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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060831
FILED AS OF DATE:		20061030
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20061030
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20061030

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001259708
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

	FILING VALUES:
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		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-21413
		FILM NUMBER:		061172729

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD
		STREET 2:		800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD
		CITY:			PLAINSBORO
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08536
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6092822000

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

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030813
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<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:12pt; font-size:12pt; color:#000000"><B>REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</B></P>
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<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:11pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-11pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:11pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.:</P>
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<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:11pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund (the &#147;Fund&#148;) (formerly Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.) as of and for the year ended August 31, 2006, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered its internal control over financial reporting, including control activities for safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. &nbsp;&nbsp;Accordingly, we express no such opinion.</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><BR></P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:11pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. &nbsp;In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. &nbsp;A fund's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. &nbsp;Such internal control includes policies and procedures that provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of a fund's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><BR></P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:11pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. &nbsp;Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><BR></P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:11pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">A control deficiency exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. &nbsp;A significant deficiency is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, that adversely affects the fund's ability to initiate, authorize, record, process, or report external financial data reliably in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles such that there is more than a remote likelihood that a misstatement of the fund's annual or interim financial statements that is more than inconsequential will not be prevented or detected. &nbsp;A material weakness is a significant deficiency, or combination of significant deficiencies, that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the ann
ual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected.</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><BR></P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:11pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">Our consideration of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be significant deficiencies or material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). &nbsp;However, we noted no deficiencies in the Fund's internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness, as defined above, as of August 31, 2006.</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><BR></P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:11pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Directors of BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><BR></P>
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<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">/s/ Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP</P>
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<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:11pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">Princeton, New Jersey</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:11pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">October 23, 2006</P>
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<TITLE>77C: Submission of matters to a vote of security holders</TITLE>
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<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">77C: Submission of matters to a vote of security holders</P>
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<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">At a special meeting of all shareholders of Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. held on August 31, 2006, the results were as follows:</P>
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<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">PROPOSAL 1.</P>
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<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:137.4pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">For</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:274.8pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">Withheld from Voting</P>
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<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:137.4pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">11,870,556</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:274.8pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">817,346</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">Jean Margo Reid</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:137.4pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">11,867,884</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:274.8pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">820,018</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">Roscoe S. Suddarth</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:137.4pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">11,866,957</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:274.8pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">820,945</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">Richard R. West</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:137.4pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">11,863,127</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:274.8pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">824,775</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">Edward D. Zinbarg</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:137.4pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">11,864,205</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:274.8pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">823,697</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000"><BR></P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000"><BR></P>
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<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To approve a new investment advisory agreement between the Fund and BlackRock Advisors, Inc. or its successor (&#147;BlackRock Advisors&#148;). With respect to Proposal 2, the shares of the Fund were voted as follows:</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">&nbsp;</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">For</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:91.6pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">Against</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:183.2pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">Abstain</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:274.8pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">Broker Non-Vote</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">8,685,695</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:91.6pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">284,402</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:183.2pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">508,377</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:229pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">&nbsp;</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:274.8pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">3,267,539</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000"><BR></P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">PROPOSAL 3.</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To approve a contingent subadvisory agreement between the Fund&#146;s Advisor and BlackRock Advisors (the &#147;BlackRock Subadvisor&#148;). &nbsp;With respect to Proposal 3, the shares of the Fund were voted as follows:</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000"><BR></P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">For</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:91.6pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">Against</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:183.2pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">Abstain</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:274.8pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">Broker Non-Vote</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">8,680,107</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:72pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;291,543</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-10pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:180pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">&nbsp;506,824</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:252pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3,267,539</P>
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<TABLE style="margin-left:0pt"><TR><TD style="padding-left:7.2pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:7.2pt; padding-bottom:0pt; border:0.5pt solid #000000" align=left valign=top width=102><P style="margin:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000"><BR></P>
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<P style="margin:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000" align=center><B>TRADE DATE</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000" align=center><B>DESCRIPTION OF SECURITY</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000" align=center><B>ISSUE SIZE</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000" align=center><B>AMOUNT PURCHASED</B></P>
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<TR><TD style="padding-left:7.2pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:7.2pt; padding-bottom:0pt; border:0.5pt solid #000000" align=left valign=top width=102><P style="margin:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000" align=center>3/16/2006</P>
</TD><TD style="padding-left:7.2pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:7.2pt; padding-bottom:0pt; border:0.5pt solid #000000" align=left valign=top width=204><P style="margin:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">Angiotcech Pharmaceuticals Inc 7.75 4/1/14</P>
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<P style="margin:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:9pt; font-size:9pt; color:#000000">Merrill Lynch &amp; Co.</P>
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<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:12pt; font-size:12pt; color:#000000">(formerly Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.)</P>
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<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:12pt; font-size:12pt; color:#000000">Copies of new or amended Registrant investment advisory contracts</P>
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<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:63pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:12pt; font-size:12pt; color:#000000">Form of new Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and BlackRock Advisors, LLC is hereby incorporated by reference to Appendix I of Schedule 14A (Definitive Notice and Proxy Statement) filed on June 15, 2006 (SEC Accession No. 0000891092-06-001532).</P>
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