STAGECOACH INC
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   As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 7, 1995
                      Registration No. 33-54126; 811-7332

   =========================================================================
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                   FORM N-1A

            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933         [ ]
                        Post-Effective Amendment No. 12                     [X]
                                      AND
     REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940        [ ]

                               Amendment No. 16                             [X]

                        (Check appropriate box or boxes)

                                STAGECOACH INC.

               (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in Charter)
                               111 Center Street
                          Little Rock, Arkansas  72201
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

      Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area code:  (800) 643-9691

                             Richard H. Blank, Jr.
                               c/o Stephens Inc.
                               111 Center Street
                          Little Rock, Arkansas  72201
                    (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                With a copy to:
                            Robert M. Kurucza, Esq.
                             Marco E. Adelfio, Esq.
                              Morrison & Foerster
                         2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
                            Washington, D.C.  20006

It is proposed that this filling will become effective (check appropriate box):

[X]  Immediately upon filing pursuant       [ ]  on _________, pursuant 
     to Rule 485(b), or                          to Rule 485(b) , or

[ ]  60 days after filing pursuant          [ ]  on _________, pursuant 
     to Rule 485(a), or                          to Rule 485(a).

[ ]  75 days after filing pursuant          [ ]  on (date) pursuant to 
     paragraph (a) (2)                           paragraph (a) (2) of Rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:

[ ]  this post effective amendment designates a new effective date for a 
     previously filed post-effective amendment.

The Registrant has registered an indefinite number of shares of its Common
Stock, $.001 par value, under the Securities Act of 1933, pursuant to Rule
24f-2 under the Investment Company Act 1940, as amended.  The Registrant filed
the notice required by Rule 24f-2 for its most recent fiscal period ended
February 28, 1995 on April 27, 1995.





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This Post-Effective Amendment to the Registrant's Registration Statement has
been executed by Master Investment Portfolio (a registered investment company
with separate series in which certain of the Registrant's series invest
substantially all of their assets) and its trustees and principal officers.


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                Calculation of Registration Fee under the Securities Act of 1933 (1)

                                                            Proposed                   Propsed
                                                            Maximum                    Maximum
     Title of Securities           Amount Being             Offering                  Aggregate 
      Being Registered             Registered (2)       Price Per Share (2)       Offering Price (3)      Amount of Fee 

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                 <C>                     <C>                    <C>                       <C>
Asset Allocation Fund                2,426,359              $ 11.45                $  27,781,811             $  9,580.00
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bond Index Fund                      1,893,743                 9.77                   18,501,869                6,380.00
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Growth Stock Fund                      188,924                15.35                    2,899,983                1,000.00
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Money Market Fund                   15,253,893                 1.00                   15,253,893                5,260.00
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Short-Intermediate Term Fund         2,047,404                 9.49                   19,429,864                6,700.00
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S&P 500 Stock Fund                  11,054,247                13.18                  145,694,975               50,240.00
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
US Treasury Allocation Fund            314,011                 9.42                    2,957,984                1,020.00
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Fee                                N/A                   N/A                        N/A                $ 80,180.00
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>





__________________________________

(1)      The Registrant also has registered an indefinite number of shares of
its Common Stock, $0.001 par value, under the Securities Act of 1933, pursuant
to Rule 24f-2(a)(1) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and will file the
Rule 24f-2 Notice relating to such shares for the fiscal year ending February
29, 1996 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about April 26, 1996.

(2)      Estimated on the basis of the share prices in effect on November 15,
1995 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.

(3)         The respective maximum aggregate offering prices for shares of 
common stock of the Asset Allocation Fund, Bond Index Fund, Growth and Income 
Fund, Growth Stock Fund, Money Market Fund, Short-Intermediate Term Fund, S&P 
500 Stock Fund and U.S. Treasury Allocation Fund are calculated pursuant to Rule
24e-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940.



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                             CONTENTS OF AMENDMENT


         This Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 and Amendment No. 16 to the
Registration Statement of Stagecoach Inc. is comprised of the following papers
and documents:

         1.  The facing sheet to register a definite number of shares of
             beneficial interest; and

         2.  Signatures pages.

         The sole purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 and Amendment
No. 16 is to reduce the number of shares previously registered pursuant to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 and Amendment No. 14 on November 17, 1995,
which was filed pursuant to Rule 24e-2(a) under the Investment
Company Act of 1940.





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                                   SIGNATURES

           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of
the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment to its
Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933
and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the
City of Little Rock, State of Arkansas on the 7th day of December, 1995.


                          STAGECOACH INC.

                          By  /s/Richard H. Blank, Jr.
                              ------------------------
                                (Richard H. Blank, Jr.)
                                Secretary and Treasurer
                                (Principal Financial Officer)

           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated:

     Signature                                 Title
     ---------                                 -----
     /s/R. Greg Feltus                         Director, Chairman and President
     -----------------                         (Principal Executive Officer)
     (R. Greg Feltus)                          

     /s/Richard H. Blank, Jr.                  Secretary and Treasurer
     ------------------------                  (Principal Financial Officer)
     (Richard H. Blank, Jr.)                   

     /s/Jack S. Euphrat                        Director
     ------------------                                
     (Jack S. Euphrat)

     /s/Thomas S. Goho                         Director
     -----------------                           
     (Thomas S. Goho)

     /s/Zoe Ann Hines                          Director
     ----------------                                  
     (Zoe Ann Hines)

     /s/W. Rodney Hughes                       Director
     -------------------                               
     (W. Rodney Hughes)

     /s/Robert M. Joses                        Director
     ------------------                                
     (Robert M. Joses)

     /s/J. Tucker Morse                        Director
     ------------------                                
     (J. Tucker Morse)

December 7, 1995

*By /s/Richard H. Blank, Jr.
    ------------------------
      (Richard H. Blank, Jr.)
      As Attorney-in-Fact





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                                   SIGNATURES

           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this 
Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized in the City of
Little Rock, State of Arkansas on the 7th day of December, 1995.


                         MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

                          By  /s/Richard H. Blank, Jr.
                              ----------------------------
                                (Richard H. Blank, Jr.)
                                Secretary and Treasurer
                                (Principal Financial Officer)

           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement on Form N-1A has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

     Signature                                 Title
     ---------                                 -----

     /s/R. Greg Feltus                         Chairman, President (Principal
     -----------------                         Executive Officer) and Trustee
     (R. Greg Feltus)                          

     /s/Richard H. Blank, Jr.                  Secretary and Treasurer
     ------------------------                  (Principal Financial Officer)
     (Richard H. Blank, Jr.)                   

     /s/ Jack S. Euphrat                       Trustee
     -------------------                              
     (Jack S. Euphrat)

     /s/Thomas S. Goho                         Trustee
     -----------------                          
     (Thomas S. Goho)

     /s/Zoe Ann Hines                          Trustee
     ----------------                                 
     (Zoe Ann Hines)

     /s/W. Rodney Hughes                       Trustee
     -------------------                              
     (W. Rodney Hughes)

     /s/Robert M. Joses                        Trustee
     ------------------                               
     (Robert M. Joses)

     /s/J. Tucker Morse                        Trustee
     ------------------                               
     (J. Tucker Morse)

December 7, 1995

*By /s/Richard H. Blank, Jr.
    ------------------------
      (Richard H. Blank, Jr.)
      As Attorney-in-Fact







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