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<DESCRIPTION>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
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                                                                     Exhibit (n)

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the use in this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
Statement of the BlackRock Municipal Income Trust (Securities Act Registration
No. 333-67996) of our report dated July 18, 2001, relating to the financial
statements of the BlackRock Municipal Income Trust as of July 16, 2001 and for
the period then ended in the Statement of Additional Information which is part
of such registration statement.

We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the heading "Experts" in the
Statement of Additional Information.



Boston, Massachusetts
October 1, 2001

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