KANSAS MUNICIPALS PORTFOLIO
POS AMI, 1997-05-30
Previous: MANHATTAN BAGEL CO INC, DEF 14A, 1997-05-30
Next: FLORIDA INSURED MUNICIPALS PORTFOLIO, POS AMI, 1997-05-30



            As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 1997

                                                               File No. 811-8152





                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM N-1A

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                     THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]

                               AMENDMENT NO. 3          [X]

                           KANSAS MUNICIPALS PORTFOLIO
                           ---------------------------
                   (formerly called Kansas Tax Free Portfolio)
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


                                24 Federal Street
                           Boston, Massachusetts 02110
                           ---------------------------
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)


                                 (617) 482-8260
                                 --------------
               Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code


                                 Alan R. Dynner
                 24 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
                 ----------------------------------------------
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)




<PAGE>
   
         Throughout this Registration  Statement,  information concerning Kansas
Municipals  Portfolio  (the  "Portfolio")  is  incorporated  by  reference  from
Amendment No. 8 to the Registration Statement of Eaton Vance Municipals Trust II
(File No.  33-71320  under the  Securities  Act of 1933 (the "1933  Act"))  (the
"Amendment"),  which was filed  electronically  with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 23, 1997 (Accession No.  0000950156-97-000476).  The Amendment
contains the  prospectus and statement of additional  information  ("SAI") of EV
Marathon Kansas Municipals Fund (the "Feeder Fund"), which invests substantially
all of its assets in the Portfolio.
    

                                     PART A

         Responses  to Items 1 through 3 and 5A have been  omitted  pursuant  to
Paragraph 4 of Instruction F of the General Instructions to Form N-1A.

Item 4.  General Description of Registrant

   
         The  Portfolio is a  non-diversified,  open-end  management  investment
company  which was  organized as a trust under the laws of the State of New York
on October 25, 1993.  Interests in the  Portfolio  are issued  solely in private
placement  transactions  that do not involve any  "public  offering"  within the
meaning of Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act.  Investments  in the  Portfolio  may be
made only by U.S. and foreign investment  companies,  common or commingled trust
funds,  or similar  organizations  or entities that are  "accredited  investors"
within  the  meaning  of  Regulation  D under  the 1933 Act.  This  Registration
Statement, as amended, does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation
of an offer to buy, any "security" within the meaning of the 1933 Act.

         The  Portfolio  is not  intended to be a complete  investment  program.
Prospective  investors  should  take into  account  their  objectives  and other
investments when  considering the purchase of an interest in the Portfolio.  The
Portfolio cannot assure achievement of its investment objective.

         Registrant   incorporates  by  reference  information   concerning  the
Portfolio's  investment  objective  and  investment  practices  from "The Funds'
Investment  Objectives" and  "Investment  Policies and Risks" in the Feeder Fund
prospectus.

Item 5.  Management of the Portfolio

         Registrant   incorporates  by  reference  information   concerning  the
Portfolio's  management from "Management of the Funds and the Portfolios" in the
Feeder Fund prospectus.

Item 6.  Capital Stock and Other Securities

         Registrant  incorporates by reference information  concerning interests
in the Portfolio  from  "Organization  of the Funds and the  Portfolios"  in the
Feeder Fund prospectus and "Other Information" in Part I of the Feeder Fund SAI.
An interest in the Portfolio has no preemptive or conversion rights and is fully
paid and nonassessable by the Portfolio, except as described under "Organization
of the Funds and the Portfolios" in the Feeder Fund prospectus.

         As of May 1, 1997, EV Marathon  Kansas  Municipals  Fund controlled the
Portfolio  by virtue of owning  approximately  89.6% of the  outstanding  voting
interests in the Portfolio.
    


                                      A-1
<PAGE>
         The net asset value of the  Portfolio is  determined  each day on which
the New York Stock  Exchange (the  "Exchange")  is open for trading  ("Portfolio
Business Day"). This determination is made each Portfolio Business Day as of the
close of regular  trading on the Exchange  (currently  4:00 p.m., New York time)
(the "Portfolio Valuation Time").

         Each investor in the  Portfolio may add to or reduce its  investment in
the Portfolio on each Portfolio Business Day as of the Portfolio Valuation Time.
The value of each  investor's  interest in the  Portfolio  will be determined by
multiplying the net asset value of the Portfolio by the  percentage,  determined
on the prior Portfolio  Business Day, which  represents that investor's share of
the  aggregate  interest in the  Portfolio on such prior day.  Any  additions or
withdrawals for the current Portfolio  Business Day will then be recorded.  Each
investor's  percentage of the aggregate  interest in the Portfolio  will then be
recomputed as a percentage equal to a fraction (i) the numerator of which is the
value  of  such  investor's  investment  in the  Portfolio  as of the  Portfolio
Valuation Time on the prior  Portfolio  Business Day plus or minus,  as the case
may be,  the  amount of any  additions  to or  withdrawals  from the  investor's
investment in the Portfolio on the current  Portfolio  Business Day and (ii) the
denominator of which is the aggregate net asset value of the Portfolio as of the
Portfolio  Valuation Time on the prior Portfolio  Business Day plus or minus, as
the case may be,  the amount of the net  additions  to or  withdrawals  from the
aggregate  investment in the Portfolio on the current Portfolio  Business Day by
all  investors in the  Portfolio.  The  percentage  so  determined  will then be
applied to determine the value of the  investor's  interest in the Portfolio for
the current Portfolio Business Day.

         The Portfolio  will allocate at least annually among its investors each
investor's  distributive  share  of the  Portfolio's  net  taxable  (if any) and
tax-exempt investment income, net realized capital gains, and any other items of
income,  gain, loss,  deduction or credit. The Portfolio's net investment income
consists of all income accrued on the  Portfolio's  assets,  less all actual and
accrued  expenses of the  Portfolio,  determined  in accordance  with  generally
accepted accounting principles.

         Under  the  anticipated  method  of  operation  of the  Portfolio,  the
Portfolio  will not be subject to any federal income tax. (See Part B, Item 20.)
However,  each  investor in the  Portfolio  will take into account its allocable
share of the  Portfolio's  ordinary  income and capital gain in determining  its
federal income tax liability.  The determination of each such share will be made
in  accordance  with the  governing  instruments  of the  Portfolio,  which  are
intended  to  comply  with the  requirements  of the  Code  and the  regulations
promulgated thereunder.

   
         It is intended that the  Portfolio's  assets and income will be managed
in such a way that an  investor  in the  Portfolio  that  seeks to  qualify as a
regulated  investment company ("RIC") under the Code will be able to satisfy the
requirements for such qualification.
    

Item 7.  Purchase of Interests in the Portfolio

         Interests  in the  Portfolio  are issued  solely in  private  placement
transactions  that do not involve any  "public  offering"  within the meaning of
Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act. See "General Description of Registrant" above.

   
         Registrant   incorporates  by  reference  information   concerning  the
computation  of net asset value and valuation of Portfolio  assets from "Valuing
Fund Shares" in the Feeder Fund prospectus. For further information, see Item 19
of Part B.


