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[LETTERHEAD OF METLIFE]
March 3, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: State Street Research Portfolios, Inc.
Securities Act of 1933 File No. 33-42129
Investment Company Act of 1940 File No. 811-6375
CIK 0000878059
Dear Sir or Madam:
The undersigned, STATE STREET RESEARCH PORTFOLIOS, INC., a Maryland
Corporation (the "Registrant"), does hereby certify as follows:
(1) That the forms of prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that
would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), would not have differed from
that contained in the most recent amendment to the registration statement of
the Registrant (Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 under the Securities Act;
Amendment No. 9 under the Investment Company Act of 1940); and
(2) That the text of the most recent amendment to the Registrant's registration
statement has been filed electronically (EDGAR accession number
0000950130-97-000759).
State Street Research
Portfolios, Inc.
By: /s/ Christopher P. Nicholas
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Christopher P. Nicholas
Vice-President and Assistant
Secretary
