EXHIBIT 5.1


                          CARTER LEDYARD & MILBURN LLP
                               Counselors at Law

                                 2 Wall Street
                            New York, NY 10005-2072


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                                                              November 15, 2004

World Gold Trust Services, LLC
444 Madison Avenue
3rd Floor
New York, New York 10022

                      Re:      streetTRACKS(R) Gold Trust
                               --------------------------

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

         We have served as counsel to World Gold Trust Services, LLC ("Sponsor")
in its capacity as sponsor of the streetTRACKS(R) Gold Trust ("Trust") in
connection with the formation of the Trust and the preparation and filing of a
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-105202), as amended
(the "Registration Statement"), including the prospectus included in Part I of
the Registration Statement (the "Prospectus"), with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder (collectively, the "1933 Act"). The Registration
Statement relates to the proposed registration under the 1933 Act of 120,000,000
shares of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of the Trust
("Shares").

         We have examined originals and copies, certified or otherwise
identified to our satisfaction, of all such agreements, certificates and other
statements of corporate officers and other representatives of the Sponsor and
other documents as we have deemed necessary as a basis for this opinion. In such
examination, we have assumed the following: (i) the authenticity of original
documents and the genuineness of all signatures; (ii) the conformity to the
originals of all documents submitted to us as copies; and (iii) the truth,
accuracy and completeness of the information, representations and warranties
contained in the records, documents, instruments and certificates we have
reviewed.

         We have, when relevant facts material to our opinion were not
independently established by us, relied to the extent we deemed such reliance
proper upon written or oral statements of officers and other representatives of
the Sponsor. We have not made or undertaken to make any independent
investigation to establish or verify the accuracy or completeness of such
factual representations, certifications and other information.

         We express no opinion as to matters of law in jurisdictions other than
the State of New York and the United States.




World Gold Trust Services, LLC                                             -2-

         Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this letter, our opinions
are based solely upon the law and the facts as they exist on the date hereof and
we undertake no, and disclaim any, obligation to advise you of any subsequent
change in law or facts or circumstances which might affect any matter or opinion
set forth herein.

         Based on the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set forth in
this letter, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when issued in accordance
with the terms of the Trust Indenture, dated November 12, 2004 between the
Sponsor and The Bank of New York, as trustee ("Trustee"), including the receipt
by the Trustee of the consideration required for the issuance of Shares, will be
duly and legally issued and will be fully paid and non-assessable.

         This opinion letter is furnished by us, as counsel for the Sponsor,
solely for your benefit in connection with the formation of the Trust and the
issuance of the Shares and may not be used for any other purpose or relied upon
by any other person other than you, without our prior written consent.

         We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement and to the use of our name where it appears in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus.


                                         Very truly yours,

                                         /s/ Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP

                                         Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP