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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000906304-12-000351
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120215

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ROYCE FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000709364
		IRS NUMBER:				133139046
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		745 FIFTH AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10151
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2123557311

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		745 FIFTH AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10151

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ROYCE VALUE FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19851103

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ROYCE VALUE TRUST INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000804116
		IRS NUMBER:				133356097
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		745 FIFTH AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10151
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2123557311

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		STREET 1:		745 FIFTH AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10151

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ROYCE FOCUS TRUST INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000825202
		IRS NUMBER:				592876580
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC
		STREET 2:		745 FIFTH AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10151
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2125084578

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		STREET 1:		C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC
		STREET 2:		745 FIFTH AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10151

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ROYCE GLOBAL TRUST INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19961203

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ALL SEASONS GLOBAL FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950803

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMERICAS ALL SEASON FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ROYCE MICRO-CAP TRUST, INC /MD/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000912147
		IRS NUMBER:				133739778
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ROYCE MICRO-CAP TRUST, INC.
		STREET 2:		745 FIFTH AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10151
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2124084587

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ROYCE MICRO-CAP TRUST, INC.
		STREET 2:		745 FIFTH AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10151

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ROYCE MICRO CAP TRUST INC /MD/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010430

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ROYCE OTC MICRO CAP FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930917

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ROYCE CAPITAL FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001006387
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC
		STREET 2:		745 FIFTH AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10151
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2125084578

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC
		STREET 2:		745 FIFTH AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10151
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Dear Messrs. Sadoski and Rupert:</font></div>

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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;At your request, in connection with the staff&#8217;s questions communicated to me over the telephone relating to securities identified as Level 2 in each of the above-referenced Annual Reports to Shareholders, set forth below are the staff&#8217;s questions and the relevant Funds' responses.&#160;&#160;It should be noted that more than 99% of all such Level 2 securities were non-U.S. equities.</font></div>

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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Royce Capital Fund ("RCF"), Royce Value Trust ("RVT"), Royce Micro-Cap Trust ("RMT") and Royce Focus Trust ("RFT") each utilized one third party pricing vendor, Investment Technology Group ("ITG"), to apply its model to prices for non-U.S. equity securities identified as Level 2 in the Notes to the Financial Statements contained in their 2010 Annual Reports to Shareholders.&#160;&#160;The Royce Fund ("TRF") also utilized ITG to apply its model to prices for more than 99% of the Level 2 assets (all non-U.S. equities) identified in its 2010 Annual Report to Shareholders priced with input from third party pricing vendors.&#160;&#160;The Funds each utilized ITG solely to apply its model to non-U.S. equity securities on days when the U.S. market had exceeded a volatility trigger.&#160;&#160;The Funds obtain SAS-70 reports from ITG.&#160;&#160;The Funds' Custodian, ("SSBT") and the Funds' independent accountants have also obtained ITG's SAS-70.</font></div>

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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In addition to ITG, TRF utilized International Data Corporation ("IDC") to provide prices relating to three corporate bonds representing less than 1% of the TRF Level 2 assets priced with input from a third party pricing vendor at December 31, 2010.&#160;&#160;The Fund's have made recent inquiries to IDC regarding whether they can provide the Funds with a SAS-70 and have been told by IDC that there is no SAS-70 report relating to IDC's internal controls governing the provision of prices for corporate bonds.&#160;&#160;IDC does provide SSBT and the Funds' independent accountants with SAS-70's relating to other areas of IDC's business including the area providing prices for&#160;&#160;municipal bonds.&#160;&#160;In addition, IDC has provided to SSBT and the Funds' independent accountants written descriptions of the Bond Evaluation Methodologies that IDC utilizes for U.S./Canadian corporate bonds.&#160;&#160;These written descriptions reference the utilization of dealer quotes, and other market information including available live trading data, by the pricing models.&#160;&#160;The Funds' independent accountants have informed Fund representatives that they review IDC's written descriptions of Bond Evaluation Methodologies for the purpose of confirming that IDC is capable of providing prices for corporate bonds that are compliant with accounting standards applicable to registered investment companies.</font></div>

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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Fund officers have received presentations from ITG describing the assumptions and inputs from which ITG's pricing model is derived.&#160;&#160;The Fund Boards also received a written presentation from ITG in December 2006.&#160;&#160;Fund representatives have been told by ITG representatives that there have been no significant changes to ITG's methodology since that time.</font></div>

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