STANDISH, AYER & WOOD INVESTMENT TRUST
One Financial Center
Boston, Massachusetts 02111
February 3, 2000
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 combined prospectuses and combined statements of
additional information relating to shares of beneficial interest of the
following 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. 96
to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, which was filed
electronically with the Commission on January 28, 2000: Standish Tax-Sensitive
Equity Fund; Standish Small Cap Tax-Sensitive Fund; Standish Intermediate
Tax-Exempt Bond Fund; Standish Massachusetts Intermediate Tax-Exempt Bond Fund;
Standish Equity Asset Fund; and Standish Small Cap Growth Fund (Service Class
Shares).
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).
Standish, Ayer & Wood Investment Trust
/s/ Denise Kneeland
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Denise Kneeland
