistant  Secretary  shall so act; if neither the
Secretary nor any Assistant  Secretary is present,  then the meeting shall elect
its Secretary.

         Section 8.  Concerning  Validity  of  Proxies,  Ballots,  etc. At every
meeting of the  Shareholders,  all proxies shall be received and taken in charge
of and all ballots  shall be received  and  canvassed  by the  Secretary  of the
meeting,  who shall decide all questions  touching the  qualification of voters,
the validity of the proxies and the  acceptance  or  rejection of votes,  unless
inspectors of election shall have been appointed by the Chairman of the meeting,
in which event such inspectors of election shall decide all such questions.

         Section 9. Action Without Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law,


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the provisions of these By-Laws relating to notices and meetings to the contrary
notwithstanding,  any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of
Shareholders  may be taken  without a meeting if a majority of the  Shareholders
entitled  to vote upon the action  consent  to the  action in  writing  and such
consents are filed with the records of the Trust.  Such consent shall be treated
for all purposes as a vote taken at a meeting of Shareholders.

                                   ARTICLE II

                                    Trustees

         Section 1. Number and Tenure of Office. The property of the Trust shall
be  controlled  by and the  business and affairs of the Trust shall be conducted
and managed by not less than two (2) or more than fifteen (15) Trustees,  as may
be fixed from time to time by a written  instrument  signed by a majority of the
Trustees then in office. Trustees need not be Shareholders. The tenure of office
of each Trustee  shall be set by  resolution  of the  Trustees,  except that any
Trustee may resign his office or be removed  from  office for cause  pursuant to
the provisions of the Declaration of Trust.

         Section 2. Vacancies. In case of any vacancy or vacancies in the office
of Trustee through death,  resignation or other cause, other than an increase in
the  number of  Trustees,  a  majority  of the  remaining  Trustees,  although a
majority is less than a quorum,  by an  affirmative  vote, or the sole remaining
Trustee,  may  elect a  successor  or  successors,  as the case may be,  to hold
office.

         Section 3. Increase or Decrease in Number of  Directors.  The Trustees,
by the vote of a majority of all the Trustees  then in office,  may increase the
number of Trustees and may elect  Trustees to fill the vacancies  created by any
such increase in the number of Trustees. The Trustees, by the vote of a majority
of all the Trustees then in office, may likewise decrease the number of Trustees
to a number not less than two.

         Section 4. Place of Meeting. The Trustees may hold their meetings, have
one or more offices,  and keep the books of the Trust,  outside the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, at any office or offices of the Trust or at any other place as
they may from time to time by resolution determine,  or in the case of meetings,
as they may from time to time by  resolution  determine or as shall be specified
or fixed in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

         Section 5. Regular Meetings.  Regular meetings of the Trustees shall be
held at such time and on such notice as the Trustees may from time to time
determine.

         Section 6. Special  Meetings.  Special  meetings of the Trustees may be
held from time to time upon call of the  Chairman,  the Secretary or two or more
of the Trustees, by oral or telegraphic or written notice duly served on or sent
or mailed to each Trustee not less than one day before such  meeting.  No notice
of any special  meeting need be given to any Trustee who attends in person or to
any Trustee who executes a written waiver of such notice, either before or after
the meeting is held,  and which notice is filed with the records of the meeting.
Such  notice or waiver of notice  need not state the purpose or purposes of such
meeting.


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         Section 7.  Quorum.  One-third  of the  Trustees  then in office  shall
constitute  a quorum for the  transaction  of business,  provided  that a quorum
shall in no case be less than two Trustees.  If at any meeting of Trustees there
shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the
meeting  from time to time until a quorum shall have been  obtained.  The act of
the majority of the  Trustees  present at any meeting at which there is a quorum
shall be the act of the Trustees,  except as otherwise  specifically provided by
statute or by the Declaration of Trust or by these By-Laws.

         Section 8.  Committees.  The Trustees,  by the majority vote of all the
Trustees then in office, may appoint from the Trustees committees which shall in
each case consist of such number of Trustees  (not less than two) and shall have
and may exercise  such powers as the Trustees  may  determine in the  resolution
appointing  them.  A  majority  of all the  members  of any such  committee  may
determine  its  action  and fix the time and place of its  meetings,  unless the
Trustees shall otherwise  provide.  The Trustees shall have power at any time to
change the members and powers of any such  committee,  to fill  vacancies and to
discharge any such committee.

