KEYSTONE FUND OF THE AMERICAS
24F-2NT/A, 1995-12-28
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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:
                   Keystone Fund of the Americas
                   200 Berkeley Street
                   Boston, MA  02116-5034

2.       Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
         Class A, Class B and Class C

3.       Investment Company Act File Number:  811-7914

         Securities Act File Number:  33-66566

4.       Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed:
         October 31, 1995

5.       Check box if this notice is being filed for 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):  not applicable

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-

9.       Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal
         year:   1,059,346 
               $10,268,561

10.      Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal
         year in reliance upon registration pursuant to rule 24f-2: 1,059,346
                                                                  $10,268,561

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): 3,311,237
                          $3,961,928

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):                                   $10,268,561
                                                                    -----------
         (ii)     Aggregate price of shares issued
                  in connection with dividend
                  reinvestment plans (from Item 11,
                  if applicable):                                  +$ 3,961,928
                                                                   ------------
        (iii)     Aggregate price of shares redeemed
                  or repurchased during the fiscal
                  year (if applicable):                            -$66,951,778
                                                                   ------------
         (iv)     Aggregate price of shares redeemed
                  or repurchased and previously
                  applied as a reduction to filing
                  fees pursuant to rule 24e-2
                  (if applicable):                                 +
                                                                   ------------

         (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):                                 ($52,721,289)
                                                                   ------------
         (vi)     Multiplier prescribed by
                  Section 6(b) of the Securities
                  Act of 1933 or other applicable
                  law or regulation
                  (see Instruction C.6):                           x 1/2900
                                                                   ------------
    (vii) Fee due [line (i) or line (v)
                  multiplied by line (vi)]                         $  -0-
                                                                   ------------

INSTRUCTION:               Issuers should complete lines (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
                           Instruction 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 Rules of
         Informal and Other Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a): [ ].

         Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commission's
         lockbox depository:
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                                   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/ Melina M. T. Murphy
                   ---------------------------
                  (Name)  Melina M. T. Murphy
                  (Title)  Assistant Secretary


         DATE:   December 28, 1995
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                                December 28, 1995



Keystone Fund of the Americas
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, Massachusetts  02116-5034


         RE:  NOTICE PURSUANT TO RULE 24F-2 UNDER THE INVESTMENT
              COMPANY ACT OF 1940 ("1940 ACT")


Gentlemen:

         I am Senior Vice President of and General Counsel to Keystone
Investment Management Company (formerly named Keystone Custodian Funds, Inc.),
investment adviser to Keystone Fund of the Americas (the "Fund"). You have asked
for my opinion with respect to the issuance of 4,370,583 shares of the Fund
under the Fund's Declaration of Trust, as amended ("Declaration of Trust"), and
pursuant to the Fund's indefinite registration of such shares pursuant to Rule
24f-2 under the 1940 Act. The Fund is filing its Rule 24f-2 Notice to which this
opinion is appended to make the issuance of such shares definite in number for
fiscal year ended October 31, 1995.

         To my knowledge, a Prospectus is on file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the
Registration Statement covering the public offering and sale of the Fund's
shares for the period during which such shares were issued.

         In my opinion, such shares, if issued and sold in accordance with the
Fund's Declaration of Trust, By-Laws, as amended, ("By-Laws") and offering
Prospectus, were legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable by the Fund,
entitling the holders thereof to the rights set forth in the Declaration of
Trust and By-Laws and subject to the limitations stated therein.

         My opinion is based upon my examination of the Declaration of Trust; a
review of the minutes of the Fund's Board of Trustees, signed by the Secretary
of the Fund, authorizing the registration of shares pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under
the 1940 Act and the issuance of such additional shares; and the Fund's
Prospectus. In my examination of such documents, I have assumed the genuineness
of all signatures and the conformity of copies to originals.

         I hereby consent to the use of this opinion in connection with the Rule
24f-2 Notice filed by the Fund making definite the number of such additional
shares issued.


                                                  Sincerely yours,

                                               /s/Rosemary D. Van Antwerp

                                                  Rosemary D. Van Antwerp
                                                  Senior Vice President
                                                  and General Counsel



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