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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050630
FILED AS OF DATE:		20050826
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050826
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20050826

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HANCOCK JOHN INCOME SECURITIES TRUST /MA
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000759866
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NSAR-A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04186
		FILM NUMBER:		051052328

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS
		STREET 2:		601 CONGRESS STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02210
		BUSINESS PHONE:		617-663-3000

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		STREET 1:		C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS
		STREET 2:		601 CONGRESS STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
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SIGNATURE   ALFRED P. OUELLETTE
TITLE       SR ATTORNEY & AS

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<DESCRIPTION>SUB CUSTODIAN
<TEXT>
Global Custody Network The Bank of New York's network of subcustodians extends
to 101 markets worldwide, the largest number of markets offered by any
custodian. We continually review our network to ensure that it reflects the
changing global investment decisions of our clients. The Bank's dedicated,
regional network management team monitors local economic, political, regulatory,
and industry-related events, and keeps clients apprised of changes in the
investment climate of each market. Banks are selected for the network based on a
variety of criteria, such as compliance with worldwide regulatory requirements,
competitive pricing, general market reputation, SWIFT message capabilities,
securities lending support, credit ratings, overall banking relationship with
The Bank of New York and ability to consistently meet our clients' needs. Each
bank must meet a set of stringent performance standards prior to selection,
which are reexamined during quarterly reviews and frequent on-site visits,
ensuring that our clients are uniformly provided with the best subcustodian in
each market. In its last three annual reviews of subcustodian networks, GSCS
BenchmarksTM has ranked our network among the top two in both the Overall
Network and Major Markets categories. Our list of subcustodians is as follows:
Country/ Market Subcustodian(s) Country/ Market Subcustodian(s) Argentina Banco
Rio de la Plata Indonesia HSBC Australia National Australia Bank Ltd. Ireland
Allied Irish Banks, plc Austria Bank Austria AG Israel Bank Leumi LE - Israel
B.M. Bahrain HSBC Bank Middle East Italy IntesaBCI S.p.A / BNP Paribas
Securities Services Bangladesh Standard Chartered Bank Ivory Coast Soci,t,
G,n,rale - Abidjan Belgium Banque Bruxelles Lambert Jamaica CIBC Trust &
Merchant Bank Jamaica Ltd. Benin Soci,t, G,n,rale de Banques en C"te d'Ivoire
Japan The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Limited/ The Fuji Bank, Limited Bermuda Bank
of Bermuda Limited Jordan HSBC Bank Middle East Bolivia Citibank, N.A.
Kazakhstan ABN/AMRO Botswana Barclays Bank of Botswana Ltd. Kenya Barclays Bank
of Kenya Ltd. Brazil BankBoston, N.A. Latvia Hansabanka Limited Bulgaria ING
Bank Lebanon HSBC Bank Middle East Burkina Faso Soci,t, G,n,rale de Banques en
C"te d'Ivoire Lithuania Vilniaus Bankas Canada Royal Bank of Canada Luxembourg
Banque et Caisse d'Epargne de l'Etat Chile BankBoston, N.A. Malaysia HongKong
Bank Malaysia Berhad China Standard Chartered Bank Mali Soci,t, G,n,rale de
Banques en C"te d'Ivoire Colombia Cititrust Colombia S.A. Malta HSBC Bank Malta
p.l.c. Costa Rica Banco BCT Mauritius HSBC Croatia Privredna Banka Zagreb d.d.
Mexico Banco Nacional de Mexico Cyprus Bank of Cyprus Morocco Banque Commerciale
du Maroc Czech Republic Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka A.S. Namibia Stanbic Bank
Namibia Limited Denmark Danske Bank NASDAQ Europe Banque Bruxelles Lambert
Ecuador Citibank, N.A. Netherlands Fortis Bank (Nederland) N.V. Egypt Citibank,
N.A. New Zealand National Australia Bank Ltd. (National Nominees Ltd.) Estonia
Hansabank Limited Niger Soci,t, G,n,rale de Banques en C"te d'Ivoire Euromarket
Clearstream Nigeria Stanbic Merchant Bank Nigeria Limited Euromarket Euroclear
Norway Den norske Bank ASA Finland Merita Bank plc Oman HSBC Bank Middle East
France BNP Paribas Securities Services / Credit Agricole Indosuez Pakistan
Standard Chartered Bank Germany Dresdner Bank AG Palestinian Autonomous Area
HSBC Bank Middle East Ghana Barclays Bank of Ghana Ltd. Panama BankBoston, N.A.
Greece BNP Paribas Securities Services Peru Citibank, N.A. Guinea Bissau Soci,t,
G,n,rale de Banques en C te d'Ivoire Philippines HSBC Hong Kong HSBC Poland Bank
Handlowy W Warszawie S.A. Hungary Citibank Budapest Rt. Portugal Banco Comercial
Portugu^s Iceland Landsbanki Islands Qatar HSBC Bank Middle East Country/ Market
Subcustodian(s) Country/ Market Subcustodian(s) India HSBC / Deutsche Bank AG
Romania ING Bank Russia Vneshtorgbank (Min Fin Bonds only)/ Credit Suisse First
Boston AO Togo Soci,t, G,n,rale de Banques en C"te d'Ivoire Senegal Soci,t,
G,n,rale de Banques en C"te d'Ivoire Trinidad & Tobago Republic Bank Limited
Singapore United Overseas Bank Ltd/ The Development Bank of Singapore Ltd.
Tunisia Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie Slovak Republic Ceskoslovenska
Obchodni Banka, a.s. Turkey Osmanli Bankasi A.S. (Ottoman Bank) Slovenia Bank
Austria Creditanstalt d.d. Ljubljana U.A.E. HSBC Bank Middle East, Dubai South
Africa Soci,t, G,n,rale, Johannesburg / The Standard Bank of South Africa
Limited Ukraine ING Bank South Korea Standard Chartered Bank United Kingdom The
Bank of New York / The Depository & Clearing Centre (DCC) Spain Banco Bilbao
Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. (BBVA) / Banco Santander Central Hispano (BSCH) United
States The Bank of New York Sri Lanka Standard Chartered Bank Uruguay
BankBoston, N.A. Swaziland Standard Bank Swaziland Ltd. Venezuela Citibank, N.A.
Sweden Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken Vietnam HSBC Switzerland Credit Suisse
First Boston Zambia Barclays Bank of Zambia Ltd. Taiwan HSBC Zimbabwe Barclays
Bank of Zimbabwe Ltd. Thailand Standard Chartered Bank/ Bangkok Bank Public
Company Ltd. Finalizing Markets Evaluating: Armenia Guatemala Nicaragua Barbados
Honduras Saudi Arabia El Salvador Kuwait Uganda Georgia Macedonia Monitoring
Albania Bhutan Lesotho Mozambique Tajikistan (Emerging): Algeria Cambodia
Madagascar Myanmar Tanzania Angola Dominican Republic Malawi Nepal Turkmenistan
Azerbaijan Iran Moldova Paraguay Uzbekistan Belarus Kyrgyzstan Mongolia Syria
Yugoslavia For more information about the Bank's network of subcustodians,
please contact any of our regional departments: New York New York Singapore
Brussels Timothy Faselt Andrea Christenson Francis Braeckevelt Floriane van
Schevensteen Group Manager Regional Manager Regional Manager Regional Manager
Global Network Mgmt. Americas Asia/Pacific Europe, Middle East & Africa (212)
635-6486 (212) 635-6458 (65) 432-0231 (32-2) 545-8264 New York June 2001 Global
Network Management Global Custody Network GSCS BenchmarksTM is a registered
trademark of GSCS Benchmarks Ltd., a consulting firm based in London.
GlobalNetwork.doc 07/18/01 9:18 AM New York June 2001 Global Network Management
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<DESCRIPTION>AMENDED BY-LAW
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                      AMENDMENT, DATED MARCH 8, 2005 TO THE

