DELAWARE GROUP UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST
N-8B-2/A, 1998-12-10
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                                                        File No. 811-4755


                            
                   Securities and Exchange Commission
                         Washington, D.C. 20549
                                    
                             Amendment No. 3
                                    
                                   to
                                    
                               Form N-8B-2

        Registration Statement of Unit Investment Trust Pursuant
          to Section 8(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940



                                    


             X      Not the issuer of periodic payment plan certificates
                   
                    Issuer of periodic payment plan certificates
                                    
                                    
                    First Trust Unit Investment Trust
                                    
                            _________________
     
     The purpose of this Amendment No. 3 is to reflect (i) the change  of
the  name  of  the  Registrant from Delaware Investments Unit  Investment
Trust  to First Trust Unit Investment Trust, (ii) the change in the  name
of  certain series of securities issued by the Registrant from  Delaware-
Voyageur Tax-Exempt Trust, Series 1 through 12; Delaware Group Tax-Exempt
Trust,  Series  13;  Delaware  Investments Tax-Exempt  Trust,  Series  14
through 15; Delaware-Voyageur Unit Investment Trust, Series 10; Delaware-
Voyageur  Unit  Investment  Trust, Series 13; Delaware  Investments  Unit
Investment  Trust,  Series 17; and Delaware Investments  Unit  Investment
Trust,  Series 19 to First Trust Tax-Exempt Trust, Series 1  through  12;
First  Trust  Tax-Exempt Trust, Series 13; First Trust Tax-Exempt  Trust,
Series 14 through 15; First Trust Unit Investment Trust, Series 10; First
Trust  Unit  Investment  Trust, Series 13; First  Trust  Unit  Investment
Trust,  Series  17;  and First Trust Unit Investment  Trust,  Series  19;
respectively, and (iii) the addition of Nike Securities L.P. as Depositor
for First Trust Tax-Exempt Trust, Series 1 and certain subsequent Series;
First Trust Unit Investment Trust, Series 10; First Trust Unit Investment
Trust,  Series  13; Delaware-Voyageur Unit Investment Trust,  Series  14;
Delaware  Group Unit Investment Trust, Series 15 through 16; First  Trust
Unit  Investment  Trust, Series 17; Delaware Investments Unit  Investment
Trust,  Series  18;  First Trust Unit Investment Trust,  Series  19;  and
Delaware  Investments  Unit Investment Trust, Series  20  and  subsequent
Series.




I.   Organization and General Information


1.        (a)  Furnish name of the trust and the Internal Revenue Service
               Employer   Identification  Number.   (According   to   security
               designation  or otherwise, if the trust does not have  or  does
               not transact business under any other designation).

               First Trust Unit Investment Trust

               I.R.S. Employer Identification Number:  None.

          (b)  Furnish title of each class or series of securities issued
               by the trust.
                                    
                                    
                        Certificate of Ownership

                            --evidencing--

                        an undivided interest in

              First Trust Unit Investment Trust, Series 1*
                                    
                                   and
                                    
                                    
                        Certificate of Ownership

                             --evidencing--

                        an undivided interest in

                 First Trust Tax-Exempt Trust, Series 1*


2.   Furnish  name  and principal business address and zip code  and  the
     Internal  Revenue  Service Employer Identification  Number  of  each
     depositor of the trust.

     For Voyageur Unit Investment Trust Series 1 through Series 3:
     
     Dougherty, Dawkins, Strand & Yost Incorporated
     100 Sough Fifth Street, Suite 2300
     Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402.
     
     I.R.S. Employer Identification Number:  41-1300840
     
     For First Trust Tax-Exempt Trust, Series 1 through 15:
     
     Nike Securities L.P.
     1001 Warrenville Road
     Lisle, Illinois 60532
     
     I.R.S. Employers Identification Number:  36-3768815
     
     For Delaware-Voyageur Unit Investment Trust, Series 1 through 9; and
     Delaware-Voyageur Unit Investment Trust, Series 11:
     
     Delaware Capital Management, Inc.
     One Commerce Square
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
     
     I.R.S. Employers Identification Number:  13-2751025
     
     For First Trust Unit Investment Trust, Series 10; Delaware-Voyageur
     Unit Investment Trust, Series 12; First Trust Unit Investment Trust,
     Series 13; Delaware-Voyageur Unit Investment Trust, Series 14;
     Delaware Group Unit Investment Trust, Series 15 through 16; First
     Trust Unit Investment Trust, Series 17; Delaware Investments Unit
     Investment Trust, Series 18; First Trust Unit Investment Trust,
     Series 19 and Delaware Investments Unit Investment Trust, Series 20
     through 22:
     
     Nike Securities L.P.
     1001 Warrenville Road
     Lisle, Illinois 60532
     
     I.R.S. Employers Identification Number:  36-3768815
     


3.   Furnish  name  and principal business address and zip code  and  the
     Internal  Revenue  Service Employer Identification  Number  of  each
     custodian  or  trustee of the trust, indicating for which  class  or
     series of securities each custodian or trustee is acting.

     For Voyageur Unit Investment Trust, Series 1 through Series 3:

     The  Bank of New York, Wall Street Trust division, 67 Broad  Street,
     New  York, New York 1004, is the Trustee of the Trust acting for the
     series of securities mentioned in the answer to Item 1(b) herein.

          I.R.S. Employer Identification Number:  13-4941102.



     For First Trust Tax-Exempt Trust, Series 1 through 15 and Subsequent
     Series;  Delaware-Voyageur Unit Investment Trust, Series  1  through
     12;  First Trust Unit Investment Trust, Series 13; Delaware-Voyageur
     Unit  Investment  Trust, Series 14; Delaware Group  Unit  Investment
     Trust,  Series  15  through 16; First Trust Unit  Investment  Trust,
     Series  17;  Delaware Investments Unit Investment Trust, Series  18;
     First   Trust  Unit  Investment  Trust,  Series  19;  and   Delaware
     Investments Unit Investment Trust, Series 20 and Subsequent Series:

     The Chase Manhattan Bank, 4 New York Plaza, New York, New York 10004-
     2413,  is  the  Trustee  of  the Trust  acting  for  the  series  of
     securities mentioned in the answer to Item 1(b) herein.

          I.R.S. Employer Identification Number:  13-4994650

5.   Furnish  name of state or other sovereign power, the laws  of  which
     govern with respect to the organization of the trust.
          
     The  State of New York for Voyageur Unit Investment Trust, Series  1
     through Series 3; First Trust Tax-Exempt Trust, Series 1 through  15
     and  Subsequent  Series;  Delaware-Voyageur Unit  Investment  Trust,
     Series  1 through 12; First Trust Unit Investment Trust, Series  13;
     Delaware-Voyageur Unit Investment Trust, Series 14;  Delaware  Group
     Unit  Investment  Trust,  Series 15 through  16;  First  Trust  Unit
     Investment  Trust, Series 17; Delaware Investments  Unit  Investment
     Trust, Series 18; First Trust Unit Investment Trust, Series 19;  and
     Delaware Investments Unit Investment Trust, Series 20 and Subsequent
     Series.


7.   Furnish in chronological order the following information with
respect to each change of name of the trust since January 1, 1930.

          Former Name                        Approximate Date of Change

     Voyageur Unit Investment Trust                    May 1, 1997
     Delaware Investments Unit Investment Trust        December 8, 1998
     
     
11.  Describe briefly the kind or type of securities comprising the unit
of specified securities in which security holders have an interest.

     Each  Trust will consist of common stocks, preferred stocks,  bonds,
     notes,   other   fixed   income  securities,  other   evidences   of
     indebtedness,   certificates   of   participation,   mortgage-backed
     securities  or other obligations issued or guaranteed by the  United
     States of America or by any agency or instrumentality thereof  (plus
     Contract  Obligations, Replacement Securities, additional Securities
     and  Substitute Securities, if any) (collectively referred to herein
     as the Securities), all undistributed interest received or accrued
     thereon   and  any  undistributed  cash  realized  from  the   sale,
     redemption or other disposition of the Securities deposited  in  the
     Trust.
     
                               Signatures
     
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of  1940,
Nike Securities L.P., the Sponsor of the Registrant, has duly caused this
Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned  thereunto duly authorized, in the Village of Lisle  and  the
State of Illinois on the 10th day of December, 1998.
                                    
                                    First Trust Unit Investment Trust
                                    
                                    By Nike Securities L.P.
                                      Sponsor
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    By:    Robert M. Porcellino
                                           Senior Vice President
     
     Pursuant  to  the requirements of the Securities Act of  1933,  this
Amendment  to  the Registration Statement has been signed  below  by  the
following persons in the capacities and on December 10, 1998.

  Name                      Title*                     Date

Robert D. Van Kampen        Director of           )
                            Nike Securities       )
                            Corporation, the      )   December 10, 1998
                            General Partner       )
                            Of Nike Securities L.P.)
                                                  )
                                                      Robert M. Porcellino
                                                       __________________
David J. Allen              Director of Nike      )    Attorney-in-Fact**
                            Securities Corporation,)
                            the General Partner of
                            Nike Securities L.P.

__________________________
*    The title of the person named herein represents his capacity in and
relationship to Nike Securities L.P., the Depositor.

**   An executed copy of the related power of attorney was filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with Amendment No. 1 to
From S-6 of The First Trust Combined Series 258 (File No. 33-63483) and
the same is hereby incorporated herein by this reference.
_______________________________
*    Or appropriate Subsequent Series Designation
     


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