ROYCE FOCUS TRUST INC
DEF 14A, 2000-03-29
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                    	SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No.    )

Filed by the Registrant [ X ]
Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [  ]
Check the appropriate box:
[   ] Preliminary Proxy Statement
[   ] Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-
      6(e)(2))
[ X ] Definitive Proxy Statement
[   ] Definitive Additional Materials
[   ] Soliciting Material Pursuant to Section 240.14a-11(c) or Section
      240.14a-12

                     	ROYCE FOCUS TRUST, INC.
         (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement if other than the Registrant)

Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):
[ X ]  No fee required.
[   ]  Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11.
     1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:

     2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:

     3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed
     pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which
     the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):

     4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:

     5) Total fee paid:

[  ] Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.
[  ] Check  box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange  Act
     Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was
     paid previously.  Identify the previous filing by registration statement
     number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.
     1) Amount Previously Paid:

     2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:

     3) Filing Party:

     4) Date filed:

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                  NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
                           ROYCE FOCUS TRUST, INC.

To the Stockholders of
ROYCE FOCUS TRUST, INC.

      NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of ROYCE
FOCUS TRUST, INC. (the "Fund") will be held at the offices of the Fund,  1414
Avenue  of the Americas, New York, New York, on April 26, 2000 at 11:00  a.m.
(E.T.), for the following purposes:

      1.    To  elect  a  board of six directors, four to be elected  by  the
holders  of  both the Fund's Common Stock and its 7.45% Cumulative  Preferred
Stock  (the "Preferred Stock") voting together as a single class, and two  to
be elected only by the holders of the Fund's Preferred Stock.

      2.    To  ratify  the selection of Tait, Weller & Baker as  independent
public accountants of the Fund for the year ending December 31, 2000.

      3.   To transact such other business as may come before the meeting  or
any adjournment thereof.

     The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on March 16, 2000
as  the  record date for the determination of those stockholders entitled  to
vote  at the meeting, and only holders of record at the close of business  on
that day will be entitled to vote.

     The Fund's Annual Report to Stockholders for the year ended December 31,
1999  was  previously mailed to stockholders, and copies of it are  available
upon  request, without charge, by writing to the Fund at 1414 Avenue  of  the
Americas, New York, New York 10019, calling toll free at 1-800-221-4268, or e-
mailing the Fund at [email protected].

	                           IMPORTANT

     To save the Fund the expense of additional proxy solicitation, if you do
not  now expect to be present at the meeting, please insert your instructions
on  the  enclosed  Proxy,  date and sign it and return  it  in  the  enclosed
envelope  (which  requires no postage if mailed in the United  States).   The
Proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors, is revocable and will
not  affect  your right to vote in person in the event that  you  attend  the
meeting.

                              By order of the Board of Directors,

                              John E. Denneen
                              Secretary

March 28, 2000

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                        ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
                                     OF
                           ROYCE FOCUS TRUST, INC.
                         1414 Avenue of the Americas
                          New York, New York 10019

                          Wednesday, April 26, 2000


                        _____________________________
                               PROXY STATEMENT
                        _____________________________


      Accompanying  this  Proxy Statement is a Notice of  Annual  Meeting  of
Stockholders and a form of Proxy for the meeting, solicited on behalf of  the
directors of Royce Focus Trust, Inc. (the "Fund").

      The  Proxy may be revoked at any time before it is exercised by written
instructions to the Fund or by filing a new Proxy with a later date, and  any
stockholder attending the meeting may vote in person, whether or  not  he  or
she  has  previously  filed  a  Proxy.  Shares represented  by  all  properly
executed  Proxies received in time for the meeting will be  voted.   Where  a
stockholder has specified a choice on the Proxy with respect to Proposal 2 in
the  Notice  of Annual Meeting, his or her shares will be voted  accordingly.
If  no  directions are given, the stockholder's shares will be voted in favor
of  the  Proposal.  Unless  authority to vote for  all  nominees  or  for  an
individual nominee pursuant to Proposal 1 is specifically withheld, the Proxy
will  be voted for the election of all of the persons nominated by the  Board
of  Directors  to become directors.  The cost of soliciting proxies  will  be
borne by the Fund, which will reimburse brokerage firms, custodians, nominees
and  fiduciaries  for  their expenses in forwarding proxy  materials  to  the
beneficial owners of the Fund's shares.  Some officers and employees  of  the
Fund  and/or  Royce  &  Associates,  Inc. ("Royce"),  the  Fund's  investment
adviser,  may  solicit  Proxies  personally  and  by  telephone,  if   deemed
desirable.