                              AMENDED AND RESTATED

                                   BY-LAWS OF

         JOHN HANCOCK INCOME SECURITIES TRUST, DATED SEPTEMBER 14, 2004

     Pursuant to the authority  granted to the Board of Trustees in Section 2.10
of the Trust's  Amended and Restated  Declaration of Trust (the  "Declaration of
Trust"),  dated  August 26,  2003,  as amended  from time to time,  the Board of
Trustees  further amends the Amended and Restated By-Laws (the "By-Laws") of the
John Hancock Income  Securities  Trust (the "Trust") by restating  Article VI of
the By-Laws in its entirety as follows:

                                    OFFICERS

Section 6.1. General Provisions.  The officers of the Trust shall be a Chairman,
a President, a Treasurer and a Secretary,  who shall be elected by the Trustees.
The Trustees may elect or appoint such other  officers or agents as the business
of the Trust may require,  including  one or more Vice  Presidents,  one or more
Assistant  Secretaries,  and one or more Assistant Treasurers.  The Trustees may
delegate  to any  officer  or  committee  the power to appoint  any  subordinate
officers or agents.

Section 6.2. Election,  Term of Office and  Qualifications.  The officers of the
Trust  and any  Series  thereof  shall be  elected  by the  Trustees.  Except as
provided in Sections 6.3 and 6.4 of this Article VI, each officer elected by the
Trustees  shall hold  office at the  pleasure of the  Trustees.  Any two or more
offices  may be held by the same  person.  The  Chairman  of the Board  shall be
selected from among the Trustees and may hold such office only so long as he/she
continues  to be a Trustee.  Any  Trustee  or  officer  may be but need not be a
Shareholder of the Trust.

Section 6.3.  Removal.  The Trustees,  at any regular or special  meeting of the
Trustees,  may remove any officer with or without cause, by a vote of a majority
of the Trustees then in office.  Any officer or agent appointed by an officer or
committee  may be removed with or without  cause by such  appointing  officer or
committee.

Section 6.4.  Powers and Duties of the Chairman.  The Chairman  shall preside at
the meetings of the  Shareholders  and of the Trustees.  He may call meetings of
the Trustees and of any committee thereof whenever he deems it necessary.

Section 6.5. Powers and Duties of the Vice Chairman.  The Trustees may, but need
not,  appoint one or more Vice Chairman of the Trust.  The Vice  Chairman  shall
perform  such  duties as may be  assigned to him or her from time to time by the
Trustees or the Chairman.

Section 6.6.  Powers and Duties of the  President.  The  President  shall be the
chief  executive  officer of the Trust and shall  preside at all meetings of the
Trustees and Shareholders in the absence of the Chairman. Subject to the control
of the Trustees and to the control of any  Committees  of the  Trustees,  within
their  respective  spheres as  provided by the  Trustees,  he shall at all times


<PAGE>

exercise  general  supervision  over the business and policies of the Trust.  He
shall have the power to employ attorneys and counsel for the Trust or any Series
or Class thereof and to employ such  subordinate  officers,  agents,  clerks and
employees as he may find  necessary to transact the business of the Trust or any
Series or Class thereof. He shall also have the power to grant,  issue,  execute
or sign such powers of  attorney,  proxies or other  documents  as may be deemed
advisable  or  necessary  in  furtherance  of the  interests of the Trust or any
Series thereof.  The President shall have such other powers and duties,  as from
time to time may be conferred upon or assigned to him by the Trustees.

Section 6.7. Powers and Duties of Vice Presidents.  In the absence or disability
of the  President,  the  Vice  President  or,  if  there  be more  than one Vice
President,  any Vice President designated by the Trustees, shall perform all the
duties  and may  exercise  any of the  powers of the  President,  subject to the
control of the Trustees.  Each Vice President shall perform such other duties as
may be assigned to him from time to time by the Trustees and the President.

