WRIGHT MANAGED INCOME TRUST
24 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110


February 24, 1997

								
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549

RE:	Rule 24f-2 Notice for
	Wright Managed Income Trust
	1933 Act File No. 2-81915
	1940 Act File No. 811-3668 

	In accordance with the provisions of Rule 24f-2 under the Investment 
Company Act of 1940, Wright Managed Income Trust, hereby files its Rule 
24f-2 Notice.

	This Rule 24f-2 Notice is being filed for the fiscal year ended December 
31, 1996 ("Fiscal Year"). 

	20,416,158 shares of the Trust, with an aggregate cost of $221,719,471,
 which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (other than 
pursuant to Rule 24f-2) remained unsold at the beginning of the Fiscal Year.

	35,605,059 shares of the Trust, with an aggregate cost of $171,616,385, 
were registered during the Fiscal Year, pursuant to Rule 24e-2.

	263,925,102 shares of the Trust's series, with an aggregate sales price 
of $365,814,683, were sold during the Fiscal Year in reliance upon the 
Declaration of the Trust pursuant to Rule 24f-2 which registered an 
indefinite amount of securities.  Attached to this Rule 24f-2 Notice, and 
made part hereof, is an opinion  of counsel indicating that the securities, 
the registration of which the Notice makes definite in number, were 
legally issued, fully paid, and non-assessable by the Trust.

	2,788,289 shares of the Trust's series, with an aggregate sales price of 
$15,772,623, were issued during the Fiscal Year in connection with the 
Trust's dividend reinvestment plan.

	For the Fiscal Year, the Trust's series sold an aggregate of  225,754 
shares, including those issued pursuant to its dividend reinvestment plan, 
with an aggregate sales price of $2,392,829.

	In accordance with subsection (c) of Rule 24f-2, no fee is required since 
the value of shares registered under Rule 24f-2 exceeds the value of net 
sales for the Fiscal Year. 

Rule 24f-2 Notice for							Page 2              
Wright Managed Income Trust
1933 Act File No. 2-81915
1940 Act File No. 811-3668

Aggregate Sale Price for Shares                 		 	 
Sold During Fiscal Year Pursuant
to Rule 24f-2						$365,814,683
 .
Aggregate Price of Shares Issued
During Fiscal Year In Connection
with Dividend Reinvestment Plans. 			$ 15,772,623

Aggregate Price of Shares Sold   				$381,587,306			

Reduced by the Difference Between

(1)	Aggregate Redemption Price of
	Shares Redeemed During the
	Fiscal Year.                        			$327,243,558

and

(2)	Aggregate Redemption Price of
	Redeemed Shares Previously
	Applied by Trust Pursuant to
	Rule 24e-2(a) in Filings Made
	Pursuant to Section 24(e)(1) of
	Investment Company Act of 1940          	$ 54,343,748

Equals                      					$               0				

	Any questions regarding the matter should by addressed to Julia Clarke, 
Eaton Vance Management, 24 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts  02110.


						Sincerely,

						Eaton Vance Management

                                        		/s/William J. Austin Jr
						William J. Austin Jr.
						Assistant Treasurer 
Enclosures  (Opinion of Counsel)


WRIGHT MANAGED INCOME TRUST
24 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110



OPINION OF COUNSEL
 



February 24, 1997              
								

Eaton Vance Management
24 Federal Street
Boston, MA  02110

RE:	Rule 24f-2 Notice for
	Wright Managed Income Trust
	1933 Act File No. 2-81915
	1940 Act File No. 811-3668

     

Gentlemen:

	By filing of the captioned Notice pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Trust made definite the 
registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of 266,713,391 shares sold, 
including those sold pursuant to its dividend reinvestment plan, in 
reliance upon said Rule 24f-2 during the fiscal year ended December 31, 
1996.

	It is the opinion of the undersigned that such shares were legally issued, 
fully paid and nonassessable.

					Sincerely,

					Eaton Vance Management


                                   		/s/Eric G. Woodbury
					Eric G. Woodbury
					Vice President 
					Member of Massachusetts Bar