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STATE STREET RESEARCH PORTFOLIOS, INC.
ONE MADISON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10010
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: State Street Research Portfolios, Inc.
Securities Act of 1933 Registration No. 33-42129
Investment Company Act File No. 811-6375
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Commissioners:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), State Street Research Portfolios, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby
certifies that:
(1) the form of prospectus that would have been filed pursuant to Rule
497(c) under the 1933 Act would not have differed from that contained
in Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A, constituting the most recent amendment to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 29, 1996.
Very truly yours,
STATE STREET RESEARCH PORTFOLIOS, INC.
By: /s/ Christopher Nicholas
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Secretary
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