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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20021031
FILED AS OF DATE:		20021226
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20021226

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BLACKROCK INCOME TRUST INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000832327
		IRS NUMBER:				133463349
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NSAR-B
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-05542
		FILM NUMBER:		02869255

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		199 WATER ST
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10292
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2122142189

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BLACKSTONE INCOME TRUST INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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SIGNATURE   HENRY GABBAY
TITLE       TREASURER


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EXHIBIT 77Q2
Section 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
THE BLACKROCK BROAD INVESTMENT GRADE 2009 TERM
TRUST INC. (BCT)
BCT SUBSIDIARY INC. (BCTS)
THE BLACKROCK INCOME TRUST INC. (BKT)
THE BLACKROCK INCOME OPPORTUNITY TRUST (BNA)
THE BLACKROCK HIGH YIELD TRUST (BHY)
BLACKROCK CORE BOND TRUST (BHK)
BLACKROCK STRATEGIC BOND TRUST (BHD)
THE BLACKROCK INVESTMENT QUALITY MUNICIPAL TRUST
INC. (BKN)
THE BLACKROCK CALIFORNIA INVESTMENT QUALITY
MUNICIPAL TRUST INC. (RAA)
THE BLACKROCK FLORIDA INVESTMENT QUALITY MUNICIPAL
TRUST (RFA)
THE BLACKROCK NEW JERSEY INVESTMENT QUALITY
MUNICIPAL TRUST INC. (RNJ)
THE BLACKROCK NEW YORK INVESTMENT QUALITY
MUNICIPAL TRUST INC. (RNY)
BLACKROCK FLORIDA MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST (BBF)
BLACKROCK MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST (BFK)
BLACKROCK CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST (BFZ)
BLACKROCK NEW JERSEY MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST (BNJ)
BLACKROCK NEW YORK MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST (BNY)

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act") and
Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act")
require a Trust's officers and Directors/Trustees, officers and directors of
the Trust's investment adviser, affiliated persons of the investment adviser,
and persons who beneficially own more than ten percent of the Trust's
Shares to file certain reports of ownership ("Section 16 filings") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange or
the American Stock Exchange (as applicable) and each of the Trusts.  As a
convenience to the Directors/Trustees, [BlackRock (the investment adviser
to the Trusts) assists the Directors/Trustees and officers in making their
Section 16 filings.  Based upon each Trust's review of the copies of such
forms effecting the Section 16 filings received by it, each Trust believes that
for its fiscal year ended in 2002, all filings applicable to such persons were
completed and filed, except for those instances discussed below.  During
fiscal year 2002, it came to the attention of the Trusts that, due to an
administrative oversight, Form 5s had not been filed on behalf of Messrs.
Cavanagh, Mondale, LaForce, and Brimmer with respect to certain share
equivalents credited to them in one or more of BCT, BKT, BNA, BHY,
BHK and/or BHD pursuant to deemed quarterly investments under the
Trust's deferred compensation plan in fiscal years 2001 and 2002. For such
quarterly deferred compensation transactions in 2000 and 2001, Form 5s in
respect of 2000 and 2001 were filed in September of 2002.  In addition, due
to administrative oversight, one late report was filed on behalf of each of
Messrs. Cavanagh (BHK), La Force (BHD) and Kapito (BNJ) with respect
to one transaction each.  In addition, Section 30(h) of the 1940 Act requires
that an investment company's investment adviser and certain of the
investment adviser's affiliates file Form 3s with respect to the Trusts.  For
each of BCT, BKT, BNA, BHY, BHK, BHD, BKN, BBF, BFK, BFZ, BNJ,
and BNY, the Trust's investment adviser and/or certain affiliates of the
investment adviser either acting as sub-advisor to a Trust or owning Trust
shares filed late Form 3s in October of 2002.




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CERTIFICATIONS

I, Henry Gabbay, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this report on Form N-SAR of
BlackRock Income Trust;
2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;
3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial information
included in this report, and the financial statements on
which the financial information is based, fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the
financial statements are required to include a statement of
cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report;
4.	The registrant's other certifying officers and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-2(c) under
the Investment Company Act) for the registrant and have;
a.	designed such disclosure controls and procedures
to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which
this report is being prepared;
b.	evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
disclosure controls and procedures as of a date
within 90 days prior to the filing date of this
report (the "Evaluation Date"); and
c.	presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures based on our evaluation as of the
Evaluation Date;
5.	The registrant's other certifying officers and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the
registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the
registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions):
a.	all significant deficiencies in the design or
operation of internal controls which could
adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
process, summarize, and report financial data
and have identified for the registrant's auditors
any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
b.	any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a
significant role in the registrant's internal
controls; and
6.	The registrant's other certifying officers and I have
indicated in this report whether or not there were
significant changes in internal controls or in other factors
that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent
to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any
corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies
and material weaknesses.

Date: December 26, 2002

/s/ Henry Gabbay


Henry Gabbay
Treasurer and
Principal Financial
	Officer



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CERTIFICATIONS

I, Robert S. Kapito, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this report on Form N-SAR of
BlackRock Income Trust;
2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;
3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial information
included in this report, and the financial statements on
which the financial information is based, fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the
financial statements are required to include a statement of
cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report;
4.	The registrant's other certifying officers and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-2(c) under
the Investment Company Act) for the registrant and have;
a.	designed such disclosure controls and procedures
to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which
this report is being prepared;
b.	evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
disclosure controls and procedures as of a date
within 90 days prior to the filing date of this
report (the "Evaluation Date"); and
c.	presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures based on our evaluation as of the
Evaluation Date;
5.	The registrant's other certifying officers and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the
registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the
registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions):
a.	all significant deficiencies in the design or
operation of internal controls which could
adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
process, summarize, and report financial data
and have identified for the registrant's auditors
any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
b.	any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a
significant role in the registrant's internal
controls; and
6.	The registrant's other certifying officers and I have
indicated in this report whether or not there were
significant changes in internal controls or in other factors
that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent
to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any
corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies
and material weaknesses.

Date:_December 26, 2002

/s/ Robert S. Kapito


Robert S. Kapito
Trustee, President,
Chief Executive
	Officer



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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT


To the Trustees and Shareholders of
The BlackRock Income Trust Inc.

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of The
BlackRock Income Trust Inc. (the Trust) for the year ended October 31,
2002 (on which we have issued our report dated December 6, 2002), we
considered its internal control, including control activities for safeguarding
securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of
expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-SAR, and not to provide assurance on the Trust's
internal control.

The management of the Trust is responsible for establishing and maintaining
internal control.  In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates
and judgments by
management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of
controls.  Generally, controls that are relevant to an audit pertain to the
entity's objective of preparing financial statements for external purposes that
are fairly presented in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.  Those controls include the
safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition.

Because of inherent limitations in any internal control, misstatements due to
error or fraud may occur and not be detected.  Also, projections of any
evaluation of internal control to future periods are subject to
the risk that the
internal control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or
that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Our consideration of the Trust's internal control would not necessarily
disclose all matters in the internal control that might be material weaknesses
under standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants.  A material weakness is a condition in which the design or
operation of one or more of the internal control components does not reduce
to a relatively low level the risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud
in amounts that would be material in relation to the financial statements
being audited may occur and not be detected within a timely period by
employees in the normal course of performing their assigned functions.
However, we noted no matters involving the Trust's internal control and its
operation, including controls for safeguarding securities that we consider to
be material weaknesses as defined above as of October 31, 2002.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management,
the Trustees and Shareholders of The BlackRock Income Trust 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.



December 6, 2002

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