PAGE 1
000 B000000 11/30/2009
000 C000000 0000895422
000 D000000 N
000 E000000 NF
000 F000000 Y
000 G000000 N
000 H000000 N
000 I000000 6.1
000 J000000 U
001 A000000 BOULDER TOTAL RETURN FUND, INC.
001 B000000 811-07390
001 C000000 3034445483
002 A000000 2344 SPRUCE STREET, SUITE A
002 B000000 BOULDER
002 C000000 CO
002 D010000 80302
003 000000 N
004 000000 N
005 000000 N
006 000000 N
007 A000000 N
007 B000000 0
020 A000001 WHITE CAP TRADING, LLC
020 B000001 51-0438644
020 C000001 19
020 A000002 G-TRADE SERVICES, LLC
020 B000002 14-1950353
020 C000002 3
020 A000003 JONESTRADING INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES, LLC
020 B000003 51-0484896
020 C000003 1
020 A000004 CREDIT SUISSE CAPITAL LLC
020 B000004 13-4097003
020 C000004 0
020 A000005 BNY CONVERGEX EXECUTION SOLUTIONS, LLC
020 B000005 13-3989198
020 C000005 0
020 A000006 B-TRADE SERVICES, LLC
020 B000006 13-3872408
020 C000006 0
020 C000007 0
020 C000008 0
020 C000009 0
020 C000010 0
021 000000 23
022 A000001 DREYFUS TREASURY
022 C000001 79785
022 D000001 81550
022 A000002 J.P. MORGAN CHASE
022 B000002 13-2624428
022 C000002 81495
PAGE 2
022 D000002 19999
022 A000003 M.J. WHITMAN, LLC
022 B000003 10-6908688
022 C000003 7832
022 D000003 0
022 A000004 BANK OF NEW YORK
022 B000004 13-3989198
022 C000004 393
022 D000004 3357
022 C000005 0
022 D000005 0
022 C000006 0
022 D000006 0
022 C000007 0
022 D000007 0
022 C000008 0
022 D000008 0
022 C000009 0
022 D000009 0
022 C000010 0
022 D000010 0
023 C000000 169505
023 D000000 104906
024 000000 Y
025 A000001 DREYFUS TREASURY CASH MANAGEMENT MM FUND
025 C000001 D
025 D000001 455
025 D000002 0
025 D000003 0
025 D000004 0
025 D000005 0
025 D000006 0
025 D000007 0
025 D000008 0
062 A000000 N
062 B000000 0.0
062 C000000 0.0
062 D000000 0.0
062 E000000 0.0
062 F000000 0.0
062 G000000 0.0
062 H000000 0.0
062 I000000 0.0
062 J000000 0.0
062 K000000 0.0
062 L000000 0.0
062 M000000 0.0
062 N000000 0.0
062 O000000 0.0
062 P000000 0.0
062 Q000000 0.0
PAGE 3
062 R000000 0.0
070 A010000 Y
070 A020000 N
070 B010000 Y
070 B020000 N
070 C010000 Y
070 C020000 N
070 D010000 Y
070 D020000 N
070 E010000 Y
070 E020000 N
070 F010000 Y
070 F020000 N
070 G010000 Y
070 G020000 N
070 H010000 Y
070 H020000 N
070 I010000 N
070 I020000 N
070 J010000 Y
070 J020000 N
070 K010000 Y
070 K020000 Y
070 L010000 Y
070 L020000 Y
070 M010000 Y
070 M020000 Y
070 N010000 Y
070 N020000 N
070 O010000 Y
070 O020000 N
070 P010000 Y
070 P020000 N
070 Q010000 N
070 Q020000 N
070 R010000 Y
070 R020000 N
071 A000000 26432
071 B000000 26091
071 C000000 218597
071 D000000 12
072 A000000 12
072 B000000 73
072 C000000 4277
072 D000000 0
072 E000000 0
072 F000000 2912
072 G000000 627
072 H000000 0
072 I000000 16
072 J000000 22
PAGE 4
072 K000000 0
072 L000000 42
072 M000000 92
072 N000000 0
072 O000000 0
072 P000000 0
072 Q000000 0
072 R000000 41
072 S000000 17
072 T000000 0
072 U000000 0
072 V000000 0
072 W000000 229
072 X000000 3998
072 Y000000 0
072 Z000000 352
072AA000000 0
072BB000000 10432
072CC010000 41912
072CC020000 0
072DD010000 0
072DD020000 0
072EE000000 0
073 A010000 0.0000
073 A020000 0.0000
073 B000000 0.0000
073 C000000 0.0000
074 A000000 3591
074 B000000 0
074 C000000 14955
074 D000000 2791
074 E000000 188
074 F000000 244154
074 G000000 0
074 H000000 0
074 I000000 0
074 J000000 0
074 K000000 0
074 L000000 179
074 M000000 9
074 N000000 265867
074 O000000 2874
074 P000000 271
074 Q000000 0
074 R010000 0
074 R020000 0
074 R030000 0
074 R040000 169
074 S000000 74900
074 T000000 187653
074 U010000 12339
PAGE 5
074 U020000 0
074 V010000 15.21
074 V020000 0.00
074 W000000 0.0000
074 X000000 129
074 Y000000 0
075 A000000 0
075 B000000 158100
076 000000 12.69
077 A000000 Y
077 B000000 Y
078 000000 N
080 A000000 ST PAUL MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY
080 C000000 2175
081 A000000 Y
081 B000000 3
082 A000000 N
082 B000000 0
083 A000000 N
083 B000000 0
084 A000000 N
084 B000000 0
085 A000000 Y
085 B000000 N
086 A010000 0
086 A020000 0
086 B010000 0
086 B020000 0
086 C010000 0
086 C020000 0
086 D010000 26
086 D020000 2208
086 E010000 0
086 E020000 0
086 F010000 0
086 F020000 0
087 A010000 COMMON STOCK
087 A020000 101541100
087 A030000 BTF
088 A000000 Y
088 B000000 N
088 C000000 N
088 D000000 Y
SIGNATURE NICOLE MURPHEY
TITLE VP & ASST. SECRETARY