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U.S. SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 24F-2
Annual Notice of Securities Sold
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
Read instructions at end of Form before preparing Form. Please print or type.
1 Name and address of issuer: Safeco Resource Variable Account C
Safeco Plaza
Seattle, WA 98185
2 Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
Safeco Resource Equity
Safeco Resource Bond
Safeco Resource Money Market
Safeco Resource Growth
Safeco Resource Northwest
Scudder International
Scudder Balanced
Lexington Natural Resources
Lexington Emerging Markets
Federated Utility
Federated High Income Bond
Federated International Equity
Wanger US Small Cap
TCI Balanced
TCI International
3 Investment Company Act File Number: 811-8052
Securities Act File Number: 33-69712
4 Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed:
12/31/96
5 Check box if this notice is being filed more than 180 days after the
close of 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: / /
N/A
6 Date of termination of issuer's declaration under rule
24f-2(a)(1), if applicable:
N/A
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:
Number: 5,194,525
Amount: $94,613,489
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10 Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year
in reliance upon registration of rule 24f-2:
Number: 5,194,525
Amount: $94,613,489
11 Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during the fiscal
year in connection with dividend reinvestment plans, if applicable:
N/A
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) $94,613,489
(ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in connection
with dividends reinvestment plans (from item 11, if
applicable): + N/A
(iii)Aggregate price of shares redeemed or
repurchased during the fiscal year (if applicable: 0
(iv) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or
repurchased and previously applied as a reduction to
filing fees pursuant to rule 24e-2 (if applicable): + 0
(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) 94,613,489
(vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the
Securities Act of 1933 or other applicable law or x .0003030
regulation
(vii)Fee due line (i) or line (v) multiplied by line (vi): $28,671
INSTRUCTION: Issuers should complete lines (ii), (iii), (iv), 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 X
and Other Procedures (17 CRF 202.3a: ----------------
Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees
to the Commission's lockbox depository: 03/25/97
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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 (Signature and Title)* /s/ Neal A. Fuller
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Neal A. Fuller
Vice President and Controller
Date 4/2/97
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*Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.
