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<FILENAME>poa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>EXHBIT 99.16
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                 JOHN HANCOCK PATRIOT PREMIUM DIVIDEND FUND II

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


      I  do  hereby  constitute and appoint George Boyd, John J. Danello, Thomas
Kinzler, Betsy Anne Seel,  Gordon  M.  Shone,  Alfred  P.  Ouellette,  Genevieve
Pluhowski,  or  any  one  of  them,  my  true  and  lawful  attorneys to execute
registration statements to be filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission
("SEC") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") and/or the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and to do  any  and
all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments for me and in my name
in  the  capacities  indicated  below, which said attorneys, or any of them, may
deem necessary or advisable to enable John Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend Fund
II (the "Fund") to comply with the  1933  Act  and  the 1940 Act, and any rules,
regulations and requirements of the SEC, in connection  with  such  registration
statements, including specifically, but without limitation, power and  authority
to  sign  for  me  in  the  capacity  indicated  below,  the Fund's registration
statement  on  Form  N-14  relating  to  the fund merger listed  below  and  any
amendments (including pre- and post-effective  amendments)  thereto;  and  I  do
hereby  ratify and confirm all that the said attorneys, or any of them, shall do
or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Fund Merger
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John Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend Fund I, John Hancock Patriot Select
Dividend Trust, John Hancock Patriot Global Dividend Fund, John Hancock Patriot
Preferred Dividend Fund, into John Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II

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NAME                    SIGNATURE                   TITLE                                                 DATE
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<S>                     <C>                         <C>                                                   <C>
Keith F. Hartstein      /s/ Keith F. Hartstein      President and Chief Executive Officer                 December 13, 2006
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John G. Vrysen          /s/ John G. Vrysen          Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  December 13, 2006
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Ronald R. Dion          /s/ Ronald R. Dion          Chairman                                              *
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James R. Boyle          /s/ James R. Boyle          Trustee                                               *
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James F. Carlin         /s/ James F. Carlin         Trustee                                               *
                        ----------------------

Richard P. Chapman, Jr. /s/ Richard P. Chapman, Jr. Trustee                                               December 14, 2006
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William H. Cunningham   /s/ William H. Cunningham   Trustee                                               *
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NAME                    SIGNATURE                   TITLE                                                 DATE
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Charles L. Ladner       /s/ Charles L. Ladner       Trustee                                               *
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Dr. John A. Moore       /s/ Dr. John A. Moore       Trustee                                               December 14, 2006
                        ----------------------

Patti McGill Peterson   /s/ Patti McGill Peterson   Trustee                                               *
                        ----------------------

Steven R. Pruchansky    /s/ Steven R. Pruchansky    Trustee                                               *
                        ----------------------

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*September 12, 2006






























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