LORD ABBETT SECURITIES TRUST
24F-2NT, 1995-12-28
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                    U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 24F-2
            Annual Notice of Securities Sold Pursuant to Rule 24f-2


1.       Name and address of issuer:
                  LORD ABBETT SECURITIES TRUST
                  767 FIFTH AVENUE
                  NEW YORK, NEW YORK  10153

2.        Name of each  series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
          U.S.  Government  Securities  Trust,  National  Tax-Free Income Trust,
          California  Tax-Free  Income Trust,  New York  Tax-Free  Income Trust,
          Florida  Tax-Free Income Trust,  Bond-Debenture  Trust,  Global Income
          Trust,  Growth  &  Income  Trust,  Limited  Duration  U.S.  Government
          Securities  Trust and Balanced  Trust 


3.        Investment  Company Act File Number: 811-7538 
          Securities Act File Number: 33-58846

4.       Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed:
                  OCTOBER 31, 1995

5.        Check box if this  notice is being  filed more than 180 days after the
          close of the issuer's fiscal year for purposes of reporting securities
          sold after the close of the fiscal year but before  termination of the
          issuer's 24f-2 declaration: ____


6.       Date of termination of issuer's declaration under rule 24f-2(a)(1), if 
         applicable (see Instruction A.6):

                  NOT APPLICABLE

7.       Number and amount of  securities  of the same class or series which had
         been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 other than pursuant to
         rule 24f-2 in a prior fiscal  year,  but which  remained  unsold at the
         beginning of the fiscal year:

                  0

8.       Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal year other
         than pursuant to rule 24f-2:

                  0

9.       Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal
         year:
                  41,534,915 SHARES   $195,798,450

10.      Number and aggregate  sale price of securities  sold during the fiscal 
         year in reliance upon  registration  pursuant to rule 24f-2:
                  39,259,725 SHARES   $185,393,701

11.      Number and aggregate sale price of securities  issued during the fiscal
         year in connection with dividend reinvestment plans, if applicable (see
         Instruction B.7):
                   2,275,190 SHARES   $ 10,404,749

12.      Calculation of registration fee:

         (i)      Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year
                  in reliance on rule 24f-2 (from Item 10):

                  $185,393,701

         (ii)     Aggregate  price of shares issued in connection  with dividend
                  reinvestment plans (from Item 11, if applicable):

                  + 10,404,749

         (iii)    Aggregate  price of shares redeemed or repurchased  during the
                  fiscal year (if applicable):

                  -144,990,948

         (iv)     Aggregate   price  of  shares   redeemed  or  repurchased  and
                  previously  applied as a reduction to filing fees  pursuant to
                  rule 24e-2 (if applicable):

                  +0

         (v)      Net aggregate  price of securities  sold and issued during the
                  fiscal year in  reliance  on rule 24f-2  [line (i),  plus line
                  (ii), less line (iii), plus line (iv)] (if applicable):

                  50,807,502

         (vi)     Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of
                  1933 or other  applicable law or regulation  (see  Instruction
                  C.6):

                  x.00034482758

         (vii)    Fee due [line (i) or line (v) multiplied by line (vi)]:

                  $ 17,519.83

Instruction:      Issuers should  complete lines (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) only 
                  if the form is being filed within 60 days after the close of
                  the issuer's fiscal year. See Instruction C.3.


13.      Check  box if fees  are  being  remitted  to the  Commission's  lockbox
         depository  as  described in section 3a of the  Commissions's  Rules of
         Informal and Other Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a).

          _X_               
         

         Date of mailing or wire  transfer  of filing  fees to the  Commissions'
lockbox depository:
                   12/22/95




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                                   SIGNATURES

This  report has been  signed  below by the  following  persons on behalf of the
issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By: /s/ Thomas F. Konop

Name:  Thomas F. Konop

Title:  Vice President

Date:  December 28, 1995





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                              DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON
                                875 THIRD AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
                                 (212) 909-6000

                                                     December 27, 1995




Lord Abbett Securities Trust
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY  10153

Dear Sirs:

                  We refer to the Rule 24f-2  Notice (the "Rule 24f-2  Notice"),
dated today, relating to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A covering shares
of  beneficial  interest,  no par value,  of Lord  Abbett  Securities  Trust,  a
Delaware  business  trust (the  "Fund").  The Fund has  registered an indefinite
number  of shares of  beneficial  interest  under  such  Registration  Statement
pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The
Rule 24f-2 Notice makes definite the number of shares of beneficial  interest of
the Fund  (39,259,725)  that were so  registered  during the  fiscal  year ended
October 31, 1995.

                  We  have  examined  and  relied  upon  originals,   or  copies
certified  to  our   satisfaction,   of  such  corporate   records,   documents,
certificates  and  other  instruments  as  in  our  judgment  are  necessary  or
appropriate to enable us to render the opinion set forth below.

                  We are of the following opinion:

                           The 39,259,725  shares of beneficial  interest of the
                  Fund,  the  registration  of which the Rule 24f-2 Notice makes
                  definite  in number,  have been duly  authorized  and,  to the
                  extent they remain outstanding, are legally issued, fully paid
                  and nonassessable.

                  We hereby  consent to the use of this  opinion  in  connection
with the filing of the Rule 24f-2  Notice.  In giving  such  consent,  we do not
hereby  admit that we come  within the  category  of  persons  whose  consent is
required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules
and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

                                                     Very truly yours,

                                                     /S/ DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON



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