     On March 16, 2000, the record date for the meeting, there were 8,584,506
shares  of  Common Stock and 800,000 shares of Preferred Stock  of  the  Fund
outstanding.  Stockholders entitled to vote are those of record on that date.
Shares  of both the Common Stock and the Preferred Stock are entitled to  one
vote  on  each  item of business at the meeting.  Stockholders  vote  at  the
Annual Meeting by casting ballots (in person or by proxy)

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which are tabulated
by  one  or  two  persons,  appointed by the Board of  Directors  before  the
meeting, who serve as Inspectors and Judges of Voting at the meeting and  who
have  executed an Inspectors and Judges Oath.  Neither abstentions nor broker
non-votes are counted in the tabulation of such votes.

      The following persons were known to the Fund to be beneficial owners or
owners of record of 5% or more of its outstanding shares of Common Stock  and
Preferred Stock as of the record date.

                    	      Class      Amount and Nature          Percentage
Name and Address of Owner     of Stock   of Ownership               of Class
- -------------------------     --------	 -----------------	    ----------
Charles M. Royce              Common    908,860 shares--               10.6%
1414 Avenue of the Americas             Beneficial (sole voting
New York, NY 10019                      and investment power)

Yale University               Common    752,838 shares--                8.8%
451 College Street                      Beneficial (sole voting
P.O. Box 1074 Yale Station              and investment power)
New Haven, CT 06520

Wachovia Corporation          Common    572,582 shares--                6.7%
100 North Main Street                   Beneficial (sole voting
Winston Salem, NC 27150                 and investment power)

Cede & Co.*                   Common    7,772,770 shares-Record*       90.5%
Depository Trust Company
7 Hanover Square-23rd Floor   Preferred  787,749  shares-Record*       98.2%
New York, NY 10004

       *Shares   held   by  brokerage  firms,  banks  and   other   financial
intermediaries  on  behalf of their beneficial owners are registered  in  the
name of Cede & Co.

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                 SUMMARY OF VOTING RIGHTS ON PROXY PROPOSALS
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           Common                        		Preferred
Proposal   Stockholders                       		Stockholders
- --------   ------------				        ------------
<S>        <C>						<C>
    1      Common and Preferred Stockholders,           Preferred Stockholders,
           voting together as a single class, elect     voting as a separate class,
           4 directors                                  elect 2 additional directors

    2      Common and Preferred Stockholders, voting together as a single class

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                    1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS (Proposal 1)

     Six directors are proposed for election at the meeting, each director to
hold  office  until  the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders  and  until  his
successor  shall  have been elected and qualified. The holders  of  both  the
Common Stock and the Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class,  are
entitled to elect four directors. The holders of the Preferred Stock,  voting
as  a separate class, are entitled to elect the remaining two directors.  The
Fund's  Board of Directors has nominated the following six persons,  each  of
whom  has served as a director since October 31, 1996 (except for William  L.
Koke,  who has served as a director since August 1997, and Donald R.  Dwight,
who  has  served as a director since June 1998), to become directors  of  the
Fund.  Certain information concerning them is set forth below.  Each of these
persons  has  agreed to serve if elected, and the Fund's  management  has  no
reason  to  believe that any of them will be unavailable for  election  as  a
director.   However, if any of them become unwilling or unable to serve,  the
persons named in the accompanying form of Proxy will vote for the election of
such other persons, if any, as the Board of Directors may nominate.

                              Positions With
        Name          Age     The Fund            	Elected By
	----	      ---     --------------   		----------

  Charles M. Royce    60      Director, President 	Common and
                              and Treasurer       	Preferred

  Donald R. Dwight    68      Director            	Common and
                                             		Preferred

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                              Positions With
        Name          Age     The Fund            	Elected By
	----	      ---     --------------   		----------

  Richard M. Galkin   61      Director            	Common and
							Preferred

  Stephen L. Isaacs   60      Director            	Preferred only

  William L. Koke     65      Director            	Common and
                                             		Preferred

  David L. Meister    60      Director            	Preferred only

      A  total  of 5 meetings of the Board of Directors were held during  the
year  ended December 31, 1999, and each director attended 75% or more of  the
meetings held during the period in which he served.

