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                    Consent of Independent Auditors

We consent to the incorporation by reference into each registration
statement listed below of our report dated January 19, 1995 (except
for the pooling of interests with Worthen Banking Corporation, as
described in Note 3, for which the date is February 28, 1995) with
respect to the supplemental consolidated financial statements of
Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. for the years ended December 31, 1994 and
1993 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
1994 included therein by reference in its Current Report (Form 8-K) dated
April 28, 1995.

  Form        No.
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  S-3      33-50525  Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan
  S-8      33-15717  1987 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan
  S-8      33-15715  Amended 1981 Incentive Stock Option Plan
  S-8      33-25945  Centerre Bancorporation 1983 Incentive Stock
                       Option Plan
                     Centerre Bancorporation 1980 Stock Option Plan
  S-8      33-25946  Centerre Bancorporation 1987 Stock Incentive Plan
  S-8      33-50451  1990 Stock Purchase Plan for Employees
  S-8      33-37862  Thrift Incentive 401(k) Plan
  S-8      33-44546  1991 Incentive Stock Option Plan
  S-8      33-46730  First Interstate of Iowa, Inc.
  S-8      33-55168  Sunwest Financial Services, Inc. 1983 Incentive
                       Stock Option Plan
  S-8      33-55110  Sunwest Financial Services, Inc. 1987 Incentive
                       Stock Option Plan
  S-8      33-51635  First Amarillo Bancorporation, Inc. and
                       Subsidiaries Incentive Stock Option Plan
                       (Number 1)
  S-8      33-51637  First Amarillo Bancorporation, Inc. and
                       Subsidiaries Incentive Stock Option Plan
                       (Number 2)
  S-8      33-58399  Worthen Banking Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan
  S-8      33-58395  Worthen Banking Corporation Amended and Substituted
                       Stock Option Plan

                              /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

St. Louis, Missouri
April 28, 1995