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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the use in this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
Statement of Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust on Form N-2 filed by the
Fund under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act") (Registration No.
333-108010) and under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940
Act") (Registration No. 811-21411) of our report dated November 13, 2003,
relating to the financial statements of Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust
as of November 12, 2003, in the Statement of Additional Information which is
part of such registration statement.

We also consent to the references to our Firm under the heading "Independent
auditors" in the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
November 20, 2003



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