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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-8A
SECOND AMENDMENT TO NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION
FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8(a)
OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
The undersigned investment company hereby amends its notification
of registration filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 14, 1993 and amended on December 29, 1994 pursuant to the
provisions of Section 8(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and in
connection with such amendment to notification of registration submits the
following information:
Name: Government Obligations Portfolio
Address of Principal Business Office: 24 Federal Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02110
Telephone Number: (617) 482-8260
Name and address of agent for service of process:
Thomas Otis
24 Federal Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Check Appropriate Box:
Registrant is filing a Registration Statement pursuant to Section
8(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 concurrently with the filing of
Form N-8A: Yes [X] No [ ]
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of
1940, the Registrant has caused this Second Amendment to Notification of
Registration to be duly signed on its behalf, in the City of Boston and
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 24th day of April, 1996.
GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS PORTFOLIO
By: /s/ M. Dozier Gardner
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Name: M. Dozier Gardner
Title: President
Attest: /s/ Janet E. Sanders
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Name: Janet E. Sanders
Title: Assistant Secretary
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