                                      A-2
<PAGE>
         There is no minimum initial or subsequent  investment in the Portfolio.
The Portfolio  reserves the right to cease accepting  investments at any time or
to reject any investment order.

         The placement agent for the Portfolio is Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc.
("EVD"),  a  wholly-owned  subsidiary of Eaton Vance  Management.  The principal
business address of EVD is 24 Federal Street,  Boston,  Massachusetts 02110. EVD
receives no compensation for serving as the placement agent for the Portfolio.
    

Item 8.  Redemption or Decrease of Interest

         An  investor  in the  Portfolio  may  withdraw  all of  (redeem) or any
portion of (decrease)  its interest in the Portfolio if a withdrawal  request in
proper form is furnished by the investor to the Portfolio.  All withdrawals will
be  effected  as of  the  next  Portfolio  Valuation  Time.  The  proceeds  of a
withdrawal will be paid by the Portfolio  normally on the Portfolio Business Day
the  withdrawal is effected,  but in any event within seven days.  The Portfolio
reserves the right to pay the proceeds of a withdrawal  (whether a redemption or
decrease) by a distribution in kind of portfolio  securities  (instead of cash).
The  securities  so  distributed  would be  valued  at the same  amount  as that
assigned to them in  calculating  the net asset value for the interest  (whether
complete or partial) being withdrawn.  If an investor received a distribution in
kind upon such withdrawal,  the investor could incur brokerage and other charges
in  converting  the  securities  to  cash.  The  Portfolio  has  filed  with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a notification of election
on Form N-18F-1  committing to pay in cash all requests for  withdrawals  by any
investor,  limited in amount  with  respect to such  investor  during any 90 day
period to the  lesser of (a)  $250,000  or (b) 1% of the net asset  value of the
Portfolio at the beginning of such period.

         Investments in the Portfolio may not be transferred.

   
         The right of any  investor  to  receive  payment  with  respect  to any
withdrawal may be suspended or the payment of the withdrawal  proceeds postponed
during  any period in which the  Exchange  is closed  (other  than  weekends  or
holidays) or trading on the Exchange is restricted  or, to the extent  otherwise
permitted  by the  Investment  Company  Act of  1940  (the  "1940  Act"),  if an
emergency  exists,  or  during  any  other  period  permitted  by  order  of the
Commission for the protection of investors.
    

Item 9.  Pending Legal Proceedings

         Not applicable.


                                      A-3
<PAGE>
                                     PART B

Item 10.  Cover Page

         Not applicable.

   
Item 11.  Table of Contents
                                                                            Page
General Information and History .............................................B-1
Investment Objectives and Policies ..........................................B-1
Management of the Portfolio .................................................B-1
Control Persons and Principal Holder of Securities ..........................B-2
Investment Advisory and Other Services ......................................B-2
Brokerage Allocation and Other Practices.....................................B-2
Capital Stock and Other Securities ..........................................B-2
Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Securities...............................B-4
Tax Status...................................................................B-4
Underwriters.................................................................B-8
Calculation of Performance Data..............................................B-8
Financial Statements.........................................................B-8
    

Item 12.  General Information and History

     Effective  December 8, 1995, the Portfolio's  name was changed from "Kansas
Tax Free Portfolio" to "Kansas Municipals Portfolio."

Item 13.  Investment Objectives and Policies

   
     Part A contains additional  information about the investment  objective and
policies of the Portfolio.  This Part B should be read in conjunction  with Part
A.  Capitalized  terms used in this Part B and not  otherwise  defined  have the
meanings given them in Part A.

     Registrant  incorporates by reference additional information concerning the
investment  policies of the  Portfolio  as well as  information  concerning  the
investment  restrictions  of the Portfolio from  "Additional  Information  about
Investment  Policies",  "Appendix  -  Description  of  Securities  Ratings"  and
"Investment  Restrictions"  in Part I of the Feeder  Fund SAI.  The  Portfolio's
portfolio  turnover  rates for the fiscal years ended  January 31, 1996 and 1997
were 21% and 49%, respectively.

Item 14.  Management of the Portfolio

     Registrant  incorporates by reference additional information concerning the
management of the Portfolio from "Trustees and Officers" in Part I of the Feeder
Fund SAI and "Fees and Expenses" in Part II of the Feeder Fund SAI.


                                      B-1
<PAGE>
Item 15.  Control Persons and Principal Holder of Securities

     As of May 1, 1997, EV Marathon Kansas Municipals Fund (the "Marathon Fund")
and  EV  Traditional  Kansas  Municipals  Fund  (together,  the  "Funds")  owned
approximately  89.6% and  9.4%,  respectively,  of the value of the  outstanding
interests in the Portfolio. Because the Marathon Fund controls the Portfolio, it
may take  actions  without  the  approval of any other  investor.  Each Fund has
informed  the  Portfolio  that  whenever  it is  requested  to vote  on  matters
pertaining to the fundamental policies of the Portfolio,  it will hold a meeting
of shareholders and will cast its votes as instructed by its shareholders. It is
anticipated  that any other  investor in the  Portfolio  which is an  investment
company  registered  under  the  1940 Act  would  follow  the same or a  similar
practice.  Each Fund is a series of Eaton Vance Municipals Trust II, an open-end
management  investment  company  organized as a business trust under the laws of
the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts.  The  address  of each Fund is 24  Federal
Street, Boston, MA 02110.

Item 16.  Investment Advisory and Other Services

     Registrant  incorporates  by reference  information  concerning  investment
advisory and other services  provided to the Portfolio from "Investment  Adviser
and Administrator",  "Custodian" and "Independent  Certified Public Accountants"
in Part I of the Feeder Fund SAI and from "Fees and  Expenses" in Part II of the
Feeder Fund SAI.

Item 17.  Brokerage Allocation and Other Practices

     Registrant  incorporates by reference information  concerning the brokerage
practices of the Portfolio from "Portfolio  Security  Transactions" in Part I of
the Feeder Fund SAI and "Fees and Expenses" in Part II of the Feeder Fund SAI.
    

Item 18.  Capital Stock and Other Securities

   
     Under the Portfolio's  Declaration of Trust, the Trustees are authorized to
issue interests in the Portfolio. Investors are entitled to participate pro rata
in distributions of taxable income, loss, gain and credit of the Portfolio. Upon
dissolution  of the Portfolio,  the Trustees  shall  liquidate the assets of the
Portfolio and apply and distribute the proceeds  thereof as follows:  (a) first,
to the payment of all debts and  obligations  of the  Portfolio to third parties
including, without limitation, the retirement of outstanding debt, including any
debt owed to holders of record of  interests  in the  Portfolio  ("Holders")  or
their affiliates, and the expenses of liquidation,  and to the setting up of any
reserves for contingencies which may be necessary; and (b) second, in accordance
with the Holders'  positive Book Capital  Account  balances after adjusting Book
Capital  Accounts for certain  allocations  provided in the Declaration of Trust
and in  accordance  with the  requirements  described  in  Treasury  Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(b)(2).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustees
shall  determine  that an  immediate  sale of part or all of the  assets  of the
Portfolio would cause undue loss to the Holders, the Trustees, in order to avoid
such loss,  may,  after having  given  notification  to all the Holders,  to the
extent not then prohibited by the law of any jurisdiction in which the Portfolio
is then formed or qualified and  applicable in the  circumstances,  either defer
liquidation of and withhold from  distribution  for a reasonable time any assets
of the Portfolio  except those  necessary to satisfy the  Portfolio's  debts and
obligations or distribute the Portfolio's  assets to the Holders in liquidation.
Certificates  representing  an  investor's  interest in the Portfolio are issued
only upon the written request of a Holder.
    


