<PAGE> PAGE 1
000 B000000 09/30/1999
000 C000000 0000825353
000 D000000 N
000 E000000 NF
000 F000000 Y
000 G000000 N
000 H000000 N
000 I000000 6.1
000 J000000 A
001 A000000 MSDW GOVERNMENT INCOME TRUST
001 B000000 811-5400
001 C000000 2123921600
002 A000000 2 WORLD TRADE CENTER
002 B000000 NEW YORK
002 C000000 NY
002 D010000 10048
003 000000 N
004 000000 N
005 000000 N
006 000000 N
007 A000000 N
007 B000000 0
007 C010100 1
007 C010200 2
007 C010300 3
007 C010400 4
007 C010500 5
007 C010600 6
007 C010700 7
007 C010800 8
007 C010900 9
007 C011000 10
008 A000001 MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER ADVISORS INC.
008 B000001 A
008 C000001 801-42061
008 D010001 NEW YORK
008 D020001 NY
008 D030001 10048
011 A000001 MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER DISTRIBUTORS INC.
011 B000001 8-45262
011 C010001 NEW YORK
011 C020001 NY
011 C030001 10048
012 A000001 MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER TRUST, FSB
012 B000001 84-1785
012 C010001 JERSEY CITY
012 C020001 NJ
012 C030001 07311
013 A000001 PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
013 B010001 NEW YORK
013 B020001 NY
<PAGE> PAGE 2
013 B030001 10036
014 A000001 DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC.
014 B000001 8-14172
014 A000002 MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
014 B000002 8-15869
015 A000001 THE BANK OF NEW YORK
015 B000001 C
015 C010001 NEW YORK
015 C020001 NY
015 C030001 10286
015 E010001 X
018 000000 Y
019 A000000 Y
019 B000000 127
019 C000000 MSDW-FUNDS
020 A000001 NONE
020 C000001 0
020 C000002 0
020 C000003 0
020 C000004 0
020 C000005 0
020 C000006 0
020 C000007 0
020 C000008 0
020 C000009 0
020 C000010 0
021 000000 0
022 A000001 BANK OF NEW YORK (THE)
022 B000001 13-5160382
022 C000001 1201142
022 D000001 0
022 A000002 GOLDMAN, SACHS, & CO.
022 B000002 13-5108880
022 C000002 78401
022 D000002 7625
022 A000003 MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INC.
022 B000003 13-5674085
022 C000003 59764
022 D000003 1991
022 A000004 BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC.
022 B000004 56-2058405
022 C000004 61483
022 D000004 0
022 A000005 SALOMON SMITH BANEY INC.
022 B000005 13-3082694
022 C000005 39949
022 D000005 1034
022 A000006 CS FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
022 B000006 13-5659485
022 C000006 21978
022 D000006 0
<PAGE> PAGE 3
022 A000007 PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INC.
022 B000007 22-2347336
022 C000007 19950
022 D000007 1506
022 A000008 MORGAN (J.P.) SECURITIES INC.
022 B000008 13-3224016
022 C000008 16988
022 D000008 0
022 A000009 FUJI SECURITIES INC.
022 B000009 36-2880742
022 C000009 13586
022 D000009 503
022 A000010 WARBURG DILLION READ LLC
022 B000010 13-3873456
022 C000010 8126
022 D000010 3048
023 C000000 1564670
023 D000000 18720
024 000000 Y
025 A000001 BANK OF NEW YORK (THE)
025 B000001 13-5160382
025 C000001 D
025 D000001 1098
025 D000002 0
025 D000003 0
025 D000004 0
025 D000005 0
025 D000006 0
025 D000007 0
025 D000008 0
026 A000000 N
026 B000000 Y
026 C000000 N
026 D000000 Y
026 E000000 N
026 F000000 N
026 G010000 N
026 G020000 N
026 H000000 N
027 000000 N
028 A010000 0
028 A020000 0
028 A030000 0
028 A040000 0
028 B010000 0
028 B020000 0
028 B030000 0
028 B040000 0
028 C010000 0
028 C020000 0
028 C030000 0
<PAGE> PAGE 4
028 C040000 0
028 D010000 0
028 D020000 0
028 D030000 0
028 D040000 0
028 E010000 0
028 E020000 0
028 E030000 0
028 E040000 0
028 F010000 0
028 F020000 0
028 F030000 0
028 F040000 0
028 G010000 0
028 G020000 0
028 G030000 0
028 G040000 0
028 H000000 0
030 A000000 0
030 B000000 0.00
030 C000000 0.00
031 A000000 0
031 B000000 0
032 000000 0
033 000000 0
035 000000 0
036 B000000 0
038 000000 0
042 A000000 0
042 B000000 0
042 C000000 0
042 D000000 0
042 E000000 0
042 F000000 0
042 G000000 0
042 H000000 0
043 000000 0
044 000000 0
045 000000 Y
046 000000 N
047 000000 Y
048 000000 0.600
048 A010000 0
048 A020000 0.000
048 B010000 0
048 B020000 0.000
048 C010000 0
048 C020000 0.000
