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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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