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<FILENAME>dec04closedendtrustee.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POA
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

            Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Susan S. Newton and Al Ouellette, signing singly, the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

         (1)      execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
                  undersigned's capacity as a trustee of registered investment
                  companies advised by John Hancock Advisers, LLC (the
                  "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)
                  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
                  thereunder;

         (2)      do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
                  undersigned in regard to said registered investment companies
                  which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute
                  any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment
                  or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the
                  United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
                  exchange or similar authority; and

         (3)      take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
                  with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
                  attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
                  of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
                  understood that the documents executed by such
                  attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
                  Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
                  terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
                  such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

            The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

            This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

                   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 14th day of December, 2004.

Charles L. Lander                                    Norman H. Smith
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Charles L. Ladner                                    Norman H. Smith

James F. Carlin                                      Patti McGill Peterson
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James F. Carlin                                      Patti McGill Peterson

Richard P. Chapman, Jr.                              Steven R. Pruchansky
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Richard P. Chapman, Jr.                              Steven R. Pruchansky

William H. Cunningham                                Ronald R. Dion
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William H. Cunningham                                Ronald R. Dion

William J. Cosgrove                                  John A. Moore
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William J. Cosgrove                                  John A. Moore

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