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CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19960809
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FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FAHNESTOCK VINER HOLDINGS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000791963
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SECURITY BROKERS, DEALERS & FLOTATION COMPANIES [6211]
		IRS NUMBER:				980080034
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12043
		FILM NUMBER:		96606472

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		181 UNIVERSITY AVE STE 1204
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 16
		CITY:			TORONTO ONTARIO M5H
		STATE:			A6
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4163643397

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 16
		STREET 2:		181 UNIVERSITY AVENUE SUITE1204
		CITY:			TORONTO ONTARIO
		STATE:			A6
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                                FORM 8-A

                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20549





FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b)
or (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                     FAHNESTOCK VINER HOLDINGS INC.
        (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



ONTARIO, CANADA					            98-0080034
(State of incorporation         (I.R.S. Employer
or organization)			              Identification No.)


Suite 1204, P.O. Box 16
181 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario Canada				      M5H 3M7
(Address of principal
executive offices)			           (Zip Code)



Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class				     Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered				     each class is to be registered

Class A non-voting shares			New York Stock Exchange



Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:	None


Item 1.	Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered
       	Class A non-voting shares

The capital stock of Fahnestock Viner Holdings Inc. (the "Company" or
"Registrant") to be registered on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
(the "Exchange"), is the Registrant's Class A non-voting stock
(the "Class A Shares"). The Class A Shares rank equally with the
Class B voting shares in all respects except that the Class A Shares
are non voting. Holders of Class A Shares are entitled to receive
notices of shareholders' meetings and to receive all informational
documents required by law or otherwise to be at all meetings of
shareholders, except at meetings at which only a specified class other
than the Class A or Class B shares are entitled to vote.


Item 2.	Exhibits

1.  All exhibits required by Instruction II to Item 2 will be supplied to
    the New York Stock Exchange.




                              SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



FAHNESTOCK VINER HOLDINGS INC.
(Registrant)



By:/s/A.G.Lowenthal
   A.G. Lowenthal,
   Chairman and
   Chief Executive Officer


Dated: August 9, 1996

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