                                      B-2
<PAGE>
     Each Holder is entitled to vote in proportion to the amount of its interest
in the Portfolio. Holders do not have cumulative voting rights. The Portfolio is
not  required and has no current  intention to hold annual  meetings of Holders,
but the  Portfolio  will hold  meetings of Holders  when in the  judgment of the
Portfolio's Trustees it is necessary or desirable to submit matters to a vote of
Holders at a  meeting.  Any  action  which may be taken by Holders  may be taken
without a meeting if Holders holding more than 50% of all interests  entitled to
vote (or such  larger  proportion  thereof as shall be  required  by any express
provision of the Declaration of Trust of the Portfolio) consent to the action in
writing and the consents are filed with the records of meetings of Holders.

     The  Portfolio's  Declaration of Trust may be amended by vote of Holders of
more than 50% of all  interests in the Portfolio at any meeting of Holders or by
an  instrument  in writing  without a  meeting,  executed  by a majority  of the
Trustees and consented to by the Holders of more than 50% of all interests.  The
Trustees may also amend the Declaration of Trust (without the vote or consent of
Holders) to change the Portfolio's name or the state or other jurisdiction whose
law shall be the  governing  law, to supply any omission or to cure,  correct or
supplement any ambiguous,  defective or inconsistent  provision,  to conform the
Declaration  of  Trust  to  applicable  federal  law  or  regulations  or to the
requirements of the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"),  or
to  change,  modify  or  rescind  any  provision,  provided  that  such  change,
modification  or  rescission  is  determined  by the Trustees to be necessary or
appropriate  and  not to  have a  materially  adverse  effect  on the  financial
interests of the Holders.  No amendment of the  Declaration of Trust which would
change any rights with  respect to any  Holder's  interest in the  Portfolio  by
reducing the amount  payable  thereon upon  liquidation  of the Portfolio may be
made,  except  with the vote or consent  of the  Holders  of  two-thirds  of all
interests.  References in the  Declaration of Trust and in Part A or this Part B
to a specified percentage of, or fraction of, interests in the Portfolio,  means
Holders whose combined Book Capital  Account  balances  represent such specified
percentage or fraction of the combined Book Capital Account balance of all, or a
specified group of, Holders.

     The  Portfolio  may  merge  or  consolidate  with  any  other  corporation,
association,  trust  or  other  organization  or may  sell  or  exchange  all or
substantially  all of its  assets  upon such terms and  conditions  and for such
consideration  when and as  authorized  by the Holders of (a) 67% or more of the
interests in the Portfolio present or represented at the meeting of Holders,  if
Holders of more than 50% of all interests are present or  represented  by proxy,
or (b) more than 50% of all  interests,  whichever is less. The Portfolio may be
terminated (i) by the affirmative vote of Holders of not less than two-thirds of
all interests at any meeting of Holders or by an instrument in writing without a
meeting,  executed by a majority of the Trustees and  consented to by Holders of
not less than  two-thirds of all  interests,  or (ii) by the Trustees by written
notice to the Holders.

     In accordance  with the  Declaration  of Trust,  there  normally will be no
meetings of the investors for the purpose of electing  Trustees unless and until
such time as less than a  majority  of the  Trustees  holding  office  have been
elected by investors.  In such an event,  the Trustees of the Portfolio  then in
office will call an investors' meeting for the election of Trustees.  Except for
the foregoing  circumstances,  and unless  removed by action of the investors in
accordance  with the  Portfolio's  Declaration  of  Trust,  the  Trustees  shall
continue to hold office and may appoint successor Trustees.


                                      B-3
<PAGE>
   
     The  Declaration  of Trust provides that no person shall serve as a Trustee
if investors  holding  two-thirds of the outstanding  interests have removed him
from that  office  either by a written  declaration  filed with the  Portfolio's
custodian or by votes cast at a meeting called for that purpose. The Declaration
of Trust further  provides that under certain  circumstances,  the investors may
call a meeting to remove a Trustee and that the Portfolio is required to provide
assistance in communicating with investors about such a meeting.

     The Declaration of Trust further provides that obligations of the Portfolio
are not binding upon the Trustees individually but only upon the property of the
Portfolio  and that the Trustees will not be liable for any action or failure to
act,  but nothing in the  Declaration  of Trust  protects a Trustee  against any
liability  to  which  he  would  otherwise  be  subject  by  reason  of  willful
misfeasance,  bad faith,  gross negligence,  or reckless disregard of the duties
involved in the conduct of his office.
    

Item 19.  Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Securities

   
     See "Purchase of Interests in the Portfolio" and "Redemption or Decrease of
Interest" in Part A.

     Registrant  incorporates by reference  information  concerning valuation of
the Portfolio's assets from  "Determination of Net Asset Value" in Part I of the
Feeder Fund SAI.

Item 20.  Tax Status

     The Portfolio has been advised by tax counsel that,  provided the Portfolio
is  operated  at all times  during its  existence  in  accordance  with  certain
organizational and operational documents,  the Portfolio should be classified as
a  partnership  under  the  Code,  and  it  should  not  be a  "publicly  traded
partnership" within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code.  Consequently,  the
Portfolio  does not expect that it will be  required  to pay any federal  income
tax,  and a Holder  will be  required to take into  account in  determining  its
federal income tax liability its share of the Portfolio's income, gains, losses,
deductions and credits.

     Under Subchapter K of the Code, a partnership is considered to be either an
aggregate  of its members or a separate  entity  depending  upon the factual and
legal context in which the question arises.  Under the aggregate approach,  each
partner is treated as an owner of an undivided  interest in  partnership  assets
and  operations.  Under the entity  approach,  the  partnership  is treated as a
separate entity in which partners have no direct interest in partnership  assets
and operations.  The Portfolio has been advised by tax counsel that, in the case
of a Holder that seeks to qualify as a RIC, the aggregate approach should apply,
and each such Holder should  accordingly be deemed to own a proportionate  share
of each of the assets of the Portfolio and to be entitled to the gross income of
the Portfolio  attributable  to that share for purposes of all  requirements  of
Sections 851(b),  852(b)(5),  853(a) and 854 of the Code. Further, the Portfolio
has been  advised by tax counsel that each Holder that seeks to qualify as a RIC
should be deemed to hold its proportionate  share of the Portfolio's  assets for
the  period the  Portfolio  has held the assets or for the period the Holder has
been an investor  in the  Portfolio,  whichever  is  shorter.  Investors  should
consult  their tax  advisers  regarding  whether  the  entity  or the  aggregate
approach  applies  to  their  investment  in the  Portfolio  in  light  of their
particular tax status and any special tax rules applicable to them.


