OPPENHEIMER CASH RESERVES/CO/
24F-2NT, 1997-09-26
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                    U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 24F-2
                        Annual Notice of Securities Sold
                             Pursuant to Rule 24f-2


1.    Name and address of issuer:

      Oppenheimer Cash Reserves
      6803 South Tucson Way
      Englewood, Colorado 80112

2.    Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:

      Class A shares, Class B shares, Class C shares

3.    Investment Company Act File Number: 811-5582

      Securities Act File Number:  33-23223

4.    Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed: 7/31/97

5.    Check box if this notice is being filed more than 180 days after the close
      of the  issuer's  fiscal year for purposes of  reporting  securities  sold
      after the close of the fiscal year but before  termination of the issuer's
      24f-2 declaration:                                                    /  /

6.    Date of termination of issuer's declaration under rule
      24f-2(a)(1), if applicable (see instruction a.6): N/A

7.    Number and amount of securities of the same class or series which had been
      registered  under the  Securities  Act of 1933 other than pursuant to rule
      24f-2 in a prior fiscal year, but which  remained  unsold at the beginning
      of the fiscal year:

      -0-

8.    Number and amount of  securities  registered  during the fiscal year other
      than pursuant to rule 24f-2:

      -0-

                                     

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9.    Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year:

      840,343,350             $840,343,350

10.   Number and aggregate sale price of securities  sold during the fiscal year
      in reliance upon registration pursuant to rule 24f-2:

      840,343,350             $840,343,350

11.   Number and  aggregate  sale price of  securities  issued during the fiscal
      year in connection  with dividend  reinvestment  plans, if applicable (see
      Instruction B.7):

      9,675,120               $9,675,120

12. Calculation of registration fee:

      (i)     Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year in 
              reliance on rule 24f-2 (from Item 10):
                                                                    $840,343,350
                                                                    ------------
      (ii)    Aggregate  price of shares  issued  in  connection  with  dividend
              reinvestment plans (from Item 11, if applicable): 
                                                                     +$9,675,120
                                                                    ------------
      (iii)   Aggregate  price of shares  redeemed  or  repurchased  during  the
              fiscal year (if applicable):        
                                                                   -$850,018,470
                                                                    ------------
      (iv)    Aggregate  price of shares  redeemed or repurchased and previously
              applied as a reduction to filing fees pursuant to rule 24e-2 (if 
              applicable):                    
                                                                      + -0-
                                                                    ------------
      (v)     Net aggregate price of securities sold and issued during the
              fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2 (line (i), plus line (ii), 
              less line (iii), plus line (iv)) (if applicable): 
                                                                        $-0-
                                                                    ------------
      (vi)    Multiplier  prescribed  by Section 6(b) of the  Securities  Act of
              1933 or other applicable law or regulation (see  Instruction C.6):

                                     

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                                                                        x 1/3300
                                                                    ------------
      (vii)   Fee due (line (i) or line (v) multiplied by line (vi)): 
                                                                          $-0-
                                                                    ------------

Instruction:    Issuers should complete line (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) only if
                the form is being filed within 60 days after the close of the 
                issuer's fiscal year.  See Instructions C.3.

13.  Check box if fees are being remitted to the Commission's lockbox depository
     as described in section 3a of the  Commission's  Rule of Informal and Other
     Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a.                                             /  /

     Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commission's lockbox
     depository:

     N/A
                                   SIGNATURES

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:  /s/ Robert J. Bishop
                                  -------------------------------------
                                  Robert J. Bishop, Assistant Treasurer

Date: September 26, 1997

cc:   Allan Adams, Esq.
      Katherine Feld, Esq.
      Gloria LaFond

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                        MYER, SWANSON, ADAMS & WOLF, P.C.
                                ATTORNEYS AT LAW
                        THE COLORADO STATE BANK BUILDING
RENDLE MYER                1600 BROADWAY - SUITE 1480              OF COUNSEL
ALLAN B. ADAMS            DENVER, COLORADO 80202-4915            ROBERT SWANSON
ROBERT K. SWANSON           TELEPHONE (303) 866-9800                 ------
THOMAS J. WOLF*             FACSIMILE (303) 866-9818              FRED E. NEEF
                                                                  (1910-1986)
*BOARD CERTIFIED CIVIL TRIAL ADVOCATE
 BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF TRIAL ADVOCACY
       -----
PHILIP T. MASTERSON





                               September 24, 1997




Oppenheimer Cash Reserves
6803 South Tucson Way
Englewood, Colorado 80112

Gentlemen:

In connection  with the public offering of the no par value Class A, Class B and
Class C shares of the  Oppenheimer  Cash Reserves,  a business  trust  organized
under the laws of the  Commonwealth of Massachusetts  (the "Trust"),  as counsel
for the Trust,  we have  examined  such records and documents and have made such
further  investigation  and examination as we deem necessary for the purposes of
this opinion.

We are advised that during the fiscal  period  ended July 31, 1997,  840,343,350
shares  of  beneficial  interest  of Class A,  Class B and Class C shares of the
Trust were sold in  reliance  on the  registration  of an  indefinite  number of
shares pursuant to Rule 24f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

It is our opinion that the said shares of  beneficial  interest of each class of
the Trust sold in reliance on Rule 24f-2 of the  Investment  Company Act of 1940
are legally issued and, subject to the matters  mentioned in the next paragraph,
fully paid and nonassessable by the Trust.

Under   Massachusetts  law,   shareholders  of  the  Trust  may,  under  certain
circumstances,  be held personally liable as partners for the obligations of the
Trust. The Declaration of Trust does, however,  contain an express disclaimer of
shareholder  liability  for acts or  obligations  of the Trust and requires that
notice of such disclaimer be given in each agreement,  obligation, or instrument
entered into or executed by the Trust or the Trustees.  The Declaration of Trust
provides for  indemnification  out of the Trust property of any shareholder held
personally liable for the

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obligations of the Trust.  The Declaration of Trust also provides that the Trust
shall,  upon  request,  assume  the  defense  of  any  claim  made  against  any
shareholder  for any act or  obligation  of the Trust and satisfy  any  judgment
thereon.

                                    Sincerely,

                                    MYER, SWANSON, ADAMS & WOLF, P.C.


                                    By /s/ Allan B. Adams
                                       ---------------------
                                       Allan B. Adams




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