         Section 9. Telephone Meetings.  Trustees or a committee of the Trustees
may  participate  in a meeting  by means of a  conference  telephone  or similar
communications  equipment if all persons  participating  in the meeting can hear
each  other  at the  same  time.  Participation  in a  meeting  by  these  means
constitutes presence in person at the meeting.

         Section 10. Action Without a Meeting.  Any action required or permitted
to be taken at any meeting of the Trustees or any committee thereof may be taken
without a  meeting,  if a written  consent  to such  action is signed by all the
Trustees  then in office or all members of such  committee,  as the case may be,
and such  written  consent is filed with the minutes of the  proceedings  of the
Trustees or committee.
         Section 11. Compensation. No Trustee shall receive any stated salary or
fees from the Trust for his services as such if such Trustee is,  otherwise than
by reason of being such Trustee,  an interested  person (as such term is defined
by the Investment Company Act of 1940) of the Trust or of its investment adviser
or principal underwriter. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, Trustees
shall be entitled to receive such compensation from the Trust for their services
as may from time to time be voted by the Trustees.

                                  ARTICLE III

                                    Officers

         Section 1.  Executive  Officers.  The  executive  officers of the Trust
shall be chosen by the Trustees.  These shall include a Chairman (who shall be a
Trustee),  a  President,  one or more  Executive or other  Vice-Presidents  (the
number thereof to be determined by the  Trustees),  a Secretary and a Treasurer.
The  Trustees  may  also in  their  discretion  appoint  Assistant  Secretaries,
Assistant  Treasurers and other officers,  agents and employees,  who shall have
such  authority  and perform  such duties as the  Trustees  may  determine.  The
Trustees  may fill any vacancy  which may occur in any office.  Any two offices,
except those of Chairman and any President, may be held by the same person,


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but no officer shall execute,  acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than
one  capacity,  if such  instrument  is required  by law or these  By-Laws to be
executed, acknowledged or verified by two or more officers.

         Section 2. Term of Office.  The term of office of all officers shall be
one year and until their  respective  successors are chosen and  qualified.  Any
officer may be removed from office at any time with or without cause by the vote
of a majority of all the Trustees then in office.

         Section 3. Powers and Duties. The officers of the Trust shall have such
powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective  offices,  as well as
such powers and duties as may from time to time be conferred by the Trustees.


                                   ARTICLE IV

                                Share Interests

         Section 1. Certificates for Shares.  Shareholders are not entitled to
receive certificates evidencing their Share ownership, unless the Trustees
shall by resolution otherwise determine.

         Section  2.   Transfer  of  Shares.   Shares  of  the  Trust  shall  be
transferable  on the register of the Trust by the holder thereof in person or by
his agent duly  authorized  in writing,  upon  delivery  to the  Trustees or the
Transfer  Agent of a duly executed  instrument  of transfer,  together with such
evidence of the genuineness of each such execution and authorization and of such
other matters as the Trust or its agents may reasonably require.

         Section 3. Register of Shares. A register of the Trust,  containing the
names and  addresses of the  Shareholders  and the number of Shares held by them
respectively  and a  record  of all  transfers  thereof,  shall  be  kept at the
principal offices of the Trust or, if the Trust employs a Transfer Agent, at the
offices of the Transfer Agent of the Trust.


                                   ARTICLE V

                                      Seal

          The Trustees may provide for a suitable seal, in such form and bearing
such inscriptions as they may determine.


                                   ARTICLE VI

                                  Fiscal Year

         The fiscal  year of the Trust  shall begin on the first day of July and
shall end on the last day of June in each year.