                                      B-4
<PAGE>
     In order to enable a Holder  (that is  otherwise  eligible) to qualify as a
RIC, the Portfolio  intends to satisfy the  requirements  of Subchapter M of the
Code relating to sources of income and diversification of assets as if they were
applicable  to the  Portfolio  and to permit  withdrawals  in a manner that will
enable a Holder  which is a RIC to  comply  with the  distribution  requirements
applicable to RICs  (including  those under  Sections 852 and 4982 of the Code).
The Portfolio  will allocate at least  annually to each Holder its  distributive
share of the Portfolio's net taxable (if any) and tax-exempt  investment income,
net realized capital gains, and any other items of income, gain, loss, deduction
or credit in a manner  intended to comply with the Code and applicable  Treasury
regulations.  Tax  counsel  has  advised  the  Portfolio  that  the  Portfolio's
allocations  of taxable  income and loss should  have  "economic  effect"  under
applicable Treasury regulations.

     To the  extent the cash  proceeds  of any  withdrawal  (or,  under  certain
circumstances,  such  proceeds  plus  the  value  of any  marketable  securities
distributed to an investor) ("liquid proceeds") exceed a Holder's adjusted basis
of his interest in the Portfolio,  the Holder will generally  realize a gain for
federal income tax purposes.  If, upon a complete withdrawal  (redemption of the
entire  interest),  a Holder  receives only liquid proceeds  (and/or  unrealized
receivables) and the Holder's  adjusted basis of his interest exceeds the liquid
proceeds  of such  withdrawal,  the  Holder  will  generally  realize a loss for
federal income tax purposes. In addition, on a distribution to a Holder from the
Portfolio  (whether pursuant to a partial or complete  withdrawal or otherwise),
(1) income or gain will be recognized if the  distribution  is in liquidation of
the Holder's  entire  interest in the Portfolio and includes a  disproportionate
share of any unrealized  receivables  held by the Portfolio and (2) gain or loss
may be recognized on a distribution to a Holder that contributed property to the
Portfolio.  The tax  consequences of a withdrawal of property  (instead of or in
addition to liquid  proceeds)  will be different and will depend on the specific
factual circumstances. A Holder's adjusted basis of an interest in the Portfolio
will  generally be the aggregate  prices paid therefor  (including  the adjusted
basis of  contributed  property  and any  gain  recognized  on the  contribution
thereof),  increased by the amounts of the Holder's  distributive share of items
of income  (including  interest  income  exempt  from  federal  income  tax) and
realized net gain of the Portfolio,  and reduced, but not below zero, by (i) the
amounts of the Holder's  distributive share of items of Portfolio loss, and (ii)
the amount of any cash distributions (including distributions of interest income
exempt from federal income tax and cash  distributions  on withdrawals  from the
Portfolio)  and the basis to the Holder of any property  received by such Holder
other than in  liquidation,  and (iii) the  Holder's  distributive  share of the
Portfolio's  nondeductible  expenditures  not  properly  chargeable  to  capital
account.  Increases  or  decreases  in  a  Holder's  share  of  the  Portfolio's
liabilities  may also result in  corresponding  increases  or  decreases in such
adjusted basis.
    

     The  Portfolio  may  acquire  zero coupon or other  securities  issued with
original issue discount.  As the holder of those securities,  the Portfolio must
account for the original  issue  discount  (even on municipal  securities)  that
accrues on the  securities  during the  taxable  year,  even if it  receives  no
corresponding  payment on the  securities  during the year.  Because each Holder
that is a RIC  annually  must  distribute  substantially  all of its  investment
company taxable income and net tax-exempt  income,  including any original issue
discount,  to qualify for treatment as a RIC, any such Holder may be required in
a particular year to distribute as an "exempt-interest  dividend" an amount that
is  greater  than  its  proportionate  share  of the  total  amount  of cash the
Portfolio actually receives.  Those distributions will be made from the Holder's
cash assets,  if any, or from its  proportionate  share of the Portfolio's  cash
assets or the proceeds of sales of the Portfolio's securities, if necessary. The
Portfolio  may realize  capital  gains or losses from those  sales,  which would


                                      B-5
<PAGE>
increase  or  decrease   the   investment   company  taxable  income  and/or net
capital  gain (the  excess of net  long-term  capital  gain over net  short-term
capital  loss) of a Holder  that is a RIC.  In  addition,  any such gains may be
realized  on the  disposition  of  securities  held for less than three  months.
Because of the  Short-Short  Limitation  (defined  below),  any such gains would
reduce the Portfolio's  ability to sell other securities,  or options or futures
contracts,  held for less than  three  months  that it might wish to sell in the
ordinary course of its portfolio management.

     Investments in lower rated or unrated  securities  may present  special tax
issues for the Portfolio and hence to an investor in the Portfolio to the extent
actual  or  anticipated  defaults  may be  more  likely  with  respect  to  such
securities.  Tax rules are not  entirely  clear  about  issues  such as when the
Portfolio  may cease to accrue  interest,  original  issue  discount,  or market
discount;  when and to what  extent  deductions  may be taken  for bad  debts or
worthless securities;  how payments received on obligations in default should be
allocated  between   principal  and  income;   and  whether  exchanges  of  debt
obligations in a workout context are taxable.

     In order for a Holder that is a RIC to be  entitled  to pay the  tax-exempt
interest income the Portfolio  allocates to it as  exempt-interest  dividends to
its shareholders,  the Holder must satisfy certain  requirements,  including the
requirement that, at the close of each quarter of its taxable year, at least 50%
of the value of its total assets  consists of obligations  the interest on which
is excludable  from gross income under Section 103(a) of the Code. The Portfolio
intends to  concentrate  its  investments in such  tax-exempt  obligations to an
extent  that  will  enable a RIC  that  invests  its  investable  assets  in the
Portfolio to satisfy this 50% requirement.

     Interest on certain  municipal  obligations  is treated as a tax preference
item for  purposes of the federal  alternative  minimum  tax.  Holders  that are
required to file federal  income tax returns are  required to report  tax-exempt
interest allocated to them by the Portfolio on such returns.

     From time to time proposals have been  introduced  before  Congress for the
purpose of  restricting  or  eliminating  the federal  income tax  exemption for
interest on certain types of municipal obligations,  and it can be expected that
similar proposals may be introduced in the future. Under federal tax legislation
enacted in 1986,  the  federal  income tax  exemption  for  interest  on certain
municipal  obligations  was  eliminated  or  restricted.  As a  result  of  such
legislation,  the  availability  of municipal  obligations for investment by the
Portfolio and the value of the Portfolio may be affected.

     In the course of managing its  investments,  the Portfolio may realize some
short-term  and long-term  capital  gains (and/or  losses) as a result of market
transactions,  including sales of portfolio securities and rights to when-issued
securities and options and futures transactions.  The Portfolio may also realize
taxable income from certain short-term taxable obligations,  securities loans, a
portion of original  issue discount with respect to certain  stripped  municipal
obligations  or their  stripped  coupons and  certain  realized  accrued  market
discount.  Any  allocations  of such capital  gains or other  taxable  income to
Holders  would be taxable to Holders  that are  subject to tax.  However,  it is
expected that such amounts,  if any, would normally be insubstantial in relation
to the tax-exempt interest earned by the Portfolio.

