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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000943663-06-000210
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060607
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060616
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060616

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ilott Stephen
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001342318

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04611
		FILM NUMBER:		06910188

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		44-207-545-0038

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE BOW CHURCHYARD
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			EC4 M9HH

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ABERDEEN ASIA-PACIFIC INCOME FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000790500
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		IRS NUMBER:				133334183
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD
		CITY:			PLAINSBORO
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08536
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2129688800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD
		CITY:			PLAINSBORO
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08536

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ABERDEEN ASIA PACIFIC INCOME FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010531

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ABERDEN ASIA-PACIFIC INCOME FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010531

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST AUSTRALIA PRIME INCOME FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">POWER OF ATTORNEY</p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned,
being a person required to file a statement under Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &quot;1934 Act&quot;) and/or Section
30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &quot;1940 Act&quot;),
constitutes and appoints Sander M. Bieber, Jennifer O. Epstein, Wendy Fox and
Victoria M. Szybillo, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution
for such attorney-in-fact in such attorney-in-fact's name, place and stead:</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">o to execute, for and on behalf of the undersigned, any and
all statements on Forms 3, 4, and 5 as are required to be filed by the
undersigned pursuant to the 1934 Act and the 1940 Act, and any amendments or
supplements thereto;</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">o to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission
and with such stock exchange(s) or similar authorities as may be required, and
to make such filings electronically both (i) before such filings are required by
applicable law or rule to be made electronically and (ii) when such filings are
required by applicable law or rule to be made electronically; and</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">o to complete and file such applications and other documents
on behalf of the undersigned as may be necessary or desirable to permit the
foregoing filings to be made electronically on behalf of the undersigned.</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The undersigned grants unto said attorney-in-fact and agent
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done to effect the foregoing, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The undersigned acknowledges and understands that filings
made electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commissions pursuant to the
authority granted hereto will be made publicly available on the website of the
Securities and Exchange Commission.</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this
Power of Attorney on the date indicated below.</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">/s/ Steve Ilott </u></font></td>
<td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="2">
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">12/08/2005 </u></font></td>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Signature</font></td>
<td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Date</font></td>
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<tr>
<td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
<td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
<td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
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<td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="2">
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Steve Ilott </u></font></td>
<td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Printed Name</font></td>
<td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
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<td WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Title:</font></td>
<td WIDTH="91%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Head of Fixed Income &amp; Director</font></td>
</tr>
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<td WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
<td WIDTH="91%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Aberdeen Asset Management Investment Services Limited</font></td>
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