STANDISH, AYER & WOOD INVESTMENT TRUST
One Financial Center
Boston, Massachusetts 02111
May 6, 1996
VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
File Desk
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Standish, Ayer & Wood Investment Trust (the "Trust")
(File Nos. 33-8214 and 811-4813)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Trust hereby certifies pursuant to paragraph (j) of Rule 497 under the
Securities Act of 1933 that the prospectuses and statements of additional
information ("SAIs") relating to shares of beneficial interest of the
below-referenced series of the Trust that would have been filed under paragraph
(c) of Rule 497 do not differ from those contained in Post-Effective Amendment
No. 75 to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (the "Amendment") and
that the Amendment was filed electronically. The Amendment contained the
prospectuses and SAIs of Standish Controlled Maturity Fund, Standish Fixed
Income Fund II, Standish Securitized Fund, Standish Massachusetts Intermediate
Tax Exempt Bond Fund, Standish Short-Term Asset Reserve Fund and Standish
International Fixed Income Fund.
If you have any questions or comments concerning this filing, please contact
Leonard A. Pierce, Esq., counsel to the Trust, at (617) 526-6440 (collect).
Very truly yours,
/s/ Basil Murray
Basil Murray