     The  Portfolio's  transactions  in options  and futures  contracts  will be
subject to special tax rules that may affect the amount, timing and character of
its items of  income,  gain or loss and hence the  allocations  of such items to
investors.  For example,  certain  positions  held by the  Portfolio on the last
business day of each taxable year will be marked to market (i.e.,  treated as if


                                      B-6
<PAGE>
closed  out  on  such  day),  and  any resulting  gain or loss will generally be
treated  as 60%  long-term  and 40%  short-term  capital  gain or loss.  Certain
positions held by the Portfolio that substantially diminish the Portfolio's risk
of loss  with  respect  to  other  positions  in its  portfolio  may  constitute
"straddles," which are subject to tax rules that may cause deferral of Portfolio
losses, adjustments in the holding period of Portfolio securities and conversion
of short-term into long-term capital losses.

     Income from  transactions in options and futures  contracts  derived by the
Portfolio  with respect to its business of investing in securities  will qualify
as permissible  income for its Holders that are RICs under the requirement  that
at least 90% of a RIC's gross  income each  taxable  year  consist of  specified
types of income.  However,  income  from the  disposition  by the  Portfolio  of
options and futures contracts held for less than three months will be subject to
the requirement  applicable to those Holders that less than 30% of a RIC's gross
income each  taxable  year  consist of certain  short-term  gains  ("Short-Short
Limitation").

     If the Portfolio satisfies certain requirements, any increase in value of a
position that is part of a "designated  hedge" will be offset by any decrease in
value (whether  realized or not) of the offsetting  hedging  position during the
period of the hedge for  purposes of  determining  whether the Holders  that are
RICs satisfy the Short-Short  Limitation.  Thus, only the net gain (if any) from
the  designated  hedge will be  included  in gross  income for  purposes of that
limitation.  The Portfolio  will consider  whether it should seek to qualify for
this  treatment for its hedging  transactions.  To the extent the Portfolio does
not so qualify, it may be forced to defer the closing out of options and futures
contracts  beyond the time when it otherwise  would be advantageous to do so, in
order for Holders that are RICs to continue to qualify as such.

     Interest on  indebtedness  incurred or continued by an investor to purchase
or carry an investment  in the  Portfolio is not  deductible to the extent it is
deemed  attributable  to the investor's  investment,  through the Portfolio,  in
tax-exempt obligations. Further, persons who are "substantial users" (or persons
related to "substantial users") of facilities financed by industrial development
or private  activity bonds should consult their tax advisers before investing in
the Portfolio.  "Substantial user" is defined in applicable Treasury regulations
to include a "non-exempt  person" who regularly uses in trade or business a part
of a facility  financed  from the proceeds of industrial  development  bonds and
would likely be interpreted to include private  activity bonds issued to finance
similar facilities.

   
     An entity  that is treated  as a  partnership  under the Code,  such as the
Portfolio, is generally treated as a partnership under state and local tax laws,
but certain states may have  different  entity  classification  criteria and may
therefore  reach  a  different  conclusion.  Entities  that  are  classified  as
partnerships  are not treated as taxable entities under most state and local tax
laws,  and the income of a  partnership  is  considered to be income of partners
both in timing and in character.  The  exemption of interest  income for federal
income tax purposes does not necessarily result in exemption under the income or
tax laws of any state or local taxing authority.  The laws of the various states
and local taxing  authorities vary with respect to the taxation of such interest
income, as well as to the status of a partnership interest under state and local
tax laws,  and each Holder of an interest in the Portfolio is advised to consult
his own tax adviser.
    

     The foregoing  discussion does not address the special tax rules applicable
to  certain  classes  of  investors,  such  as  tax-exempt  entities,  insurance
companies and financial  institutions.  Investors  should  consult their own tax
advisers  with  respect to special tax rules that may apply in their  particular
situations, as well as the state, local or foreign tax consequences of investing
in the Portfolio.


                                      B-7
<PAGE>
Item 21.  Underwriters

   
     The placement agent for the Portfolio is EVD. Investment companies,  common
and  commingled  trust  funds  and  similar   organizations   and  entities  may
continuously invest in the Portfolio.
    

Item 22.  Calculation of Performance Data

     Not applicable.

Item 23.  Financial Statements

     The   following   audited   financial   statements  of  the  Portfolio  are
incorporated  by  reference  into this Part B and have been so  incorporated  in
reliance  upon the report of  Deloitte  and Touche  LLP,  independent  certified
public accountants, as experts in accounting and auditing.

   
         Portfolio of Investments as of January 31, 1997 
         Statement of Assets and Liabilities  as of January 31, 1997  
         Statement  of  Operations  for the fiscal year ended January 31, 1997
         Statement of Changes in Net Assets for the fiscal  years ended  January
         31, 1997 and January 31, 1996  
         Supplementary  Data for the fiscal years ended  January 31, 1997 and 
         1996,  and for the period from the start of business,  March 2,  1994,
         to  January  31,  1995  
         Notes to  Financial Statements 
         Independent Auditors' Report

         For purposes of the EDGAR filing of this  amendment to the  Portfolio's
registration  statement,  the  Portfolio  incorporates  by  reference  the above
audited  financial  statements,  as  previously  filed  electronically  with the
Commission (Accession Number 0000928816-97-000104).
    


                                      B-8
<PAGE>
                                     PART C

Item 24.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (a)  Financial Statements

          The  financial  statements  called  for  by this Item are incorporated
          by reference in Part B and listed in Item 23 hereof.

     (b)  Exhibits

   
          1.   (a) Declaration of Trust dated October 25, 1993, filed as Exhibit
               No. 1 to Amendment No. 1 and incorporated herein by reference.

               (b)  Amendment  to  the  Declaration  of  Trust dated December 8,
               1995  filed  as  Exhibit  No.  1(b)  to   Amendment   No.  2  and
               incorporated herein by reference.

          2.   By-Laws  of the  Registrant  adopted  October  25,  1993 filed as
               Exhibit  No. 2 to  Amendment  No. 1 and  incorporated  herein  by
               reference.

          5.   Investment  Advisory  Agreement between the Registrant and Boston
               Management  and Research dated February 25, 1994 filed as Exhibit
               No. 5 to Amendment No. 1 and incorporated herein by reference.

          6.   Placement  Agent  Agreement with Eaton Vance  Distributors,  Inc.
               dated November 1, 1996 filed herewith.

          7.   The Securities and Exchange Commission has granted the Registrant
               an  exemptive  order that  permits the  Registrant  to enter into
               deferred compensation arrangements with its independent Trustees.
               See In the Matter of Capital  Exchange  Fund,  Inc.,  Release No.
               IC-20671 (November 1, 1994).

          8.   (a) Custodian Agreement with Investors Bank & Trust Company dated
               February 25, 1994 filed as Exhibit No. 8 to  Amendment  No. 1 and
               incorporated herein by reference.

