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<FILENAME>jhppdf-pdt13d13tag.txt
<DESCRIPTION>JOHN HANCOCK PATRIOT PREMIUM DIV FUND II - EFF  3/22/05
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                                       United States
                            Securities and Exchange Commission
                                   Washington, D.C. 20549


                                        SCHEDULE 13D


                          Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                      (Amendment No. 13)


                        John Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II
                                      (Name of Issuer)


                                        Common Stock
                               (Title of Class of Securities)


                                         41013T-10-5
                                       (CUSIP Number)



                                  The Commerce Group, Inc.
                                     211 Main Street
                                    Webster, MA 01570
                                     (508) 943-9000
                         (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
                        Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)



                                         March 22, 2005
                   (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)


If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to
report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing
this schedule because of Section 240.Rule 13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-
1(g), check the following box:   [X]

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).
















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CUSIP No.: 41013T-10-5                      THE COMMERCE GROUP, INC.
                                            SCHEDULE 13D
                                            AMENDMENT No. 13
                                            APRIL 1, 2005




1.       NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
         S.S. OR I.R.S. ID NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

         The Commerce Group Inc.
         ID# 04-2599931

2.       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
                                                          (a) [  ]
                                                          (b) [  ]

3.       SEC USE ONLY

4.       SOURCE OF FUNDS                                      [WC]

5        CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL                     [  ]
         PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)

6.       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

                   Massachusetts

         NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH

         SOLE VOTING POWER                             5,404,400
         SHARED VOTING POWER                                   0
         SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER                        5,404,400
         SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER                              0

11.      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

               5,404,400

12.      CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
         CERTAIN SHARES    [    ]

13.      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
            35.9%

14.      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
           [HC]



















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CUSIP No.: 41013T-10-5                      THE COMMERCE GROUP, INC.
                                            SCHEDULE 13D
                                            AMENDMENT No. 13
                                            APRIL 1, 2005


ITEM 1.  SECURITY AND ISSUER

     This Schedule 13D relates to the shares of beneficial interest (the
"Shares"), of John Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II (the "Fund"), a
Massachusetts business trust registered as an investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act").
The principal executive offices of the Fund are located at 101 Huntington
Avenue, Boston, MA, 02119-7603.

ITEM 2.  IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND

     (a) - (f) This Schedule 13D is being filed by The Commerce Group Inc.
(the "Reporting Person"), a corporation formed under the laws of
Massachusetts.  The Reporting Person is a corporation whose principal offices
are located at 211 Main Street Webster, MA 01570.  No material changes have
taken place with respect to director or officer information of the Reporting
Person.

ITEM 3.  SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION

     The source of the funds used by the Reporting Person to purchase shares
listed in Item 5(a) was working capital.  This amount of the funds used to
purchase such shares reported in Annex A aggregated approximately
$1,864,793.92.

ITEM 4.  PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION

     No material change has taken place since the previous filing.

ITEM 5.  INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER

     (a) The Fund's reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission report
that 15,046,539 Shares are outstanding.  Based upon such number, the Reporting
Person beneficially owns 35.9% of the Fund's outstanding Shares.

     (b) The Reporting Person is the beneficial owner (through its insurance
subsidiary as listed below) of 5,404,400 shares, over which it has sole power
of disposition and voting.  Such number of Shares represents approximately
35.9% of the outstanding Shares.


                                              Shares                Cost

   The Commerce Insurance Company            5,404,400         $1,864,793.92


     (c) During the period from Februay 17, 2005 through March 22, 2005, the
Reporting Person has effected the following purchases of common stock, all of
which were made on the New York Stock Exchange (see attached Annex A).  All
transactions prior to February 17, 2005 were reported on previous Schedule 13D
filings.

     (d) No person other than the Reporting Person has the right to receive or
the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the
sale of, the shares of Common Stock owned by the Reporting Person.

     (e) It is inapplicable to state the date on which the Reporting Person
ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the Common
Stock.


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CUSIP No.: 41013T-10-5                      THE COMMERCE GROUP, INC.
                                            SCHEDULE 13D
                                            AMENDMENT No. 13
                                            APRIL 1, 2005




ITEM 6.  CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS
         WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER

     The Reporting Person does not have any contract, arrangement,
understanding or relationship (legal or otherwise) with any person with
respect to any securities of the Fund, including, but not limited to, the
transfer or voting of any such securities, finders' fees, joint ventures, loan
or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, division of
profits or loss, or the giving or withholding of proxies.



ITEM 7.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS

   Annex A   Item 5(c) Information





                                            SIGNATURE



After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.



April 1, 2005                               THE COMMERCE GROUP INC.









                                          /s/ Gerald Fels
                                          Gerald Fels
                                          Executive Vice President &
                                          Chief Financial Officer













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                                                  ANNEX  A
                                         Item 5 (c) - Information
PDT   41013T-10-5    JOHN HANCOCK PATRIOT DIV FUND II
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<caption>
COMMERCE INSURANCE COMPANY
    PURCHASES

From 02/17/05 - 03/22/05

  TRADE           SETTLEMENT         SHARES       PURCHASED PRICE      ACQUISITION
  DATE               DATE           PURCHASED        PER SHARE            COST
  <s>              <c>                 <c>                <c>              <c>
  02/17/2005      02/23/2005         9,800           $ 12.01         $  118,044.92
  02/18/2005      02/24/2005         4,900             12.04             59,147.41
  02/22/2005      02/25/2005        12,900             12.04            155,733.96
  02/23/2005      02/28/2005        24,700             11.98            296,807.55
  02/24/2005      03/01/2005         1,600             11.98             19,224.00
  02/25/2005      03/02/2005        11,600             12.00            139,595.56
  02/28/2005      03/03/2005         1,300             12.00             15,645.50
  03/03/2005      03/08/2005         4,900             12.03             59,118.50
  03/04/2005      03/09/2005         1,700             12.03             20,510.50
  03/07/2005      03/10/2005           500             12.03              6,032.50
  03/08/2005      03/11/2005           200             12.05              2,417.00
  03/09/2005      03/14/2005         2,600             12.05             31,421.00
  03/10/2005      03/15/2005         3,100             12.02             37,368.64
  03/14/2005      03/17/2005         2,000             11.98             24,030.00
  03/16/2005      03/21/2005         4,700             12.00             56,564.50
  03/17/2005      03/22/2005         5,100             11.98             61,276.50
  03/18/2005      03/23/2005        17,300             11.70            203,015.50
  03/21/2005      03/24/2005        36,300             11.77            428,358.15
  03/22/2005      03/28/2005        11,300             11.51            130,482.23

                  Totals           156,500                           $1,864,793.92
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