048 D010000 0
048 D020000 0.000
048 E010000 0
<PAGE> PAGE 5
048 E020000 0.000
048 F010000 0
048 F020000 0.000
048 G010000 0
048 G020000 0.000
048 H010000 0
048 H020000 0.000
048 I010000 0
048 I020000 0.000
048 J010000 0
048 J020000 0.000
048 K010000 0
048 K020000 0.000
049 000000 N
050 000000 N
051 000000 N
052 000000 N
053 A000000 N
054 A000000 Y
054 B000000 Y
054 C000000 Y
054 D000000 N
054 E000000 N
054 F000000 N
054 G000000 Y
054 H000000 Y
054 I000000 N
054 J000000 Y
054 K000000 N
054 L000000 Y
054 M000000 Y
054 N000000 N
054 O000000 Y
055 A000000 Y
055 B000000 N
056 000000 Y
057 000000 N
058 A000000 N
059 000000 Y
060 A000000 Y
060 B000000 Y
061 000000 0
062 A000000 Y
062 B000000 0.0
062 C000000 0.0
062 D000000 0.3
062 E000000 0.0
062 F000000 0.0
062 G000000 0.0
062 H000000 0.0
062 I000000 0.0
<PAGE> PAGE 6
062 J000000 0.0
062 K000000 0.0
062 L000000 0.0
062 M000000 10.3
062 N000000 88.8
062 O000000 0.0
062 P000000 0.0
062 Q000000 0.0
062 R000000 0.0
063 A000000 0
063 B000000 16.4
064 A000000 N
064 B000000 N
066 A000000 N
067 000000 N
068 A000000 N
068 B000000 N
069 000000 N
070 A010000 Y
070 A020000 Y
070 B010000 N
070 B020000 N
070 C010000 N
070 C020000 N
070 D010000 N
070 D020000 N
070 E010000 N
070 E020000 N
070 F010000 N
070 F020000 N
070 G010000 N
070 G020000 N
070 H010000 N
070 H020000 N
070 I010000 N
070 I020000 N
070 J010000 N
070 J020000 N
070 K010000 N
070 K020000 N
070 L010000 Y
070 L020000 N
070 M010000 N
070 M020000 N
070 N010000 Y
070 N020000 N
070 O010000 Y
070 O020000 N
070 P010000 Y
070 P020000 N
070 Q010000 N
<PAGE> PAGE 7
070 Q020000 N
070 R010000 N
070 R020000 N
071 A000000 74231
071 B000000 93901
071 C000000 392172
071 D000000 19
072 A000000 12
072 B000000 26733
072 C000000 0
072 D000000 0
072 E000000 0
072 F000000 2403
072 G000000 0
072 H000000 0
072 I000000 180
072 J000000 70
072 K000000 0
072 L000000 56
072 M000000 19
072 N000000 46
072 O000000 0
072 P000000 0
072 Q000000 0
072 R000000 38
072 S000000 21
072 T000000 0
072 U000000 0
072 V000000 0
072 W000000 14
072 X000000 2847
072 Y000000 0
072 Z000000 23886
072AA000000 37
072BB000000 69
072CC010000 0
072CC020000 26647
072DD010000 23798
072DD020000 0
072EE000000 0
073 A010000 0.5580
073 A020000 0.0000
073 B000000 0.0000
073 C000000 0.0000
074 A000000 0
074 B000000 1098
074 C000000 0
074 D000000 377505
074 E000000 0
074 F000000 0
074 G000000 0
<PAGE> PAGE 8
074 H000000 0
074 I000000 0
074 J000000 0
074 K000000 0
074 L000000 2831
074 M000000 13
074 N000000 381447
074 O000000 0
074 P000000 218
074 Q000000 0
074 R010000 0
074 R020000 0
074 R030000 0
074 R040000 352
074 S000000 0
074 T000000 380877
074 U010000 41720
074 U020000 0
074 V010000 9.13
074 V020000 0.00
074 W000000 0.0000
074 X000000 9916
074 Y000000 0
075 A000000 0
075 B000000 399404
076 000000 8.25
077 A000000 Y
077 B000000 Y
077 C000000 N
077 D000000 N
077 E000000 N
077 F000000 N
077 G000000 N
077 H000000 N
077 I000000 N
077 J000000 N
077 K000000 N
077 L000000 N
077 M000000 N
077 N000000 N
077 O000000 N
077 P000000 N
077 Q010000 N
077 Q020000 Y
077 Q030000 N
078 000000 N
080 A000000 ICI MUTUAL
080 B000000 CHUBB,RELIANCE,VIGILANT,GULF,AETNA
080 C000000 120000
081 A000000 Y
081 B000000 126
<PAGE> PAGE 9
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 1798
086 B020000 15561
086 C010000 0
086 C020000 0
086 D010000 0
086 D020000 0
086 E010000 0
086 E020000 0
086 F010000 0
086 F020000 0
087 A010000 SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST
087 A020000 61745P106
087 A030000 XGVTX
088 A000000 N
088 B000000 N
088 C000000 N
088 D000000 N
SIGNATURE BARRY FINK
TITLE VICE PRESIDENT
<TABLE> <S> <C>
<ARTICLE> 6
<LEGEND>
MSDW GOVERMENT INCOME TRUST
</LEGEND>
<S> <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE> 12-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END> SEP-30-1999
<PERIOD-END> SEP-30-1999
<INVESTMENTS-AT-COST> 379,964,106
<INVESTMENTS-AT-VALUE> 378,603,420
<RECEIVABLES> 2,830,655
<ASSETS-OTHER> 12,966
<OTHER-ITEMS-ASSETS> 0
<TOTAL-ASSETS> 381,447,041
<PAYABLE-FOR-SECURITIES> (424,629)
