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UNITED STATES
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:
Schwab Investments
101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
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 securities
of the issuer, check the box but do not list series or classes):
Schwab California Short-Intermediate Tax-Free Bond Fund
Schwab California Long-Term Tax-Free Bond Fund
Schwab Short-Intermediate Tax-Free Bond Fund
Schwab Long-Term Tax Free Bond Fund
Schwab Short-Term Bond Market Index Fund
Schwab Total Bond Market Index Fund
3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-6200
Securities Act File Number: 33-37459
4(a). Last day of fiscal year for which this Form is filed: August 31, 1998
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.
4(c). / / Check box if this is the last time the issuer will be filing this
Form.
5. Calculation of registration fee:
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(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the
fiscal year pursuant to section 24(f): $591,698,028
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(ii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed or
repurchased during the fiscal year: $170,213,020
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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: $ 0
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(iv) Total available redemption credits [add items 5(ii) and
5(iii)]: $170,213,020
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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)]: $421,485,008
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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)]: $ (0)
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(vii) Multiplier for determining registration fee (See
instruction C.9): x 0.000278
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(viii) Registration fee due [multiply item 5(v) by item
5(vii)] (enter "0" if no fee is due): =$ 117,173
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6. Prepaid Shares
If the response to item 5(i) was determined by deducting an amount of securities
that were registered under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to rule 24e-2 as
in effect before [effective date of recisison of rule 24e-2], then report the
amount of securities (number of shares or other units) deducted here: n/a . 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: n/a .
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):
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+$ 0
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8. Total for the amount of the registration fee due plus any interest due
[line 5(viii) plus line 7]:
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=$ 117,173
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9. Date the registration fee and any interest payment was sent to the
Commission's lockbox depository:
Method of delivery:
|X| Wire Transfer
|_| Mail or other means
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 (Signature and Title) /s/ William J. Klipp
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William J. Klipp
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Schwab Investments
Date 11/23/98
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*Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.
