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January 25, 1995
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
Rule 24f-2 Notice for Central Equity Trust
Utility Series 23 File No. 33-58658
Gentlemen:
As sponsor of Central Equity Trust, Utility Series 23, we are submitting
the information required by Rule 24f-2 promulgated under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended. We also enclose our check in payment of the fee
prescribed by subsection (c) and the opinion of counsel specified in subsection
(b)(1)(v) of said Rule.
(i) Fiscal year for which notice is filed: Year ended December 31, 1994
(ii) Number of securities registered other than pursuant to Rule 24f-2 and
remaining unsold at the beginning of the above fiscal year: 0
(iii) Number of securities registered other than pursuant to Rule 24f-2 during
the above fiscal year: 0
(iv) Number of securities sold during the above fiscal year: 88,449
(v) Number of securities sold in reliance upon registration pursuant to Rule
24f-2 during the above fiscal year: 88,449
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(1) Aggregate sales price to the public of securities
sold in reliance upon registration pursuant to
Rule 24f-2: $1,642,498
(2) Less actual aggregate redemption or repurchase
price of securities redeemed or repurchased during
the fiscal year: 603,771
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(3) Plus actual aggregate redemption or repurchase
price of securities previously applied in filings
pursuant to Section 24(e)(1): 0
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TOTAL $1,038,727
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Amount of filing fee computed at one-twenty-ninth
of one percent (1/29 of 1%) of above total: $358.00
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Very truly yours,
UNISON INVESTMENT TRUSTS LTD.
By: Unison Capital Corp., Inc., general partner
By: /S/ STEVEN NOVIK
Steven Novik
President
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January 25, 1995
Edward D. Jones & Co.
201 Progress Parkway
St. Louis, Missouri 63042
Re: Central Equity Trust, Utility Series 23
File No. 33-58658
Gentlemen:
We have served as special counsel for Unison Investment Trusts
Ltd., Sponsor of Central Equity Trust, Utility Series 23, in connection with
the preparation, execution and delivery of a Trust Agreement dated April 8,
1993, as supplemented on April 16, April 22, April 27, April 30, May 6, May 7,
May 13 and May 20, 1993 and a related Standard Terms and Conditions of Trust,
as amended (collectively, the "Trust Agreement") relating to such Trust,
pursuant to which the Sponsor has delivered to and deposited with the Trustee
the Securities listed in all schedules marked "Schedule A" to the Trust
Agreement and pursuant to which the Trustee has issued to or on the order of
the Sponsor a certificate or certificates representing an aggregate of 588,555
Units of fractional undivided interest in and ownership of the Trust created
under said Trust Agreement (the "Certificates").
In connection therewith, we have examined such pertinent records
and documents and matters of law as we have deemed necessary in order to enable
us to express the opinions hereinafter set forth.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the
Certificates evidencing the Units in the Trust, when duly executed and
delivered by the Trustee in accordance with the Trust Agreement, constitute the
valid and binding obligations of the Trust in accordance with the terms of the
Trust Agreement.
Very truly yours,
/S/ BRYAN CAVE
BRYAN CAVE