<SENIOR-LONG-TERM-DEBT> 0
<OTHER-ITEMS-LIABILITIES> (145,192)
<TOTAL-LIABILITIES> (569,821)
<SENIOR-EQUITY> 0
<PAID-IN-CAPITAL-COMMON> 402,205,650
<SHARES-COMMON-STOCK> 41,720,200
<SHARES-COMMON-PRIOR> 43,518,600
<ACCUMULATED-NII-CURRENT> 36,917
<OVERDISTRIBUTION-NII> 0
<ACCUMULATED-NET-GAINS> (20,004,661)
<OVERDISTRIBUTION-GAINS> 0
<ACCUM-APPREC-OR-DEPREC> (1,360,686)
<NET-ASSETS> 380,877,220
<DIVIDEND-INCOME> 0
<INTEREST-INCOME> 26,732,906
<OTHER-INCOME> 0
<EXPENSES-NET> (2,847,017)
<NET-INVESTMENT-INCOME> 23,885,889
<REALIZED-GAINS-CURRENT> (32,344)
<APPREC-INCREASE-CURRENT> (26,647,143)
<NET-CHANGE-FROM-OPS> (2,793,598)
<EQUALIZATION> 0
<DISTRIBUTIONS-OF-INCOME> (23,798,485)
<DISTRIBUTIONS-OF-GAINS> 0
<DISTRIBUTIONS-OTHER> 0
<NUMBER-OF-SHARES-SOLD> 0
<NUMBER-OF-SHARES-REDEEMED> (1,798,400)
<SHARES-REINVESTED> 0
<NET-CHANGE-IN-ASSETS> (42,152,896)
<ACCUMULATED-NII-PRIOR> 0
<ACCUMULATED-GAINS-PRIOR> (20,154,476)
<OVERDISTRIB-NII-PRIOR> (50,012)
<OVERDIST-NET-GAINS-PRIOR> 0
<GROSS-ADVISORY-FEES> (2,403,009)
<INTEREST-EXPENSE> 0
<GROSS-EXPENSE> (2,847,017)
<AVERAGE-NET-ASSETS> 399,404,282
<PER-SHARE-NAV-BEGIN> 9.72
<PER-SHARE-NII> 0.56
<PER-SHARE-GAIN-APPREC> (0.59)
<PER-SHARE-DIVIDEND> (0.56)
<PER-SHARE-DISTRIBUTIONS> 0
<RETURNS-OF-CAPITAL> 0
<PER-SHARE-NAV-END> 9.13
<EXPENSE-RATIO> 0.71
</TABLE>
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
XYZ Fund
(2)
Report of Independent Accountants
To the Shareholders and Trustees of
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Government Income Trust
In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Government Income
Trust (the "Trust") for the year ended September 30, 1999, we
considered its internal control, including control activities
for safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing
procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the
financial statements and to comply with the requirements of
Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on internal control.
The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and
maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are
required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of
controls. Generally, controls that are relevant to an audit
pertain to the entity's objective of preparing financial
statements for external purposes that are fairly presented in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
Those controls include the safeguarding of assets against
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, errors or
fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any
evaluation of internal control 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 internal control would not necessarily
disclose all matters in internal control 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 one or more
of the internal control components does not reduce to a
relatively low level the risk that misstatements caused by
error or fraud 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 internal control and its operation,
including controls for safeguarding securities, that we
consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
September 30, 1999.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Trustees of the Fund and the Securities and
Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be
used by anyone other than these specified parties.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
November 8, 1999
Fund: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Government Income
Trust
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
The following persons are "reporting persons" under Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and had not
previously filed an "Initial Statement of Beneficial
Ownership of Securities" on Form 3:
Mitchell M. Merin
Ronald E. Robison
Joseph J. McAlinden
Edwin J. Garn
Manuel H. Johnson
Michael E. Nugent
Wayne E. Hedien
Rajesh K. Gupta
None of the above reporting persons has ever held any shares
of the Trust.