Section 6.8.  Powers and Duties of the  Treasurer.  The  Treasurer  shall be the
principal  financial and accounting  officer of the Trust.  He shall deliver all
funds of the Trust or any Series or Class  thereof which may come into his hands
to such  Custodian as the  Trustees  may employ.  He shall render a statement of
condition  of the  finances  of the Trust or any Series or Class  thereof to the
Trustees as often as they shall require the same and he shall in general perform
all the duties  incident to the office of a Treasurer  and such other  duties as
from time to time may be assigned to him by the Trustees.  The  Treasurer  shall
give a bond for the faithful  discharge  of his duties,  if required so to do by
the Trustees, in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Trustees shall
require.

Section 6.9.  Powers and Duties of the Secretary.  The Secretary  shall keep the
minutes of all meetings of the Trustees and of the  Shareholders in proper books
provided for that  purpose;  he shall have custody of the seal of the Trust;  he
shall have charge of the Share transfer books, lists and records unless the same
are in the charge of a transfer agent. He shall attend to the giving and serving
of all notices by the Trust in accordance  with the  provisions of these By-laws
and as  required  by law;  and  subject  to these  By-laws,  he shall in general
perform all duties  incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as
from time to time may be assigned to him by the Trustees.

Section  6.10.  Powers and Duties of  Assistant  Treasurers.  In the  absence or
disability  of the  Treasurer,  any officer  designated  by the  Trustees  shall
perform all the duties,  and may exercise any of the powers,  of the  Treasurer.
Each  officer  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as from  time to time may be
assigned  to him  by the  Trustees.  Each  officer  performing  the  duties  and
exercising  the powers of the  Treasurer,  if any, and any Assistant  Treasurer,
shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties, if required so to do
by the  Trustees,  in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the  Trustees
shall require.

Section  6.11.  Powers and Duties of  Assistant  Secretaries.  In the absence or
disability of the Secretary,  any Assistant Secretary designated by the Trustees
shall  perform  all the  duties,  and may  exercise  any of the  powers,  of the
Secretary. Each Assistant Secretary shall perform such other duties as from time
to time may be assigned to him by the Trustees.


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Section 6.12.  Compensation of Officers and Trustees and Members of the Advisory
Board.  Subject to any applicable  provisions of the  Declaration of Trust,  the
compensation of the officers and Trustees and members of an advisory board shall
be fixed from time to time by the Trustees  or, in the case of officers,  by any
Committee or officer upon whom such power may be conferred by the  Trustees.  No
officer shall be prevented from receiving such  compensation  as such officer by
reason of the fact that he is also a Trustee.
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<TYPE>EX-99.77C VOTES
<SEQUENCE>4
<FILENAME>meeting.txt
<DESCRIPTION>SHAREHOLDER MEETING
<TEXT>

Shareholder meeting

On May 26, 2005, the Annual Meeting of the Fund was held to elect eight Trustees
and to ratify the actions of the Trustees in selecting  independent auditors for
the Fund.

Proxies  covering  9,743,702  shares of  beneficial  interest  were voted at the
meeting.  The common shareholders  elected the following Trustees to serve until
their  respective  successors  are duly  elected  and  qualified  (there was two
nominees for election by the preferred  shareholders),  with the votes tabulated
as follows:
                                                        WITHHELD
                                        FOR             AUTHORITY
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James F. Carlin                         9,651,626       88,516

Richard P. Chapman, Jr.                 9,645,751       94,391

William Cosgrove                        9,639,538       100,604

William H. Cunningham                   9,638,442       101,700

Richard Dion                            9,648,175       91,967

Charles Ladner                          9,651,175       88,967

Stephan Pruchansky                      9,650,732       89,410

Jamie Shepherdson *                     9,651,651       88,491

*James Shepherdson resigned effective July 15, 2005.

The preferred  shareholders  elected Dr. John A. Moore and Patti McGill Peterson
to serve as the  Fund's  Trustee  until  there  successor  is duly  elected  and
qualified,  with the votes  tabulated  as  follows:  3,548 FOR,  0  AGAINST,  12
ABSTAINING.

The common and  preferred  shareholders  ratified  the  Trustees'  selection  of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Fund's independent auditor for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2005, with votes tabulated as follows: 9,639,963 FOR, 36,850
AGAINST and 66,889 ABSTAINING.


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