      The  Board of Directors has an Audit Committee, comprised of Donald  R.
Dwight,  Richard M. Galkin, Stephen L. Isaacs, William L. Koke and  David  L.
Meister,  which  is  responsible for, among other  things,  recommending  the
selection  and  nomination  of  the  Fund's  independent  auditors  and   for
conducting  post-audit reviews of its financial condition with the  auditors.
Mr.  Galkin  serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee.  The Audit  Committee
has  adopted a written charter which sets forth its composition, purposes and
responsibilities and is attached as Exhibit A to this Proxy  Statement.   The
Audit  Committee held two meetings during the year ended December  31,  1999.
The  Board  of  Directors does not have any other compensation or  nominating
committees.

      There  are no family relationships between any of the Fund's  directors
and officers.

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      As  of  the  record date, the Fund's directors beneficially  owned  the
following shares of its Common Stock:

  Name of Director               Amount            Percentage of Class
  ----------------		 ------		   -------------------

  Charles M. Royce ..............908,860 shares		10.6%
  Donald R. Dwight ................. 500 shares		 -
  Richard M. Galkin ...............1,030 shares		 -
  Stephen L. Isaacs .................615 shares		 -
  William L. Koke ...................500 shares		 -
  David L. Meister........................None           -

      Mr.  Royce has sole voting power and sole investment power  as  to  the
shares  beneficially owned by him.  As of the record date, all directors  and
officers of the Fund as a group (11 persons) beneficially owned 1,078,368
shares  of  the  Fund's Common Stock, constituting 12.6% of  the  outstanding
shares, and no shares of its Preferred Stock.

Business Experience

      Set  forth  below  is certain information as to the principal  business
experience of the Fund's directors during at least the past five years.

      Charles  M.  Royce  is  the President, Secretary,  Treasurer  and  sole
director and sole voting shareholder of Royce, the Fund's investment adviser.
He  has  served as Royce's President, Treasurer and Chief Investment  Officer
for  more  than  25  years.  Mr. Royce also manages three private  investment
partnerships   through  Royce  Management  Company  ("RMC"),   a   registered
investment adviser, of which he is the managing general partner.

      Donald  R.  Dwight  is  President of Dwight Partners,  Inc.,  corporate
communications  consultants.   From 1982  until  March  1998,  he  served  as
Chairman of Newspapers of New England, Inc. and is now its Chairman Emeritus.
He  is also a trustee of the registered investment companies constituting the
Eaton  Vance funds.  Mr. Dwight's prior experience includes having served  as
Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and as President and
Publisher of Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company.

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      Richard M. Galkin is a private investor and the President of Richard M.
Galkin Associates, Inc., tele-communications consultants.  His prior business
experience  includes having served as President of Manhattan Cable Television
(a  subsidiary of Time Inc.), President of Havermills Inc. (another Time Inc.
subsidiary),  President  of  Rhode Island Cable Television  and  Senior  Vice
President of Satellite Television Corp. (a subsidiary of Comstat).

     Stephen L. Isaacs has been President of The Center for Health and Social
Policy  since  September 1996 and President of Stephen L. Isaacs  Associates,
consultants.   He  was a Director of the Columbia University Development  Law
and Policy Program and a Professor at Columbia University until August 1996.

      William  L.  Koke  is  a financial planner and President  of  Shoreline
Financial Consultants.  His prior business experience includes having  served
as Director of Financial Relations of  SONAT, Inc. (formerly Southern Natural
Resources, Inc.), Treasurer of Ward Foods, Inc. and President of CFC, Inc.

      David  L.  Meister became Chief Executive Officer of Seniorlife.com  in
December  1999.   For seven years prior thereto, he was a consultant  to  the
communications  industry.   His  prior business  experience  includes  having
served as President of Financial News Network, Senior Vice President of  HBO,
President  of  Time-Life  Films  and Head of Broadcasting  for  Major  League
Baseball.

