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	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:		N-23C-2
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	817-01030
		FILM NUMBER:		08884559

	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

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS
		STREET 2:		601 CONGRESS STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02210
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     <TD noWrap align=center><FONT face=serif size=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</FONT><BR>
<FONT face=serif size=2>Washington, DC 20549</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></P>
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<P align=center><FONT face=serif size=2>NOTIFICATION OF REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO RULE 23c-2 UNDER THE</FONT><BR>
<FONT face=serif size=2>INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940</FONT></P>
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     <TD noWrap align=center><FONT face=serif size=2>Securities Act File No. 333-108636</FONT><BR>
<FONT face=serif size=2>Investment Company Act File No. 811-04186</FONT><BR>
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<B><U><FONT face=serif size=2>John Hancock Income Securities Trust</FONT></U></B><BR>
<FONT face=serif size=2>Name of Registrant</FONT><BR>
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<B><U><FONT face=serif size=2>601 Congress Street</FONT></U></B><BR>
<B><U><FONT face=serif size=2>Boston, MA 02210-2805</FONT></U></B><BR>
<FONT face=serif size=2>Address of Principal Executive Office </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></P>
<P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>The undersigned registered closed-end investment company hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission that it intends to redeem securities of which it is the issuer, as set forth below in accordance with the requirements of Rule 23c-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the &#147;Act&#148;), and states that it is filing this notice with the Commission pursuant to permission granted by the Commission staff fewer than 30 days prior to the date set for the redemption.</FONT></P>
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     <TD noWrap><FONT face=serif size=2>(1) Title of Class of Securities to be Redeemed:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 4%" align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Auction Preferred Shares (&#147;APS&#148;) Series A and Series B</FONT></B></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>(2) Date on Which the Securities are to be Redeemed:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 4%" align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>The APS will be redeemed on the Dividend Payment Date for each Series as follows: Series A on June 26, 2008 and Series B on June 27, 2008.</FONT></B></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>(3) Applicable Provisions of the Governing Instrument Pursuant to Which the Securities are to be Redeemed:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 4%" align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Article 8.6, Paragraphs (a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) (h), (i) and (j) of the Amended and Restated By-laws </FONT></B></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>(4) Number of Shares and the Basis Upon Which the Securities to be Redeemed are to be Selected:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 4%" align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>John Hancock Income Securities Trust currently intends to redeem all of the outstanding shares of each of the APS Series &#151; Series A (1,780 shares), and Series B (1,780 shares).</FONT></B></P>
<P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Please note that this notice serves only to disclose a proposed redemption of each of the APS Series. Such redemption remains subject to the completion of financing.</FONT></P>
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<P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Pursuant to Rule 23c-2 under the Act, the registrant has caused this notification to be duly executed on its behalf in the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 6th day of June, 2008.</FONT></P>
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     <TD noWrap align=left width="100%"><B><FONT face=serif size=2>John Hancock Income Securities Trust</FONT></B> </TD></TR>
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     <TD noWrap align=left width="100%"><FONT face=serif size=2>By: </FONT><U><FONT face=serif size=2>/s/ Thomas M. Kinzler</FONT></U> </TD></TR>
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     <TD noWrap align=left width="100%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Name: Thomas M. Kinzler</FONT> </TD></TR>
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     <TD noWrap align=left width="100%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Title: Secretary and Chief Legal Officer</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE></DIV><BR>
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