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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20101031
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FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HANCOCK JOHN INVESTORS TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000759828
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
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		FILM NUMBER:		101280170

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		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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<h2 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font face=Arial style="font-size:10.0pt;">Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</font></b></h2>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:1.0pt;"><font color=black face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of John Hancock
Investors Trust: </font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:1.0pt;"><font color=black face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:1.0pt;"><font color=black face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">In planning and performing our audits of the financial
statements of John Hancock Investors Trust (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;) as of and for the year
ended October 31, 2010, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Fund's internal
control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities,
as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing
our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of
Form N-SAR, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting.
Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's
internal control over financial reporting.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining
effective internal control over financial reporting.&#160; In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess
the expected benefits and related costs of controls.&#160; A fund&#8217;s internal control
over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles.&#160; A fund's internal control over financial
reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the
maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly
reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the fund; (2)
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the fund
are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and
trustees of the fund; and (3)</font><font color=red face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </font><font face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use or disposition of a fund&#8217;s assets that could have a material
effect on the financial statements.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Because of
its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not
prevent or detect misstatements.&#160; Also, projections of any evaluation of
effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may
become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of
compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">A
deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design
or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal
course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect
misstatements on a timely basis.&#160; A material weakness is a deficiency, or a
combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such
that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Fund's
annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a
timely basis.&#160; </font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our
consideration of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting was for
the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily
disclose all deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting that
might be material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States).&#160; However, we noted no deficiencies
in the Fund's internal control over financial reporting and their operation,
including controls over safeguarding securities that we consider to be material
weaknesses as defined above as of October 31, 2010.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:1.0pt;"><font color=black face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">This report is intended solely for the information and use
of management and the Board of Trustees of John Hancock Investors Trust and the
Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be
used by anyone other than these specified parties.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><u><font face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</font></u></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Boston, Massachusetts</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face=Arial lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">December
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PREFERRED INCOME FUND</font></b></p>

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RESTATED</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;text-align:center;"><b><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">JOHN HANCOCK TAX-ADVANTAGED
DIVIDEND INCOME FUND</font></b></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;text-align:center;"><b><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">DATED </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.5pt;">DECEMBER 16, 2003 </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">AS
</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.5pt;">AMENDED MARCH 8, 2005</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;"> AS AMENDED</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">Section 4.3 of ARTICLE IV is hereby amended to read as
follows in its entirety:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">Section 4.3&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">Retirement Age</font></u><b><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">.&#160;&#160; </font></b><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">The
retirement age for Trustees shall be seventy three and therefore each Trustee
shall retire from service on December 31 of the year in which he or she reaches
his or her seventy-third birthday.</font></p>

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