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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000912057-96-022037.txt : 19961007
<SEC-HEADER>0000912057-96-022037.hdr.sgml : 19961007
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000912057-96-022037
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	497
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19961004
SROS:			NYSE

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BEA INCOME FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000810766
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		IRS NUMBER:				232451535
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		497
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-10851
		FILM NUMBER:		96639663

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		153 EAST 53RD ST
		STREET 2:		8TH FL
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6175578742

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		73 TREMONT ST
		STREET 2:		8TH FL
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02108

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CS FIRST BOSTON INCOME FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950420

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST BOSTON INCOME FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST BOSTON QUALITY INCOME FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19870329
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<PAGE>
                             BEA INCOME FUND, INC.
 
             Supplement to the Prospectus dated September 27, 1996
 
In order to correct an error in the description of the Fund's Dividend
Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan, the first sentence of the second paragraph
under the heading "Dividends and Distributions; Dividend Reinvestment and Cash
Purchase Plan" at the top of page 27 is replaced by the following two sentences
to read as follows:
 
"Pursuant to the Fund's Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan (the
"Plan"), shareholders may elect to have all dividends and distributions, net of
any applicable U.S. withholding tax automatically reinvested in additional
shares of the Fund by Chase Manhattan, as the plan agent (the "Plan Agent").
Shareholders who do not make this election will receive dividends and
distributions paid in cash."
 
No action is required of any shareholder who does not wish to change his or her
current election under the Plan.
 
The date of this supplement is October 4, 1996.
<PAGE>
                             BEA INCOME FUND, INC.
 
             Supplement to the Statement of Additional Information
                            dated September 27, 1996
 
In order to correct an error in the description of the Fund's Dividend
Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan, the first three sentences of the first
paragraph under the heading "Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan" on
page 12 are replaced by the following three sentences to read as follows:
 
"Pursuant to the Fund's Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan (the
"Plan"), shareholders may elect to have all dividends and distributions, net of
any applicable U.S. withholding tax automatically reinvested in additional
shares of the Fund by The Chase Manhattan Bank, as the plan agent (the "Plan
Agent"). Shareholders who do not make this election will receive dividends and
distributions in cash, net of any applicable U.S. withholding tax, paid in
dollars by check mailed directly to the shareholder by the Plan Agent, as
dividend-paying agent. Shareholders who wish to have dividends and distributions
automatically reinvested should notify Chase Manhattan, as the Plan Agent for
BEA Income Fund, Inc., Dividend Reinvestment Department -- Retail Processing,
770 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10003-9598 or by telephone at
1-800-428-8890."
 
The fourth sentence of the first paragraph under the heading "Dividend
Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan" on page 12 is deleted in its entirety. No
action is required of any shareholder who does not wish to change his or her
current election under the Plan.
 
The date of this supplement is October 4, 1996.
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