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SIGNATURE EUGENE S. STARK
TITLE TREASURER
For fiscal period ending (a) November 30, 1995
File number (c) 811-3264
SUB-ITEM 77C
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders
An Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Prudential
Government Securities Trust
was held on June 27, 1995. At such meeting the shareholders
elected trustees
and ratified the selection of independent accountants.
A Special Meeting of Shareholders of Prudential
Government Securities
Trust was held on July 19, 1995. At such meeting the
shareholders voted on the
following proposals:
1. To approve amended and restated Distribution and
Service Plans.
Intermediate Term Series
Affirmative Negative
Votes Cast Votes Cast
12,575,764 1,092,104
Money Market Series
Affirmative Negative
Votes Cast Votes Cast
226,473,758 19,867,416
U.S. Treasury Money Market Series
Affirmative Negative
Votes Cast Votes Cast
174,627,756 8,670,828
2. To approve elimination of the Series' investment
restriction that
limits investments to those securities listed in the Series'
Prospectuses
under _Investment Objective and Policies.
Intermediate Term Series
Affirmative Negative
Votes Cast Votes Cast
12,142,293 1,529,325
Money Market Series
Affirmative Negative
Votes Cast Votes Cast
212,988,151 36,301,502
3. To approve elimination of the Series' investment
restrictions regarding
restricted and illiquid securities.
Intermediate Term Series
Affirmative Negative
Votes Cast Votes Cast
12,022,374 1,790,821
Money Market Series
Affirmative Negative
Votes Cast Votes Cast
209,465,469 40,280,204
U.S. Treasury Money Market Series
Affirmative Negative
Votes Cast Votes Cast
170,070,502 16,665,470
4. To approve elimination of the Series' investment
restriction regarding
the purchase and sale of warrants, puts, calls, straddles,
spreads or
combinations thereof.
Intermediate Term Series
Affirmative Negative
Votes Cast Votes Cast
11,990,323 1,793,483
Money Market Series
Affirmative Negative
Votes Cast Votes Cast
207,010,923 42,136,713
5. To approve the modification of the Intermediate Term
Series' investment
restrictions to permit an increase in the borrowing
capabilities of the
Series.
Intermediate Term Series
Affirmative Negative
Votes Cast Votes Cast
11,945,380 1,823,174
6. To approve modification of the Intermediate Term Series
investment
restrictions to clarify that the purchase and sale of
certain securities are
not deemed to be the purchase or sale of real estate or
real estate mortgage
loans.
Intermediate Term Series
Affirmative Negative
Votes Cast Votes Cast
12,351,347 1,359,647
7. To approve modification of the Intermediate Term
Series' investment
restriction regarding purchases of securities on margin and
short sales to
permit certain transactions involving margin and
certain short sales.
Intermediate Term Series
Affirmative Negative
Votes Cast Votes Cast
12,139,836 1,705,221
8. To approve modification of the Intermediate Term
Series' investment
restriction regarding the purchase and sale of
commodities or commodity
futures contracts to permit the purchase and sale of
financial futures
contracts and options thereon.
Intermediate Term Series
Affirmative Negative
Votes Cast Votes Cast
12,136,288 1,692,339
For the year ended (a) 11/30/95
File # 811-3264
SUB _ ITEM 77J
Reclassification of Capital Accounts
Reclassification of Capital Accounts: The Fund accounts and
reports for distributions to shareholders in accordance with
A.I.C.P.A. Statement of Position 93-2; Determination,
Disclosure, and Financial Statement Presentation of Income,
Capital Gain, and Return of Capital Distributions by
Investment Companies. For the Short-Intermediate Term
Series, the effect of applying this statement was to
increase undistributed net investment income by $116,167 for
market discount recognized on securities sold, decrease
accumulated net realized losses by $21,796,567, and decrease
paid-in capital in excess of par by $21,912,734. The
reduction in accumulated net realized losses was due to the
expiration of a portion of the capital loss carryforward.
Current year net investment income, net realized losses and
net assets were not affected by this change.
For fiscal year ending (a) November 30, 1995
File No. 811-3264
Item 77M
Merger
On November 24, 1995, the Registrant's Short-
Intermediate Term Series (the Series) acquired all
the net
assets of Prudential Adjustable Rate Securities
Fund, Inc. (Adjustable Rate) pursuant to a plan of
reorganization
approved by Adjustable Rate shareholders on May 4,
1995. The reorganization was approved by the
Trustees of
the Registrant on May 2, 1995 but did not require
the approval of the Series' shareholders. The
acquisition was
accomplished by a tax-free exchange of 2,889,065
shares of the Series (consisting of 2,886,329
shares of the Series
for 2,918,596 Class A shares of Adjustable Rate
and 2,736 shares of the Series for 2,757 Class B
shares of
Adjustable Rate) valued at $28,023,926 in the
aggregate on November 24, 1995. The aggregate net
assets of the
Series and Adjustable Rate immediately before the
acquisition were $184,719,629 and $28,023,926
(including
$10,208 of net unrealized depreciation),
respectively.
Adjustable Rate ceased operations on November
24, 1995 and is in the process of winding up its
affairs,
including, but not limited to, preparing an
application for submission to the Commission for
an order declaring that
it has ceased to be an investment company. After
such an order is granted, Adjustable Rate expects
to promptly
file for dissolution with the State of Maryland.
January 24, 1996
To the Trustees
Prudential Government Securities Trust
In planning and performing our audit of the
financial statements of Short-Intermediate Term
Series, U.S. Treasury Money
Market Series and Money Market Series
(constituting Prudential Government Securities
Trust, hereafter referred to as the
"Fund") for the year ended November 30, 1995, we
considered its internal control structure,
including procedures for
safeguarding securities, in order to determine our
auditing procedures for the purposes of expressing
our opinion on the
financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-SAR, and not to provide
assurance on the internal
control structure.
The management of the Fund is responsible for
establishing and maintaining an internal control
structure. In fulfilling
this responsibility, estimates and judgments by
management are required to assess the expected
benefits and related costs
of internal control structure policies and
procedures. Two of the objectives of an internal
control structure are to
provide management with reasonable, but not
absolute, assurance that assets are appropriately
safeguarded against loss
from unauthorized use or disposition and that
transactions are executed in accordance with
management's authorization and
recorded properly to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting
principles.
Because of inherent limitations in any internal
control structure, errors or irregularities may
occur and may not be
detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of
the structure to future periods is subject to the
risk that it may
become inadequate because of changes in conditions
or that the effectiveness of the design and
operation may deteriorate.
Our consideration of the internal control
structure would not necessarily disclose all
matters in the internal control
structure that might be material weaknesses under
standards established by the American Institute of
Certified Public
Accountants. A material weakness is a condition
in which the design or operation of the specific
internal control
structure elements does not reduce to a relatively
low level the risk that errors or irregularities
in amounts that would
be material in relation to the financial
statements being audited may occur and not be
detected within a timely period by
employees in the normal course of performing their
assigned functions. However, we noted no matters
involving the
internal control structure, including procedures
for safeguarding securities, that we consider to
be material weaknesses
as defined above as of November 30, 1995.
This report is intended solely for the information
and use of management and the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
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