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  AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MARCH 23, 1994
                                        REGISTRATION NO. 33-
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                           WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
                               _______________

                                   FORM S-6
                               _______________

                  FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
                   OF 1933 OF SECURITIES OF UNIT INVESTMENT
                       TRUSTS REGISTERED ON FORM N-8B-2
                               _______________

A.  EXACT NAME OF TRUST:

                      GOVERNMENT SECURITIES INCOME FUND
                    MONTHLY PAYMENT U.S. TREASURY SERIES-19
                             DEFINED ASSET FUNDS

B.  NAMES OF DEPOSITORS:

              MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
                          SMITH BARNEY SHEARSON INC.
                      PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED
                          DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC.
                           PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED

C.  COMPLETE ADDRESSES OF DEPOSITORS' PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES:

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH           SMITH BARNEY SHEARSON INC.
           INCORPORATED                           TWO WORLD TRADE CENTER
          P.O. BOX 9051                                 101ST FLOOR
    PRINCETON, N.J. 08543-9051                     NEW YORK, N.Y. 10048


 PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED     PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES      DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS
1285 AVE. OF THE AMERICAS         INCORPORATED                   INC.
   NEW YORK, N.Y. 10019        ONE SEAPORT PLAZA      TWO WORLD TRADE CENTER--
                                199 WATER STREET             69TH FLOOR
                              NEW YORK, N.Y.  10292     NEW YORK, N.Y. 10048


D.  NAMES AND COMPLETE ADDRESSES OF AGENTS FOR SERVICE:

   TERESA KONCICK, ESQ.       THOMAS D. HARMAN, ESQ.         LEE B. SPENCER
       P.O BOX 9051            388 GREENWICH STREET         ONE SEAPORT PLAZA
PRINCETON, N.J. 08543-9051     NEW YORK, N.Y. 10013         199 WATER STREET
                                                          NEW YORK, N.Y. 10292

                                                           COPIES TO
   PHILIP BECKER           ROBERT E. HOLLEY       PIERRE DE SAINT PHALLE, ESQ.
 130 LIBERTY STREET--      1200 HARBOR BLVD.          450 LEXINGTON AVENUE
    29TH FLOOR           WEEHAWKEN, N.J. 07087        NEW YORK, N.Y. 10017
NEW YORK, N. Y. 10006


E.  TITLE AND AMOUNT OF SECURITIES BEING REGISTERED:

 An indefinite number of Units of Beneficial Interest pursuant to Rule 24f-2
      promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.


F.  PROPOSED MAXIMUM OFFERING PRICE TO THE PUBLIC  OF  THE  SECURITIES  BEING
    REGISTERED:

                                  Indefinite

G.  AMOUNT OF FILING FEE:

                       $500 (as required by Rule 24f-2)

H.  APPROXIMATE DATE OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC:


 As soon as practicable after the acquisition and deposit  of  the  underlying
obligations.

THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES
AS  MAY  BE  NECESSARY  TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH  SPECIFICALLY  STATES  THAT  THIS  REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION  STATEMENT  SHALL  BECOME
EFFECTIVE  ON  SUCH  DATE  AS  THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION
8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
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          SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 23, 1994