               (b)  Amendment  to  the  Custodian  Agreement  dated  October 23,
               1995  filed  as  Exhibit  No.  8(b)  to   Amendment   No.  2  and
               incorporated herein by reference.

          13.  Investment  representation letter of Eaton Vance Management dated
               November 1, 1993 filed as Exhibit No. 13 to  Amendment  No. 1 and
               incorporated herein by reference.
    


                                      C-1
<PAGE>
Item 25.  Persons Controlled by or under Common Control with Registrant

         Not applicable.

Item 26.  Number of Holders of Securities

   
                       (1)                             (2)
                                                    Number of
                  Title of Class                 Record Holders
                  --------------                 --------------
                                               As of May 1, 1997

                   Interests                            3

Item 27.  Indemnification

         Article  V  of  the   Registrant's   Declaration   of  Trust   contains
indemnification  provisions for Trustees and officers. The Trustees and officers
of the Registrant and the personnel of the Registrant's  investment  adviser are
insured under an errors and omissions liability insurance policy.

         The Placement Agent Agreement also provides for reciprocal indemnity of
the  placement  agent,  on the one hand,  and the  Trustees  and officers on the
other.
    

Item 28.  Business and Other Connections

         To the knowledge of the Portfolio,  none of the trustees or officers of
the Portfolio's investment adviser, except as set forth on its Form ADV as filed
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission,  is engaged in any other business,
profession,  vocation or employment of a substantial nature, except that certain
trustees and officers  also hold various  positions  with and engage in business
for affiliates of the investment adviser.

Item 29.  Principal Underwriters

         Not applicable.

Item 30.  Location of Accounts and Records

         All applicable accounts,  books and documents required to be maintained
by the  Registrant  by Section  31(a) of the 1940 Act and the Rules  promulgated
thereunder  are in the  possession  and custody of the  Registrant's  custodian,
Investors  Bank & Trust Company,  89 South Street,  Boston,  MA 02111,  with the
exception of certain  corporate  documents and portfolio trading documents which
are in the possession and custody of the Registrant's  investment  adviser at 24
Federal Street, Boston, MA 02110. The Registrant is informed that all applicable
accounts, books and documents required to be maintained by registered investment
advisers  are in the  custody  and  possession  of the  Registrant's  investment
adviser.


                                      C-2
<PAGE>
Item 31.  Management Services

         Not applicable.

Item 32.  Undertakings

         Not applicable.


                                      C-3
<PAGE>
                                   SIGNATURES


   
         Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on
Form  N-1A  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the City of Boston and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 29th
day of May, 1997.
    

                              KANSAS MUNICIPALS PORTFOLIO



                              By: /s/ Thomas J. Fetter
                                  ----------------------------------
                                      Thomas J. Fetter, President


<PAGE>
                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit No.       Description of Exhibit
- -----------       ----------------------

   
6.                Placement Agent Agreement with Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc.
                  dated November 1, 1996.
    

                                                                       EXHIBIT 6
                            PLACEMENT AGENT AGREEMENT


                                                                November 1, 1996


Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc.
24 Federal Street
Boston, Massachusetts  02110

Gentlemen:

         This is to confirm that, in consideration of the agreements hereinafter
contained,  the  undersigned,  Kansas  Municipals  Portfolio (the  "Trust"),  an
open-end  non-diversified  management  investment  company  registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"),  organized as a New
York trust, has agreed that Eaton Vance  Distributors,  Inc.  ("EVD"),  formerly
named EV  Distributors,  Inc.,  shall be the  placement  agent  (the  "Placement
Agent") of Interests in the Trust ("Trust Interests").

         1.  Services as Placement Agent.

         1.1 EVD will act as Placement Agent of the Trust  Interests  covered by
the Trust's registration  statement then in effect under the 1940 Act. In acting
as Placement  Agent under this Placement  Agent  Agreement,  neither EVD nor its
employees or any agents thereof shall make any offer or sale of Trust  Interests
in a manner which would require the Trust  Interests to be registered  under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act").

         1.2 All  activities  by EVD and its agents and  employees  as Placement
Agent of Trust  Interests  shall  comply  with all  applicable  laws,  rules and
regulations,  including,  without limitation,  all rules and regulations adopted
pursuant  to the  1940  Act by  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  (the
"Commission").

         1.3 Nothing  herein  shall be  construed to require the Trust to accept
any offer to  purchase  any Trust  Interests,  all of which  shall be subject to
approval by the Board of Trustees.

         1.4 The Trust  shall  furnish  from time to time for use in  connection
with the sale of Trust Interests such  information with respect to the Trust and
Trust Interests as EVD may reasonably request.  The Trust shall also furnish EVD
upon request with: (a) unaudited semiannual  statements of the Trust's books and
accounts  prepared  by the  Trust,  and (b) from  time to time  such  additional
information  regarding the Trust's financial or regulatory  condition as EVD may
reasonably request.

         1.5 The Trust represents to EVD that all registration  statements filed
by the  Trust  with the  Commission  under  the 1940 Act with  respect  to Trust
Interests have been prepared in conformity with the requirements of such statute
and the rules and  regulations  of the  Commission  thereunder.  As used in this
Agreement  the  term  "registration   statement"  shall  mean  any  registration
statement  filed with the Commission as modified by any amendments  thereto that
at any time shall have been  filed  with the  Commission  by or on behalf of the
Trust. The Trust represents and warrants to EVD that any registration  statement
will contain all  statements  required to be stated  therein in conformity  with
both such  statute and the rules and  regulations  of the  Commission;  that all
statements  of fact  contained in any  registration  statement  will be true and
correct  in all  material  respects  at the time of filing of such  registration
statement or amendment thereto; and that no registration  statement will include



<PAGE>
an  untrue  statement   of  a  material  fact  or omit to state a material  fact
required to be stated  therein or necessary to make the  statements  therein not
misleading  to a purchaser  of Trust  Interests.  The Trust may but shall not be
obligated  to  propose  from time to time  such  amendment  to any  registration
statement  as in the light of future  developments  may,  in the  opinion of the
Trust's counsel, be necessary or advisable.  If the Trust shall not propose such
amendment and/or  supplement within fifteen days after receipt by the Trust of a
written  request  from EVD to do so,  EVD may,  at its  option,  terminate  this
Agreement.  The Trust shall not file any amendment to any registration statement
without giving EVD reasonable notice thereof in advance; provided, however, that
nothing  contained in this Agreement shall in any way limit the Trust's right to
file at any time such amendment to any  registration  statement as the Trust may
deem advisable, such right being in all respects absolute and unconditional.

