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               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS




We consent to the references to our firm under the captions "Financial
Highlights" for the John Hancock Investors Trust in the John Hancock Investors
Trust Auction Preferred Shares prospectus and "Independent Auditors" and
"Financial Statements" in the John Hancock Investors Trust Statement of
Additional Information and to the incorporation by reference in Pre-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Form N-2, No. 333-108637) of our
report dated February 7, 2003, on the financial statements and financial
highlights in the Annual Report to the Shareholders for the year ended December
31, 2002, of the John Hancock Investors Trust for the registration of its
Auction Preferred Shares.



                                   /s/  ERNST & YOUNG LLP


Boston, Massachusetts
October 23, 2003



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