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                                             GOVERNMENT SECURITIES INCOME FUND
                                       MONTHLY PAYMENT U.S. TREASURY SERIES-19
                                                           DEFINED ASSET FUNDS
20,000 UNITS                                         (A UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST)
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     A FINAL PROSPECTUS FOR A PRIOR SERIES OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES INCOME
FUND, DEFINED ASSET FUNDS IS HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE AND USED AS A
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS FOR THIS SERIES.  THE NARRATIVE INFORMATION AND
STRUCTURE OF THE FINAL PROSPECTUS FOR THIS SERIES WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY THE
SAME AS THAT OF THE PREVIOUS PROSPECTUS EXCEPT THAT THE RANGE OF MATURITIES
OF THE SECURITIES DEPOSITED IN THIS SERIES AND THE SALES CHARGE FOR UNITS
OF THIS SERIES MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE PREVIOUS SERIES AND EXCEPT
THAT THIS SERIES MAY OR MAY NOT MAKE MONTHLY DISTRIBUTIONS OF INCOME ON
UNITS TO HOLDERS.  INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO PRICING, THE NUMBER OF
UNITS, DATES AND SUMMARY INFORMATION REGARDING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF
SECURITIES TO BE DEPOSITED IN THIS SERIES IS NOT NOW AVAILABLE AND WILL BE
DIFFERENT SINCE EACH SERIES HAS A UNIQUE PORTFOLIO.  ACCORDINGLY, THE
INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN WITH REGARD TO THE PREVIOUS SERIES SHOULD BE
CONSIDERED AS BEING INCLUDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.  THE
ESTIMATED CURRENT RETURN AND LONG TERM RETURN FOR THIS SERIES WILL DEPEND
ON THE INTEREST RATES AND VALUE OF THE SECURITIES IN THIS SERIES AND MAY
VARY MATERIALLY FROM THAT OF THE PREVIOUS SERIES.  INVESTORS SHOULD CONTACT
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES OF THE UNDERWRITERS WHO WILL BE INFORMED OF THE EXPECTED
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SERIES AND WHO WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH COMPLETE
INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO SUCH SERIES ON THE DAY OF AND IMMEDIATELY PRIOR
TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO UNITS IN
THIS SERIES.


     INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT.  A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.  THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY
OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
BECOMES EFFECTIVE.  THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL
OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE
SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE
UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS
OF ANY SUCH STATE.


                                   PART II

            ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROSPECTUS

     A.  The following information relating to the Depositors is
incorporated by reference to the SEC filings indicated and made a part of
this Registration Statement.
                                                    SEC FILE OR
                                                   IDENTIFICATION NO.
                                                   __________________

I.   Bonding Arrangements and Date of Organization of the Depositors filed
     pursuant to Items A and B of Part II of the Registration Statement on
     Form S-6 under the Securities Act of 1933:

         Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated       2-52691
         Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.                                2-60599
         Prudential Securities Incorporated                       2-61418
         Smith Barney Shearson Inc.                              33-29106
         PaineWebber Incorporated                                 2-87965

II.  Information as to Officers and Directors of the Depositors filed
     pursuant to Schedules A and D of Form BD under Rules 15b1-1 and 15b3-1
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

         Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated        8-7721
         Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.                                8-14172
         Prudential Securities Incorporated                       8-12321
         Smith Barney Shearson Inc.                                8-8177
         PaineWebber Incorporated                                 8-16267


III.  Charter documents of the Depositors filed as Exhibits to the
      Registration Statement on Form S-6 under the Securities Act of 1933
      (Charter, By-Laws):

         Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
           Incorporated                                  2-73866, 2-77549
         Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.                       2-60599, 2-86941
         Prudential Securities Incorporated              2-86941, 2-86941
         Smith Barney Shearson Inc.                              33-20499
         PaineWebber Incorporated                        2-87965, 2-87965

     B.  The Internal Revenue Service Employer Identification Numbers of
the Sponsors and Trustee are as follows:


         Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated    13-5674085
         Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.                             94-1671384
         Prudential Securities Incorporated                    13-6134767
         Smith Barney Shearson Inc.                            13-1912900
         PaineWebber Incorporated                              13-2638166
         (Trustee to be named)


                                     II-1


   Supplemented final prospectuses from the following Series of Defined
Asset Funds - Government Securities Income Fund (which is incorporated
herein by reference) may be used as a preliminary prospectus for this
Series:  Monthly Payment U.S. Treasury Series-15 (Reg.  No. 33-49181);
Monthly Payment U.S. Treasury Series-16 (Reg. No. 33-49183);  Monthly
Payment U.S. Treasury Series-17 (Reg.  No. 33-49983).

                      CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-6 COMPRISES THE FOLLOWING PAPERS AND
DOCUMENTS:

 The facing sheet of Form S-6.
 The Cross-Reference Sheet (incorporated by
   reference to the Cross-Reference Sheet to the Registration Statement of
   The Government Securities Income Fund, Monthly Payment U.S.  Treasury
   Series-1, 1933 Act File No. 2-81969).
 The Prospectus.
 Additional Information not included in the Prospectus (Part II).
 *Consent of independent public accountants.

 The following exhibits:

      1.1   -- Form of Trust Indenture (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
                    1.1 to the Registration Statement of The Government
                    Securities Income Fund, Monthly Payment U.S.  Treasury
                    Series-1, 1933 Act File No. 2-81969).

      1.1.1 -- Form of Standard Terms and Conditions of Trust Effective May
                    2, 1984 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1.1 to
                    the Registration Statement of The Government Securities
                    Income Fund, GNMA Series R Series, 1933 Act File No. 2-
                    88061).

      1.2   -- Form of Master Agreement Among Underwriters (incorporated by
                    reference to Exhibit 1.2 to the Registration Statement
                    of The Corporate Income Fund, One Hundred Ninety-Fourth
                    Monthly Payment Series, 1933 Act File No. 2-90925).

      2.1   -- Form of Certificate of Beneficial Interest (included in
                    Exhibit 1.1.1).

     *3.1   -- Opinion of counsel as to the legality of the securities being
                    issued including their consent to the use of their
                    names under the headings "Taxes" and "Legal Opinion" in
                    Part B of the Prospectus.

     *4.1.1 -- Consent of the Evaluator

     *4.1.2 -- Consent of the Rating Agency

__________

  * To be filed with Amendment to Registration Statement.




                                     R-1


                                  SIGNATURES

     PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THE
REGISTRANT HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR AMENDMENT TO THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED
THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND STATE OF NEW YORK ON
THE 23RD DAY OF MARCH, 1994.


            Signatures appear on pages R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6 and R-7.

     A majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated has signed this Registration Statement
or Amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to Powers of Attorney
authorizing the person signing this Registration Statement or Amendment to
the Registration Statement to do so on behalf of such members.

     A majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Dean Witter
Reynolds Inc. has signed this Registration Statement or Amendment to the
Registration Statement pursuant to Powers of Attorney authorizing the
person signing this Registration Statement or Amendment to the Registration
Statement to do so on behalf of such members.

     A majority of the members of the Executive Committee of the Board of
Directors of Prudential Securities Incorporated has signed this
Registration Statement or Amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant
to Powers of Attorney authorizing the person signing this Registration
Statement or Amendment to the Registration Statement to do so on behalf of
such members.

     A majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Smith Barney
Shearson Inc. has signed this Registration Statement or Amendment to the
Registration Statement pursuant to Powers of Attorney authorizing the
person signing this Registration Statement or Amendment to the Registration
Statement to do so on behalf of such members.

     A majority of the members of the Executive Committee of the Board of
Directors of PaineWebber Incorporated has signed this Registration
Statement or Amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to Powers of
Attorney authorizing the person signing this Registration Statement or
Amendment to the Registration Statement to do so on behalf of such members.


                                     R-2


MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
               DEPOSITOR


By the following persons, who constitute a        Powers of Attorney have been
   majority of the Board of Directors of          filed under Form SE and
   Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith          the following 1933 Act
   Incorporated:                                  File Number: 33-43466

       HERBERT M. ALLISON, JR.
       BARRY S. FRIEDBERG
       EDWARD L. GOLDBERG
       STEPHEN L. HAMMERMAN
       JEROME P. KENNEY
       DAVID H. KOMANSKY
       DANIEL T. NAPOLI
       THOMAS H. PATRICK
       JOHN L. STEFFENS
       DANIEL P. TULLY
       ROGER M. VASEY
       ARTHUR H. ZEIKEL








       By  ROBERT G. VOLPE
          (As authorized signatory for
          Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
          and Attorney-in-fact for the persons listed above)


