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As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 1995.
1933 Act File No. 33-3795
1940 Act File No. 811-4607
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 X
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 11 X
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 X
AMENDMENT NO. 12 X
EATON VANCE HIGH INCOME TRUST
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
24 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(617) 482-8260
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(Registrant's Telephone Number)
H. DAY BRIGHAM, JR.
24 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
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(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective on August 11,
1995 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2(b)(3) under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
Registrant hereby terminates its declaration under Rule 24f-2 under the
Securities Act of 1933. Registrant is concurrently filing a final Rule 24f-2
Notice.
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The sole purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment is to terminate the
Rule 24f-2 declaration of the Registrant. As set forth in the final Rule 24f-2
Notice of the Registrant filed concurrently herewith, certain series of Eaton
Vance Mutual Funds Trust (formerly Eaton Vance Government Obligations Trust)
(File Nos. 23 and 26) are succeeding to the Rule 24f-2 obligations and
redemption credits of certain series of the Registrant.
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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 of
the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to the Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly
caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Boston, and the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 11th day of August, 1995.
EATON VANCE HIGH INCOME TRUST
By: /s/ M. Dozier Gardner
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M. Dozier Gardner, President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by
the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
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Trustee, President and
Principal Executive
/s/ M. Dozier Gardner Officer August 11, 1995
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M. Dozier Gardner
Treasurer and Principal
Financial and
/s/ James L. O'Connor Accounting Officer August 11, 1995
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James L. O'Connor
Donald R. Dwight* Trustee August 11, 1995
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Donald R. Dwight
/s/ James B. Hawkes Trustee August 11, 1995
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James B. Hawkes
Samuel L. Hayes, III* Trustee August 11, 1995
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Samuel L. Hayes, III
Norton H Reamer* Trustee August 11, 1995
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Norton H. Reamer
John L. Thorndike* Trustee August 11, 1995
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John L. Thorndike
Jack L. Treynor* Trustee August 11, 1995
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Jack L. Treynor
*By: /s/ H. Day Brigham, Jr.
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As Attorney-in-fact
