Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-SAR
Semi-Annual Report
For Registered Investment Companies
Report for fiscal year ending: 12/31/98
Is this a transition report? (Y/N) No
Is this an amendment to a previous filing? (Y/N) No
1. A. Registrant Name: Dean Witter Select Government Trust
B. File Number: 811-3718
C. Telephone Number: (212) 392-1724
2. A. Two World Trade Center
New York, NY 10048
3. Is this the first filing on this form? (Y/N)
No
4. Is this the last filing on this form by Registrant? (Y/N)
No
5. Is Registrant a small business investment company (SBIC)?
(Y/N)
[If answer is "Y" (Yes) complete only items 89 through 110.]
No
6. Is Registrant a unit investment trust (UIT)? (Y/N)
[If answer is "Y" (Yes) complete only items 111 through
132.]
Yes
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For perod ending: 12/31/98
File Number: 811-3718
118. State the number of series existing at the end of the period
that had
securities registered under the Securities Act of 1933.
12
119. State the number of new series for which registration
statements under the
Securities Act of 1933 became effective during the period.
0
120. State the total value of the portfolio securities on the
date of deposit
for the new series included in item 119 ($000's omitted).
0
121. State the number of series for which a current prospectus
was in existence
at the end of the period.
1
122. State the number of existing series for which additional
units were
registered under the Securities Act of 1933 during the
current period.
0
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For period ending: 12/31/98
File number: 811-3718
123. State the total value of the additional units considered in
answering item
122 ($000's).
0
124. State the total value of units of prior series that were
placed in the
portfolios of subsequent series during the current period
(the value of
these units is to be measured on the date they were placed
in the
subsequent series) ($000's omitted).
$ 0
125. State the total dollar amount of sales loads collected
(before
reallowances to other brokers or dealers) by Registrant's
principal
underwriter and any underwriter which is an affiliated
person of the
principal underwriter during the current period solely from
the sale of
units of all series of Registrant (000's omitted).
$ 51
126. Of the amount shown in item 125, state the total dollar
amount of sales
loads collected from secondary market operations in
Registrant's units
(include the sales loads, if any, collected on units of a
prior series
placed in the portfolio of a subsequent series.) ($000's
omitted).
$ 51
127. List opposite the appropriate description below the number
of series whose
portfolios are invested primarily (based upon a percentage
of NAV) in each
type of security shown, the aggregate total assets at market
value as of a
date at or near the end of the current period of each such
group of series
and the total income distributions made by each such group
of series
during the current period (excluding distributions of
realized gains, if
any):
Number of Total Assets
Total Income
Series ($000's
Distributions
Investing omitted)
($000's
omitted)
A. U.S. Treasury 10 $ 32, 738
$ 2,367
direct issue
B. U.S. Government 2 $ 43,145
$ 2,734
agency
C. State and municipal
tax-free
D. Public utility debt
E. Brokers or dealers
debt or debt of
brokers' or dealers'
parent
F. All other corporate
intermed. & long-term
debt
G. All other corporate
short-term debt
H. Equity securities of
brokers or dealers or
parents of brokers or
dealers
I. Investment company
equity securities
J. All other equity
securities
K. Other securities
-Treas & MF
L. Total assets of all 12 $ 75, 883
$ 5,101
series of registrant
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For period ending: 12/31/98
File number: 811-3718
128. Is the timely payment of principal and interest on any of
the portfolio
securities held by any of Registrant's series at the end of
the current
period insured or guaranteed by an entity other than the
issuer? (Y/N)
[If answer is "N" (No), go to item 131.]
No
129. Is the issuer of any instrument covered in item 128
delinquent or in
default as to payment of principal or interest at the end of
the current
period? (Y/N)
[If answer is "N" (No), go to item 131.]
130. In computations of NAV or offering price per unit, is any
part of the
value attributed to instruments identified in item 129
derived from
insurance or guarantees? (Y/N)
131. Total expenses incurred by all series of Registrant during
the current
reporting period ($000's omitted).
$ 277
132. List the "811" (Investment Company Act of 1940) registration
number for
all Series of Registrant that are being included in this
filing:
None
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SIGNATURES
This report is signed on behalf of the registrant in the City of
New York in
the State of New York on the 26th day of February, 1999.
Dean Witter Reynolds,
Inc.
By: Michael D. Browne
Name: Michael D. Browne
Title: First Vice
President
Witness: Thomas Hines
Name: Thomas Hines
Title: First Vice President