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                                  ARTICLE VII

                                Indemnification

         A  representative  of the Trust shall be  indemnified by the Trust with
respect to each  proceeding  against  such  representative,  except a proceeding
brought by or on behalf of the Trust,  against  expenses  (including  attorneys'
fees),  judgments,  fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by such  representative  in connection with such  proceeding,  provided
that such  representative  acted in good  faith  and in a manner  he  reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best  interests  of the Trust and,  with
respect to any  criminal  proceeding,  had no  reasonable  cause to believe  his
conduct was unlawful.  The  termination  of any  proceeding by judgment,  order,
settlement,  conviction  or upon a plea of nolo  contendere  or its  equivalent,
shall not, of itself,  create a presumption  that the person did not act in good
faith and in a manner  which he  reasonably  believed to be in or not opposed to
the best  interests of the Trust and,  with respect to any criminal  proceeding,
had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

         A representative  of the Trust shall be indemnified by the Trust,  with
respect  to each  proceeding  brought  by or on  behalf of the Trust to obtain a
judgment or decree in its favor,  against expenses  (including  attorneys' fees)
actually  and  reasonably  incurred  by him in  connection  with the  defense or
settlement  of such  proceeding,  if he acted in good  faith  and in a manner he
reasonably  believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust;
except that no indemnification  shall be made in respect of any claim, issue, or
matter as to which  such  representative  has been  adjudged  to be  liable  for
willful  misfeasance,  bad faith,  gross negligence or reckless disregard in the
performance  of his duty to the Trust,  unless  and only to the extent  that the
court in which the proceeding was brought, or a court of equity in the county in
which the Trust has its principal  office,  determines  upon  application  that,
despite the  adjudication of liability but in view of all  circumstances  of the
case,  such  corporate  representative  is fairly  and  reasonably  entitled  to
indemnity for the expenses which the court considers proper.

         To the extent that the  representative of the Trust has been successful
on the  merits or  otherwise  in defense of any  proceeding  referred  to in the
preceding two paragraphs,  or in defense of any claim,  issue or matter therein,
the Trust shall indemnify him against all expenses  (including  attorneys' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.

         Except as provided in the preceding paragraph any indemnification under
the first two  paragraphs of this Article  (unless  ordered by a court) shall be
made by the Trust only as authorized  in the specific case upon a  determination
that  indemnification  of the  representative  of the  Trust  is  proper  in the
circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in
such  paragraphs.  The  determination  shall  be made (1) by the  Trustees  by a
majority  vote of a quorum  consisting  of Trustees  who were not parties to the
proceeding, or (2) if a quorum is not obtainable or if a quorum of disinterested
Trustees so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion.

         Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in defending a proceeding


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may be paid by the Trust in  advance  of the final  disposition  thereof  if (1)
authorized by a majority of a quorum of  noninterested  Trustees in the specific
case,  and  (2)  the  Trust  receives  an  undertaking  by or on  behalf  of the
representative  of the  Trust  to  repay  the  advance  if it is not  ultimately
determined  that he is entitled to be  indemnified by the Trust as authorized in
this Article.

         The  indemnification  provided  by this  Article  shall  not be  deemed
exclusive  of any other rights to which a  representative  of the Trust or other
person  may  be  entitled  under  any  agreement,   vote  of   Shareholders   or
disinterested Trustees or otherwise,  both as to action in his official capacity
and as to action  in  another  capacity  while  holding  the  office,  and shall
continue  as to a person who has ceased to be a Trustee,  officer,  employee  or
agent and inure to the benefit of his heirs and personal representatives.

         The Trust may purchase  and maintain  insurance on behalf of any person
who is or was a Trustee,  officer,  employee or agent of the Trust, or is or was
serving at the request of the Trust as a trustee, director, officer, employee or
agent  of  another  trust,  corporation,  partnership,  joint  venture  or other
enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any
such  capacity or arising out of his status as such,  regardless  of whether the
Trust would have the power to  indemnify  him against  the  liability  under the
provisions of this Article.

         Nothing  contained in this Section  shall be construed to indemnify any
representative  of the  Trust  against  any  liability  to the  Trust  or to its
security   holders  to  which  he  would  otherwise  be  subject  by  reason  of
misfeasance,  bad faith,  gross  negligence or reckless  disregard of the duties
involved in the conduct of his office.

         As  used  in  this  Article  "representative  of the  Trust"  means  an
individual (1) who is a present or former Trustee, officer, agent or employee of
the Trust or who serves or has served another trust,  corporation,  partnership,
joint venture or other  enterprise  in one of such  capacities at the request of
the Trust,  and (2) who by reason of his position is, has been or is  threatened
to be made a party to a proceeding;  and  "proceeding"  includes any threatened,
pending or  completed  action,  suit or  proceeding,  whether  civil,  criminal,
administrative or investigative.


                                  ARTICLE VIII

                                   Custodian

         Section 1. The Trust shall have as custodian or custodians  one or more
trust  companies or banks of good standing,  each having a capital,  surplus and
undivided profits aggregating not less than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000),
and, to the extent required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, the funds and
securities  held by the Trust  shall be kept in the  custody of one or more such
custodians, provided such custodian or custodians can be found ready and willing
to act, and further  provided that the Trust may use as  subcustodians,  for the
purpose of holding any  securities  and related funds of the Trust such banks as
the Trustees may approve and as shall be permitted by


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law.

         Section 2. The Trust shall upon the  resignation  or inability to serve
of its custodian or upon change of the custodian:

                  (i) in case of such resignation or inability to serve, use its
         best efforts to obtain a successor custodian;

                  (ii) require that the cash and securities  ovened by the Trust
         be delivered directly to the successor custodian; and

                  (iii) in the event that no successor  custodian  can be found,
         submit to the Shareholders  before permitting  delivery of the cash and
         securities owned by the Trust otherwise than to a successor  custodian,
         the question  whether the Trust shall be liquidated  or shall  function
         without a custodian.


                                   ARTICLE IX

                              Amendment of By-Laws

         The By-Laws of the Trust may be altered,  amended, added to or repealed
by the Shareholders or by majority vote of all the Trustees then in office;  but
any such alteration,  amendment,  addition or repeal of the By-Laws by action of
the Trustees may be altered or repealed by Shareholders.



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WS5302

                            THE 59 WALL STREET TRUST
                              AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS


RESOLVED:         That Article I Section 2 of the By-Laws of the Trust is hereby
                  amended as follows:

                  Section  2.  Special  or  Extraordinary  Meetings.  Special or
         extraordinary  meetings of the Shareholders for any purpose or purposes
         may be called by the Chairman or a majority of the Trustees,  and shall
         be called by the  Secretary  upon  receipt  of the  request  in writing
         signed by  Shareholders  holding not less than ten percent (10%) of the
         Shares  issued and  outstanding  and  entitled  to vote  thereat.  Such
         request  shall state the purpose or purposes of the  proposed  meeting.
         The  Secretary  shall  inform  such   Shareholders  of  the  reasonably
         estimated costs of preparing and mailing such notice of the meeting and
         upon  payment  to the Trust of such  costs,  the  Secretary  shall give
         notice  stating  the  purpose or purposes of the meeting as required in
         this Article and By-Laws to all Shareholders entitled to notice of such
         meeting.  No special  meeting  need be called  upon the  request of the
         holders of Shares  entitled  to cast less than a majority  of all votes
         entitled  to be cast at such  meeting to consider  any matter  which is
         substantially the same as a matter voted upon at any special meeting of
         Shareholders held during the preceding twelve months.



Approved:  February 22, 1995



Independent Auditors' Consent

We consent to the use in this  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 20 to  Registration
Statement (No. 2-84751) of The 59 Wall Street Money Market Fund (a series of The
59 Wall  Street  Trust) of our report  dated  August 11, 1995  appearing  in the
Statement  of  Additional  Information,  which  is  part  of  such  Registration
Statement,  and to the reference to us under the heading "Financial  Highlights"
appearing  in  the  Prospectus,  which  is  also  a part  of  such  Registration
Statement.


/s/DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
October 25, 1995




Independent Auditors' Consent


We consent to the use in this  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 20 to  Registration
Statement (No. 2-84751) of The 59 Wall Street Money Market Fund (a series of The
59 Wall Street  Trust) of our report  dated  August 11,  1995,  relating to U.S.
Money Market  Portfolio,  appearing in the Statement of Additional  Information,
which is part of such Registration Statement.




/s/DELOITTE & TOUCHE


Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
October 25, 1995



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