         1.6 The Trust  agrees to  indemnify,  defend and hold EVD,  its several
officers  and  directors,  and any person who controls EVD within the meaning of
Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the  Securities  and Exchange Act of
1934 (the  "1934  Act")  (for  purposes  of this  paragraph  1.6,  collectively,
"Covered  Persons")  free and  harmless  from and  against  any and all  claims,
demands,  liabilities  and  expenses  (including  the cost of  investigating  or
defending such claims,  demands or liabilities  and any counsel fees incurred in
connection therewith) which any Covered Person may incur under the 1933 Act, the
1934  Act,  common  law or  otherwise,  arising  out of or based  on any  untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any  registration  statement,  private
placement memorandum or other offering material ("Offering Material") or arising
out of or based on any omission to state a material  fact  required to be stated
in any Offering  Material or necessary  to make the  statements  in any Offering
Material  not  misleading;  provided,  however,  that the Trust's  agreement  to
indemnify  Covered  Persons  shall not be deemed to cover any  claims,  demands,
liabilities or expenses arising out of any financial and other statements as are
furnished in writing to the Trust by EVD in its capacity as Placement  Agent for
use in the  answers  to  any  items  of  any  registration  statement  or in any
statements  made in any  Offering  Material,  or arising  out of or based on any
omission or alleged  omission to state a material  fact in  connection  with the
giving of such information required to be stated in such answers or necessary to
make the answers not misleading; and further provided that the Trust's agreement
to indemnify EVD and the Trust's representations and warranties hereinbefore set
forth in this  paragraph  1.6 shall not be deemed to cover any  liability to the
Trust or its investors to which a Covered  Person would  otherwise be subject by
reason of willful misfeasance,  bad faith or gross negligence in the performance
of its duties,  or by reason of a Covered  Person's  reckless  disregard  of its
obligations and duties under this Agreement. The Trust should be notified of any
action brought  against a Covered  Person,  such  notification  to be given by a
writing addressed to the Trust, 24 Federal Street Boston,  Massachusetts  02110,
with a copy to the Administrator of the Trust,  Eaton Vance  Management,  at the
same address, promptly after the summons or other first legal process shall have
been duly and  completely  served upon such  Covered  Person.  The failure to so
notify  the Trust of any such  action  shall  not  relieve  the  Trust  from any
liability  except to the extent the Trust  shall  have been  prejudiced  by such
failure,  or from any  liability  that the Trust may have to the Covered  Person
against  whom such action is brought by reason of any such untrue  statement  or
omission, otherwise than on account of the Trust's indemnity agreement contained
in this paragraph.  The Trust will be entitled to assume the defense of any suit
brought to enforce any such claim,  demand or  liability,  but in such case such
defense shall be conducted by counsel of good  standing  chosen by the Trust and
approved by EVD, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. In the event
the Trust  elects to assume the  defense of any such suit and retain  counsel of
good  standing  approved by EVD, the  defendant or defendants in such suit shall
bear the fees and expenses of any  additional  counsel  retained by any of them;
but in case the Trust does not elect to assume  the  defense of any such suit or
in case EVD  reasonably  does not  approve of counsel  chosen by the Trust,  the
Trust will reimburse the Covered Person named as defendant in such suit, for the
fees  and  expenses  of  any  counsel   retained  by  EVD  or  it.  The  Trust's
indemnification   agreement   contained  in  this   paragraph  and  the  Trust's


                                       2
<PAGE>
representations  and  warranties  in  this  Agreement shall remain operative and
in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of
Covered  Persons,  and shall survive the delivery of any Trust  Interests.  This
agreement  of  indemnity  will inure  exclusively  to Covered  Persons and their
successors.  The Trust agrees to notify EVD promptly of the  commencement of any
litigation or  proceedings  against the Trust or any of its officers or Trustees
in connection with the issue and sale of any Trust Interests.

         1.7 EVD agrees to  indemnify,  defend and hold the Trust,  its  several
officers and trustees,  and any person who controls the Trust within the meaning
of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or  Section  20 of the 1934 Act (for  purposes  of
this paragraph 1.7, collectively,  "Covered Persons") free and harmless from and
against any and all claims,  demands,  liabilities  and expenses  (including the
costs of  investigating or defending such claims,  demands,  liabilities and any
counsel fees incurred in connection  therewith)  that Covered  Persons may incur
under the 1933 Act,  the 1934 Act or common  law or  otherwise,  but only to the
extent that such  liability or expense  incurred by a Covered  Person  resulting
from  such  claims  or  demands  shall  arise  out of or be based on any  untrue
statement of a material fact  contained in  information  furnished in writing by
EVD in its  capacity as  Placement  Agent to the Trust for use in the answers to
any of the items of any registration statement or in any statements in any other
Offering  Material or shall arise out of or be based on any  omission to state a
material fact in connection with such information furnished in writing by EVD to
the Trust  required  to be  stated in such  answers  or  necessary  to make such
information not misleading.  EVD shall be notified of any action brought against
a Covered Person, such notification to be given by a writing addressed to EVD at
24 Federal Street,  Boston,  Massachusetts 02110,  promptly after the summons or
other first legal process shall have been duly and  completely  served upon such
Covered Person.  EVD shall have the right of first control of the defense of the
action with counsel of its own choosing satisfactory to the Trust if such action
is based solely on such alleged  misstatement  or omission on EVD's part, and in
any other event each Covered  Person shall have the right to  participate in the
defense or  preparation  of the  defense of any such  action.  The failure to so
notify EVD of any such action shall not relieve EVD from any liability except to
the extent the Trust shall have been  prejudiced  by such  failure,  or from any
liability  that EVD may have to Covered  Persons by reason of any such untrue or
alleged untrue  statement,  or omission or alleged  omission,  otherwise than on
account of EVD's indemnity agreement contained in this paragraph.

         1.8 No Trust  Interests  shall be  offered  by either  EVD or the Trust
under any of the  provisions of this Agreement and no orders for the purchase or
sale of Trust Interests  hereunder shall be accepted by the Trust if and so long
as the effectiveness of the registration  statement or any necessary  amendments
thereto  shall be suspended  under any of the  provisions of the 1933 Act or the
1940 Act; provided,  however,  that nothing contained in this paragraph shall in
any way restrict or have an application to or bearing on the Trust's  obligation
to redeem Trust Interests from any investor in accordance with the provisions of
the Trust's registration statement or Declaration of Trust, as amended from time
to time.

         1.9 The Trust agrees to advise EVD as soon as reasonably practical by a
notice in writing delivered to EVD or its counsel:

     (a) of any request by the  Commission  for  amendments to the  registration
statement then in effect or for additional information;

     (b) in the  event of the  issuance  by the  Commission  of any  stop  order
suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement then in effect or the
initiation  by  service  of  process  on the  Trust of any  proceeding  for that
purpose;


                                       3
<PAGE>
         (c) of the  happening of any event that makes untrue any statement of a
material fact made in the registration statement then in effect or that requires
the  making  of a change  in such  registration  statement  in order to make the
statements therein not misleading; and

         (d) of all action of the  Commission  with respect to any  amendment to
any  registration  statement  that  may  from  time to time be  filed  with  the
Commission.

         For purposes of this paragraph 1.9, informal requests by or acts of the
Staff of the  Commission  shall  not be deemed  actions  of or  requests  by the
Commission.