                                     R-3


   PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED
          DEPOSITOR


   By the following persons,                Powers of Attorney have been
      who constitute a majority of            filed under Form SE and
      the Executive Committee of              the following 1933 Act
      the Board of Directors of               File Number: 33-38083
      Prudential Securities Incorporated:


       ALAN ALTSCHULER
       JAMES T. BARTON
       EDWARD BRANIFF
       ARTHUR H. BURTON, JR.
       WILLIAM L. CUSTARD
       MICHAEL J. DOWNEY
       JAMES T. GAHAN
       JOHN P. MURRAY
       LELAND B. PATON




       By  RICHARD R. HOFFMANN
          (As authorized signatory for
          Prudential Securities Incorporated
          and Attorney-in-fact for the persons listed above)


                                     R-4


   SMITH BARNEY SHEARSON INC.
          DEPOSITOR


   By the following persons,                Powers of Attorney have
      who constitute a majority of             been filed under the
      the Board of Directors of                1933 Act File
      Smith Barney Shearson Inc.:              Numbers: 33-49753
                                               and 33-51607

       RONALD A. ARTINIAN
       STEVEN D. BLACK
       JAMES BOSHART III
       ROBERT A. CASE
       ROBERT K. DIFAZIO
       JAMES DIMON
       ROBERT DRUSKIN
       HERBERT DUNN
       TONI ELLIOTT
       LEWIS GLUCKSMAN
       ROBERT F. GREENHILL
       THOMAS GUBA
       HENRY U. HARRIS
       JOHN B. HOFFMAN
       A. RICHARD JANIAK, JR.
       ROBERT Q. JONES
       ROBERT B. KANE
       JEFFREY LANE
       JACK H. LEHMAN III
       ROBERT H. LESSIN
       JOEL N. LEVY
       THOMAS A. MAGUIRE, JR.
       JOHN J. McATEE, JR.
       HOWARD D. MARSH
       JOHN F. McCANN
       WILLIAM J. MILLS II
       JOHN C. MORRIS
       CHARLES O'CONNOR
       HUGH J. O'HARE
       JOSEPH J. PLUMERI II
       JACK L. RIVKIN
       A. GEORGE SAKS
       BRUCE D. SARGENT
       DON M. SHAGRIN
       DAVID M. STANDRIDGE
       MELVIN B. TAUB
       JACQUES S. THERIOT
       STEPHEN J. TREADWAY
       PAUL UNDERWOOD
       PHILIP M. WATERMAN


       By  GINA LEMON
          (As authorized signatory for
          Smith Barney Shearson Inc. and
          Attorney-in-fact for the persons listed above)


                                     R-5


   DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC.
          DEPOSITOR



   By the following persons,         Powers of Attorney have been
      who constitute a majority of     filed under Form SE and
      the Board of Directors of        the following 1933 Act
      Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.:       File Number: 33-17085

          B. MACON BREWER
          NANCY DONOVAN
          CHARLES A. FIUMEFREDDO
          DENNIS H. GREENWALD
          JAMES F. HIGGINS
          STEPHEN R. MILLER
          JOHN J. PREOTLE
          PHILIP J. PURCELL
          THOMAS C. SCHNEIDER
          WILLIAM B. SMITH




          By  MICHAEL D. BROWNE
             (As authorized signatory for
             Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. and
             Attorney-in-fact for the persons listed above)


                                     R-6


   PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED
      DEPOSITOR



   By the following persons, who                Powers of Attorney have
      constitute a majority of the                been filed under
      Executive Committee of the                  Form SE and the
      Board of Directors of                       following 1933 Act
      PaineWebber Incorporated:                   File Number: 33-28452


              JOHN A. BULT
              PAUL B. GUENTHER
              DONALD B. MARRON
              RONALD M. SCHWARTZ
              JAMES C. TREADWAY


              By  ROBERT E. HOLLEY
                 (As authorized signatory for
                 PaineWebber Incorporated and
                 Attorney-in-fact for the persons listed above)

                                     R-7




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