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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 24 F-2
Annual Notice of Securities Sold
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
Read instructions at end of Form before preparing Form. Please print or type.
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1. Name and address of issuer: Standish, Ayer & Wood Investment Trust
One Financial Center
Boston, MA 02111
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2. The name of each series or class of securities for which this Form is filed
(If the Form is being filed for all series and classes of the securities of
the issuer check the box but do not list series or classes): |_|
3. Standish Equity Fund
Standish Small Capitalization Equity Fund
Standish Small Capitalization Equity Fund II
Standish Small Cap Tax-Sensitive Equity Fund
Standish Tax-Sensitive Equity Fund
Standish Intermediate Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
Standish Massachusetts Intermediate Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
Standish Small Capitalization Equity Asset Fund
Standish Equity Asset Fund
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4. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-4813
Securities Act File Number: 33-8214
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4(a) Last day of fiscal year for which this Form is filed: September 30, 1998
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4(b) |_| Check box if this Form is being filed late (i.e., more than 90
calendar days after the end of the issuer's fiscal year).
(See instruction A.2)
Note: If the Form is being filed late, interest must be paid on the registration
fee due.
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4(c) |_| Check box if this is the last time the issuer will be filing this
Form.
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SEC 2393(9-97)
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5. Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold
during the fiscal year pursuant
to section 24(f): $ 389,487,818
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(ii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed or
repurchased during the fiscal year: $ 217,702,271
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(iii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed or
repurchased during any prior fiscal year
ending no earlier than October 11, 1995
that were not previously used to reduce
registration fees payable to the
Commission: $ --
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(iv) Total available redemption credits [add
items 5(ii) and 5(iii)]: $ 217,702,271
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(v) Net sales-if item 5(i) is greater than
item 5(iv) [subtract item 5(iv) from
Item 5(i)] $ 171,785,547
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(vi) Redemption credits available for use in $( --)
future years - if Item 5(i) is less than
Item 5(iv) [subtract Item 5(iv) from
Item 5(i)]
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(vii) Multiplier for determining registration
fee (See Instruction C.9) x 0.000278
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(1/36 of 1%)
(viii) Registration fee due [multiply Item 5(v)
by Item 5(vii)] (enter "0" if no fee is ------------
due): =$47,756.38
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6. Prepaid Shares
If the response to item 5(i) was determined by deducting an amount of
securites that were registered under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to
rule 24e-2 as in effect before [effective date of rescission of rule 24e-2],
then report the amount of securities (number of shares or other units)
deducted here: -0- . If there is a number of shares or other units that were
registered pursuant to rule 24e-2 remaining unsold at the end of the fiscal
year for which this form is filed that are available for use by the issuer
in future fiscal years, then state that number here: -0-.
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7. Interest due--if this Form is being filed more than 90 days after the end of
the issuer's fiscal year (see Instruction D):
+$ -0-
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8. Total of the amount of the registration fee due plus any interest due [line
5(viii) plus line 7]:
=$47,756.38
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9. Date the registration fee and any interest payment was sent to the
Commission's lockbox depository:
Method of Deliver 12/16/98
|X| Wire Transfer
|_| Mail or other means
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This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Paul G. Martins
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Paul G. Martins, Treasurer
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Date: December 15, 1998
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*Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the
signature.