         1.10  EVD  agrees  on  behalf  of  itself  and its  employees  to treat
confidentially and as proprietary information of the Trust all records and other
information  not  otherwise  publicly  available  relative  to the Trust and its
prior,  present  or  potential  investors  and  not  to  use  such  records  and
information for any purpose other than performance of its  responsibilities  and
duties hereunder,  except after prior notification to and approval in writing by
the Trust,  which  approval  shall not be  unreasonably  withheld and may not be
withheld where EVD may be exposed to civil or criminal contempt  proceedings for
failure  to  comply,   when  requested  to  divulge  such  information  by  duly
constituted authorities, or when so requested by the Trust.

         2.  Duration and Termination of this Agreement.

         This Agreement  shall become  effective upon the date of its execution,
and, unless terminated as herein provided, shall remain in full force and effect
through and  including  February  28, 1997 and shall  continue in full force and
effect  indefinitely  thereafter,  but  only so long as such  continuance  after
February 28, 1997 is specifically approved at least annually (i) by the Board of
Trustees  of the  Trust  or by  vote of a  majority  of the  outstanding  voting
securities of the Trust and (ii) by the vote of a majority of those  Trustees of
the Trust who are not interested persons of EVD or the Trust cast in person at a
meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.

         Either party hereto may, at any time on sixty (60) days' prior  written
notice to the  other,  terminate  this  agreement  without  the  payment  of any
penalty, by action of Trustees of the Trust or the Directors of EVD, as the case
may be,  and the  Trust  may,  at any time  upon  such  written  notice  to EVD,
terminate  this  Agreement  by  vote of a  majority  of the  outstanding  voting
securities of the Trust.  This Agreement  shall terminate  automatically  in the
event of its assignment.

         3.  Representations and Warranties.

         EVD and the Trust each hereby represents and warrants to the other that
it has all requisite authority to enter into,  execute,  deliver and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and that, with respect to it, this Agreement is
legal, valid and binding, and enforceable in accordance with its terms.

         4.  Limitation of Liability.

         EVD expressly acknowledges the provision in the Declaration of Trust of
the Trust (Sections 5.2 and 5.6) limiting the personal liability of the Trustees
and officers of the Trust,  and EVD hereby agrees that it shall have recourse to
the Trust for  payment of claims or  obligations  as  between  the Trust and EVD
arising out of this Agreement and shall not seek  satisfaction  from any Trustee
or officer of the Trust.


                                       4
<PAGE>
         5.  Certain Definitions.

         The terms "assignment" and "interested  persons" when used herein shall
have the respective  meanings specified in the Investment Company Act of 1940 as
now in effect or as hereafter  amended subject,  however,  to such exemptions as
may be granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission by any rule, regulation
or order.  The term "vote of a majority of the  outstanding  voting  securities"
shall mean the vote, at a meeting of Holders, of the lesser of (a) 67 per centum
or more of the  Interests in the Trust  present or  represented  by proxy at the
meeting if the Holders of more than 50 per centum of the  outstanding  Interests
in the Trust are present or  represented  by proxy at the  meeting,  or (b) more
than  50 per  centum  of the  outstanding  Interests  in the  Trust.  The  terms
"Holders" and  "Interests"  when used herein shall have the respective  meanings
specified in the Declaration of Trust of the Trust.

         6.  Concerning Applicable Provisions of Law, etc.

         This Agreement  shall be subject to all  applicable  provisions of law,
including the  applicable  provisions of the 1940 Act and to the extent that any
provisions herein contained conflict with any such applicable provisions of law,
the latter shall control.

         The laws of the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  shall,  except to the
extent  that any  applicable  provisions  of federal  law shall be  controlling,
govern  the  construction,  validity  and  effect  of  this  Agreement,  without
reference to principles of conflicts of law.

         If the  contract  set forth  herein  is  acceptable  to you,  please so
indicate by executing the enclosed copy of this Agreement and returning the same
to the undersigned, whereupon this Agreement shall constitute a binding contract
between  the  parties  hereto  effective  at the closing of business on the date
hereof.

                              Yours very truly,

                              KANSAS MUNICIPALS PORTFOLIO




                              By: /s/ Thomas J. Fetter
                                  --------------------------
                                    President

Accepted:

EATON VANCE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.


By:  /s/ Wharton P. Whitaker
     ---------------------------
         President

<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE> 6
<MULTIPLIER> 1000
       
<S>                             <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   12-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          JAN-31-1997
<PERIOD-END>                               JAN-31-1997
<INVESTMENTS-AT-COST>                            11067
<INVESTMENTS-AT-VALUE>                           11301
<RECEIVABLES>                                      251
<ASSETS-OTHER>                                     186  
<OTHER-ITEMS-ASSETS>                                 5
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                   11743
<PAYABLE-FOR-SECURITIES>                             3  
<SENIOR-LONG-TERM-DEBT>                              0
<OTHER-ITEMS-LIABILITIES>                            4
<TOTAL-LIABILITIES>                                  7
<SENIOR-EQUITY>                                      0
<PAID-IN-CAPITAL-COMMON>                         11496
<SHARES-COMMON-STOCK>                                0
<SHARES-COMMON-PRIOR>                                0
<ACCUMULATED-NII-CURRENT>                            0
<OVERDISTRIBUTION-NII>                               0
<ACCUMULATED-NET-GAINS>                              0
<OVERDISTRIBUTION-GAINS>                             0
<ACCUM-APPREC-OR-DEPREC>                           240
<NET-ASSETS>                                     11736
<DIVIDEND-INCOME>                                    0
<INTEREST-INCOME>                                  697
<OTHER-INCOME>                                       0
<EXPENSES-NET>                                       0
<NET-INVESTMENT-INCOME>                            697
<REALIZED-GAINS-CURRENT>                           117
<APPREC-INCREASE-CURRENT>                        (399) 
<NET-CHANGE-FROM-OPS>                              415
<EQUALIZATION>                                       0
<DISTRIBUTIONS-OF-INCOME>                            0
<DISTRIBUTIONS-OF-GAINS>                             0
<DISTRIBUTIONS-OTHER>                                0
<NUMBER-OF-SHARES-SOLD>                              0
<NUMBER-OF-SHARES-REDEEMED>                          0
<SHARES-REINVESTED>                                  0
<NET-CHANGE-IN-ASSETS>                             127
<ACCUMULATED-NII-PRIOR>                              0
<ACCUMULATED-GAINS-PRIOR>                            0
<OVERDISTRIB-NII-PRIOR>                              0
<OVERDIST-NET-GAINS-PRIOR>                           0
<GROSS-ADVISORY-FEES>                               19
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                                   0
<GROSS-EXPENSE>                                     56
<AVERAGE-NET-ASSETS>                             11780
<PER-SHARE-NAV-BEGIN>                                0
<PER-SHARE-NII>                                      0
<PER-SHARE-GAIN-APPREC>                              0
<PER-SHARE-DIVIDEND>                                 0
<PER-SHARE-DISTRIBUTIONS>                            0
<RETURNS-OF-CAPITAL>                                 0
<PER-SHARE-NAV-END>                                  0
<EXPENSE-RATIO>                                      0
<AVG-DEBT-OUTSTANDING>                               0
<AVG-DEBT-PER-SHARE>                                 0
        

</TABLE>


© 2022 IncJournal is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission