CMA GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND
24F-2NT, 1995-05-30
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May 24, 1995



Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549

Re:  Rule 24f-2 Notice for
       CMA GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND
       File No.  2-72724
     
Dear Sirs:

In accordance with the provisions of Rule 24f-2
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, CMA
Government Securities Fund (the "Fund") hereby
files its Rule 24f-2 Notice (the "Notice").

1.   The Notice is being filed for the fiscal year
      ended March 31, 1995(the "Fiscal Year").

2.  No shares of beneficial interest of the Fund
     which had  been registered under the Securities Act of
     1933 (the "Securities Act") other than
     pursuant to Rule 24f-2 remained unsold at the
     beginning of the Fiscal Year.
   
3.  2,133,768,204 shares of beneficial interest
     were registered under the Securities Act during the
     Fiscal Year other than pursuant to Rule 24f-2.
   
4.  12,035,321,698 shares of beneficial interest
      were sold during the Fiscal Year.*

5.   9,901,553,494 shares of beneficial interest
      were sold during the Fiscal Year in reliance upon
      registration pursuant to Rule 24f-2.
      Transmitted with this Notice is an opinion of
      Brown & Wood, counsel for the Fund, indicating
      that the securities the registration of which
      this notice makes definite in number were
      legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
   
_______________
The aggregate sale price for all shares of
beneficial interest sold during the Fiscal Year
was $12,035,321,698.  See Paragraph 6 for the
calculation of the aggregate sale price of shares
sold in reliance upon rule 24f-2.

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6.   Since the aggregate sale price of securities
      sold during the Fiscal Year in reliance upon 
      registration pursuant to Rule 24f-2 is less
      than the aggregate redemption price of securities
      redeemed during the Fiscal Year, no filing fee
      is required in connection with the filing of
      this Notice.  The calculation is as follows:
   
   (i)    Aggregate sale price for
          9,901,553,494 shares of beneficial
          interest sold during the Fiscal
          Year in reliance upon registration
          pursuant to Rule 24f-2.

                                          $9,901,553,494
   
reduced by

   (ii)    aggregate redemption price for
          the 12,602,941,002 shares of
          beneficial interest redeemed
          during the Fiscal Year.

                                           $12,602,941,002
   
equals amount on which filing is based       $  -0-

Please direct any questions relating to this
Notice to Robert Harris at Merrill Lynch Asset
Management, P.O. Box 9011, Princeton, N.J. 08543-
9011, (609) 282-2023, or to Frank P. Bruno at
Brown & Wood, One World Trade Center, New York,
New York  10048, (212) 839-5540.

Very truly yours,

CMA GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND




By /s/ Robert Harris
   - - - - - - - - - - -
     Robert Harris
      Secretary



BROWN & WOOD
One World Trade Center
New York, N.Y. 10048-0557
Telephone: 212-839-5300
Facsimile 212-839-5599




                                             May 26, 1995



CMA Government Securities Fund
P.O. Box 9011
Princeton, New Jersey  08543-9011

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     This opinion is furnished in connection with 
the notice (the "Notice") to be filed by CMA Government
Securities Fund, a Massachusetts business trust
(the "Fund"), with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.  
The Notice is being filed to make definite the 
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as 
amended, of 9,901,553,494 shares of beneficial
interest, par value $0.10 per share, of the Fund 
(the "Shares") which were sold during the Fund's 
fiscal year ended March 31, 1995.
     As counsel for the Fund, we are familiar with the
proceedings taken by it in connection with the
authorization, issuance and sale of the Shares. 
In addition, we have examined
and are familiar with the Declaration of Trust of 
the Fund, the By-Laws of the Fund and such other 
documents as we have deemed relevant to the 
matters referred to in this opinion.
     Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion 
that the Shares were legally issued, fully paid and
non-assessable, except that shareholders of the 
Fund may under certain circumstances be
held personally liable for the Fund's obligations.
     In rendering this opinion, we have relied as to
matters of Massachusetts law upon an opinion of 
Bingham, Dana & Gould, dated May 25, 1995, 
rendered to the Fund.
     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion 
with the Securities and Exchange Commission as 
an attachment to the Notice.
                                   Very truly yours,


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