Exhibit 11

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP

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2nd Floor
Washington, D.C.  20036-1800
Telephone (202) 778-9000
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February 24, 1999

Fidelity Fixed-Income Trust
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109

Ladies and Gentlemen:

  You have requested our opinion regarding certain matters in
connection with the issuance of shares of Fidelity Short-Term Bond
Fund ("Short-Term Bond"), a series of Fidelity Fixed-Income Trust (the
"Trust"), pursuant to a Registration Statement to be filed by the
Trust on Form N-14 ("Registration Statement") under the Securities Act
of 1933 ("1933 Act").  These shares will be issued in connection with
the proposed acquisition by Short-Term Bond of all of the assets of
Spartan Short-Term Bond Fund ("Spartan Short-Term Bond"), a fund of
Fidelity Charles Street Trust and the assumption by Short-Term Bond of
the liabilities of Spartan Short-Term Bond solely in exchange for
shares of  Short-Term Bond.

 In connection with our services as counsel for the Trust, we have
examined, among other things, originals or copies of such documents,
certificates and corporate and other records as we deemed necessary or
appropriate for purposes of this opinion.  We have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents
submitted to us, the conformity to original documents of all documents
presented to us as copies thereof and the authenticity of the original
documents from which any such copies were made, which assumptions we
have not independently verified.  As to various matters of fact
material to this opinion, we have relied upon statements and
certificates of officers of the Trust.  Based upon this examination,
we are of the opinion that, except as described herein,  the shares to
be issued pursuant to the Registration Statement have been duly
authorized and, when issued upon the terms provided in the
Registration Statement, subject to compliance with the 1933 Act, the
Investment Company Act of 1940, and applicable state law regulating
the offer and sale of securities, will be legally issued, fully paid,
and non-assessable, and no shareholder of Short-Term Bond has any
preemptive right of subscription or purchase in respect thereof.

We note, however, that the Trust is an entity of the type commonly
known as a "Massachusetts business trust." Under Massachusetts law,
shareholders could, under certain circumstances, be held personally
liable for the obligations of the Trust. The Declaration of Trust
states that all persons extending credit to, contracting with or
having any claim against the Trust or the Trustees shall look only to
the assets of the appropriate Series for payment under such credit,
contract or claim; and neither the Shareholders nor the Trustees, nor
any of their agents, whether past, present or future, shall be
personally liable therefor. The Declaration of Trust also requires
that every note, bond, contract or other undertaking issued by or on
behalf of the Trust or the Trustees relating to the Trust shall
include a recitation limiting the obligation represented thereby to
the Trust and its assets (but the omission of such recitation shall
not operate to bind any Shareholder). The Declaration of Trust further
provides: (1) for indemnification from the assets of the applicable
Series for all loss and expense of any shareholder or former
shareholder held personally liable solely by reason of his being or
having been a shareholder; and (2) for a Series to assume, upon
request by the shareholder, the defense of any claim made against the
shareholder for any act or obligation of the Series and satisfy any
judgment thereon. Thus, the risk of a shareholder incurring financial
loss on account of shareholder liability is limited to circumstances
in which the Trust or Series would be unable to meet its obligations.

  We hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the caption
"Legal Matters" in the Proxy Statement and Prospectus which
constitutes a part of the Registration Statement.  We further consent
to your filing a copy of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.

      Very truly yours,

      /s/Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP
      Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP