STANDISH, AYER & WOOD INVESTMENT TRUST
One Financial Center
Boston, Massachusetts 02111
December _9_, 1997
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 prospectus and statement of additional
information relating to shares of beneficial interest of Standish Diversified
Income Fund, a 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. 85 to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, which was filed
electronically with the Commission of December _3_, 1997.
If you have any questions or comments concerning this filing, please
contact Leonard A. Pierce, Esq., of Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Trust, at
(617) 526-6440 (collect).
Very truly yours,
Standish, Ayer & Wood Investment Trust
/s/ Denise Kneeland
Denise Kneeland
