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<TYPE>EX-99.77Q1 OTHR EXHB
<SEQUENCE>3
<FILENAME>subsequentevent.txt
<DESCRIPTION>SUBSEQUENT EVENT
<TEXT>
A special  meeting of  shareholders  was held on December 1, 2004, at which time
one or more new Trustees  were elected to the Fund's Board of Trustees.  Several
Trustees had reached the age for mandatory retirement and plan to retire in 2004
and 2005. The Board of Trustees recommended and shareholders approved a proposal
to consolidate  the two panels into one Board of Trustees for all open-end funds
within the John Hancock funds complex.  The effective date for the newly elected
Trustees to the Fund will be January 1, 2005.


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</DOCUMENT>