     Mr. Royce is also President and Treasurer of Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc.
("OTCM"),  Royce Value Trust, Inc. ("RVT"), The Royce Fund ("TRF") and  Royce
Capital  Fund  ("RCF"), registered management investment companies.   Messrs.
Royce,  Dwight,  Galkin,  Isaacs and Meister are also  directors/trustees  of
OTCM,  RVT,  TRF and RCF.  Mr. Koke is also a trustee of TRF.  Mr.  Royce  is
also  the  sole director and Secretary of Royce Fund Services, Inc.  ("RFS"),
the distributor of The Royce Fund's shares.

      Mr.  Royce is an "interested person" of the Fund within the meaning  of
Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Officers of the Fund

     Officers of the Fund are elected each year by the Fund's Board of
Directors at its regular meeting in

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March.   In  addition to Mr. Royce, with respect to whom information  is  set
forth above, the Fund's officers include the following:

      John  D. Diederich, 48, Vice President of the Fund since 1996, Director
of Administration of The Royce Funds and President of RFS.

      Jack  E. Fockler, Jr., 41, Vice President of the Fund since 1996 and  a
Managing Director and Vice President of Royce.

      W.  Whitney  George, 41, Vice President of the Fund since  1996  and  a
Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President of Royce.

      Daniel A. O'Byrne, 37, Vice President of the Fund since 1996 and a Vice
President of Royce.

      John  E.  Denneen, 33, Secretary of the Fund since 1996  and  Associate
General Counsel of Royce.

Remuneration of Directors and Officers

      Set forth below is the compensation paid by the Fund and the four other
registered  investment companies comprising The Royce Funds to each  director
for the year ended December 31, 1999.

                    Aggregate Compensation     Total Compensation From the Fund
      Director          From the Fund          and Other Royce Funds
      --------	    ----------------------     ---------------------------
  Charles M. Royce             -                            -
  Donald R. Dwight          $3,187.50*                   $61,750*
  Richard M. Galkin          3,500                        58,000
  Stephen L. Isaacs          3,750                        61,750
  William L. Koke            3,750                        38,750
  David L. Meister           3,750                        61,750

      *  Includes $562.50 from the Fund ($9,187 from the Fund and other Royce
Funds)  deferred  during 1999 at the election of Mr. Dwight under  The  Royce
Funds' Deferred Compensation Plan for directors/trustees.

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      Each  of  the Fund's non-affiliated directors receives a  base  fee  of
$2,500  per  year  plus  $250  for each meeting of  the  Board  of  Directors
attended.   No director of the Fund received remuneration for services  as  a
director  for the year ended December 31, 1999 in addition to or in  lieu  of
this standard arrangement.

Vote Required

      A  quorum  consists  of stockholders representing  a  majority  of  the
outstanding shares of the Fund's Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock, as  the
case  may be, entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy,  and  a
plurality of all of the votes cast at a meeting at which a quorum is  present
is sufficient to elect a director.

The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR all nominees.

                             2.  RATIFICATION OF
          SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS (Proposal 2)

      The  Board of Directors, including a majority of the directors who  are
not  "interested  persons" of the Fund, has selected Tait,  Weller  &  Baker,
independent accountants, to serve as the Fund's auditors for the year  ending
December 31, 2000.  Stockholders are asked, through this proposal, to  ratify
this selection.

      Tait, Weller & Baker has informed the Fund that neither Tait, Weller  &
Baker  nor any of its partners has any direct or indirect financial  interest
in  the  Fund  except  as  auditors and independent  public  accountants.   A
representative of Tait, Weller & Baker is not expected to be present  at  the
meeting,  but  has  been given an opportunity to make a statement  if  he  so
desires,  and  will  be  available  should any  matter  arise  requiring  his
participation.

Vote Required

     Ratification of the selection of Tait, Weller & Baker as the independent
public accountants of the Fund requires the affirmative vote of a majority of
the outstanding shares of the Fund's Common Stock and Preferred Stock, voting
together  as a single class, present or represented at the meeting  (assuming
that more than 50% of the shares are present or represented).

     The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR Proposal 2.

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                              3. OTHER BUSINESS

      While  the  meeting has been called to transact any business  that  may
properly  come  before it, the Directors know of no other business  than  the
matters  stated  in  Proposals 1 and 2 in the Notice of the  Annual  Meeting.
However,  if any additional matter properly comes before the meeting  and  on
all matters incidental to the conduct of the meeting, it is the intention  of
the  person or persons named in the enclosed Proxy to vote in accordance with
their judgment on such matters.

                           ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

      The address of Royce & Associates, Inc., the Fund's investment adviser,
is 1414 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019.

                            STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS

      Proposals  of stockholders intended to be presented at the Fund's  2001
Annual  Meeting of Stockholders must be received by the Fund by November  28,
2000, for inclusion in the Fund's Proxy Statement and form of Proxy for  that
meeting.  The Fund's Bylaws generally require advance notice be given to  the
Fund in the event a stockholder desires to nominate a person for election  to
the Board of Directors or to transact any other business from the floor at an
annual  meeting  of  stockholders.  Notice of any such  nomination  or  other
business must be received in writing at the Fund's principal executive office
not less than 15 calendar days before the annual meeting.

  PLEASE FILL IN, DATE AND SIGN THE PROXY AND RETURN IT IN THE ACCOMPANYING
                           POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE.

RCGT-PS-00

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                                                   EXHIBIT A

                           ROYCE FOCUS TRUST, INC.
                           AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER



1.   The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors shall be composed entirely
     of independent directors.

2.   The purposes of the Audit Committee are:

     (a)  to oversee the Fund's accounting and financial reporting policies and
          practices, its internal controls and, as appropriate, the internal
	  controls of certain of its service providers;

     (b)  to  oversee  the  quality and objectivity of the  Fund's  financial
          statements and the independent audit thereof; and

     (c)  to act as a liaison between the Fund's independent auditors and the
	  full Board of Directors.

     The  function  of  the Audit Committee is oversight; it is  management's
     responsibility  to  maintain  appropriate  systems  for  accounting  and
     internal control, and the auditors' responsibility to plan and carry out
     a proper audit.

3.   To  carry out its purposes, the Audit Committee shall have the following
     duties and powers:

     (a)  to recommend the selection, retention or termination of auditors and,
	  in connection therewith, to evaluate the independence of the
	  auditors, including whether the auditors provide any consulting
	  services to the manager, and to receive the auditors' specific
	  representations as to their independence;
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     (b)  to  meet  with  the Fund's independent auditors, including  private
          meetings, as necessary (i) to review the arrangements for and scope
	  of the annual audit and any special audits; (ii) to discuss any
	  matters of concern relating to the Fund's financial statements,
	  including any adjustments to such statements recommended by the
	  auditors, or other results of the  audit(s); (iii) to consider the
	  auditors' comments with respect to the Fund's financial policies,
	  procedures and internal accounting controls and management's
	  responses thereto; and (iv) to review the form of opinion the
          auditors propose to render to the Board and shareholders;

     (c)  to  consider the effect upon the Fund of any changes in  accounting
          principles or practices proposed by management or the auditors;

     (d)  to  review the fees charged by the auditors for audit and non-audit
          services;

     (e)  to  investigate  improprieties or suspected improprieties  in  Fund
          operations; and

     (f)  to report its activities to the full Board on a regular basis and to
          make such recommendations with respect to the above and other matters
	  as the Committee may deem necessary or appropriate.

4.   The  Committee shall meet on a regular basis and is  empowered  to
     hold special meetings as circumstances require.

5.   The  Committee shall regularly meet with the President and the Treasurer
     of the Fund and with internal auditors, if any, for the management company.

6.   The  Committee  shall  have the resources and authority  appropriate  to
     discharge its responsibilities, including the authority to retain special
     counsel and other experts or consultants at the expense of the Fund.

7.   The  Committee shall review this Charter at least annually and recommend
     any changes to the full Board of Directors.

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COMMON STOCK        	ROYCE FOCUS TRUST, INC.         COMMON  STOCK

                     1414 Avenue of the Americas
                          New York, NY  10019

  	This Proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors.

The  undersigned,  a  Common Stockholder of Royce Focus Trust,  Inc.,  hereby
appoints  Charles M. Royce and John E. Denneen, or either of them, acting  in
absence  of  the  other,  as  Proxies, each with the  power  to  appoint  his
substitute,  and  hereby  authorizes  them  to  represent  and  to  vote,  as
designated  on the reverse, all shares of Common Stock of the  Fund  held  of
record  by  the  undersigned on March 16, 2000, at  the  Annual   Meeting  of
Stockholders to be held on April 26, 2000, or at any adjournment thereof.

This  Proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed  by
the  undersigned stockholder.  If no direction is made, this  Proxy  will  be
voted FOR Proposals 1 and 2.

Please  vote,  date and sign on reverse and return promptly in  the  enclosed
envelope.

Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on other side. When shares  are
held  by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney, executor,
administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title  as  such.   If  a
corporation,  please  sign  in full corporate  name  by  president  or  other
authorized  officer.   If a partnership, please sign in partnership  name  by
authorized person.

HAS YOUR ADDRESS CHANGED?               DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS?


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X PLEASE MARK VOTES
    AS IN THIS EXAMPLE

_____________________________________________

     ROYCE FOCUS TRUST, INC.
         COMMON STOCK
_____________________________________________

                                                              With-    For All
                                                       For    hold     Except
						      /  /    /  /     /  /
                     1.  ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

                          Charles M. Royce, Donald R. Dwight
                          Richard M. Galkin and William L. Koke

                         If you do not wish your shares voted "FOR"
                         a particular nominee, mark the "For All Except"
                         box and strike a line through the nominee's name.
                         Your  shares  will  be  voted  for  the  remaining
			 nominees.

                                                       For    Against	Abstain
						      /  /    /  /     /  /
                     2.  PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE SELECTION
                         OF TAIT,  WELLER & BAKER AS IN-
                         DEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


                     3.  THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE
                         UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY
                         PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.


 Please be sure to sign and date this Proxy.     Date:

Mark box at the right if an address change
or comment  has	been  noted on the reverse
side  of  this	card.


 Stockholder sign here       Co-owner sign here       RECORD DATE SHARES:

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PREFERRED STOCK     	ROYCE FOCUS TRUST, INC.      	PREFERRED STOCK

                     1414 Avenue of the Americas
                         New York, NY  10019

   	This Proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors.

The  undersigned, a Preferred Stockholder of Royce Focus Trust, Inc.,  hereby
appoints  Charles M. Royce and John E. Denneen, or either of them, acting  in
absence  of  the  other,  as  Proxies, each with the  power  to  appoint  his
substitute,  and  hereby  authorizes  them  to  represent  and  to  vote,  as
designated on the reverse, all shares of the 7.45% Cumulative Preferred Stock
of  the  Fund  held of record by the undersigned on March 16,  2000,  at  the
Annual  Meeting  of  Stockholders to be held on April 26,  2000,  or  at  any
adjournment thereof.

This  Proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed  by
the  undersigned stockholder.  If no direction is made, this  Proxy  will  be
voted FOR Proposals 1 and 2.

Please vote, date and sign on reverse and return promptly in  the enclosed
envelope.

Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on other side. When shares  are
held  by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney, executor,
administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title  as  such.   If  a
corporation,  please  sign  in full corporate  name  by  president  or  other
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X PLEASE MARK VOTES
  AS IN THIS EXAMPLE

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ROYCE FOCUS TRUST, INC.
      PREFERRED STOCK
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                                                              With-    For All
                                                       For    hold     Except
						      /  /    /  /     /  /
                     1.  ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

                                Charles M. Royce, Donald R. Dwight
                              Richard M. Galkin, Stephen L. Isaacs,
                              William L. Koke and David L. Meister

                         If you do not wish your shares voted "FOR"
                         a particular nominee, mark the "For All Except"
                         box and strike a line through the nominee's name.
                         Your  shares  will  be  voted  for  the  remaining
			 nominees.

                                                       For    Against	Abstain
						      /  /    /  /     /  /
                     2.  PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE SELECTION
                         OF TAIT,  WELLER & BAKER AS IN-
                         DEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

                     3.  THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE
                         UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY
                         PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.


 Please be sure to sign and date this Proxy.     Date:

Mark box at the right if an address change
or comment  has been  noted on the reverse
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