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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001133228-18-000690
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180209

FILER:

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

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	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
		ZIP:			02210

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		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HANCOCK JOHN INVESTORS TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left">February 9, 2018</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We have reviewed the Staff&#8217;s comments on the registration statements filed on Form N-2 on December 15, 2017 (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) for the John Hancock Investors Trust (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;).&#160; Below is a summary of the comments regarding the Registration Statement provided by the Staff on Tuesday, January 16, 2018. We respectfully submit this response letter on behalf of the Fund.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">We believe that the disclosure changes and supplemental responses discussed in this letter are fully responsive to the Staff&#8217;s comments, and resolve any matters raised.&#160; It is anticipated that the Fund will seek effectiveness of its Registration Statement, as amended, as soon as practicable after the filing of the next pre-effective amendment.&#160; The Fund will, in connection therewith, make the requested representations and file the necessary acceleration request.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Unless otherwise stated herein, defined terms have the same meaning as used by the Fund in its Registration Statements.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><u>JOHN HANCOCK INVESTORS TRUST</u></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><u>Comment: Facing Page</u></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please revise the approximate date of the proposed public offering to clarify the anticipated public offering dates for this Registration Statement.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Response</font>: In response to this comment, the Fund has revised the disclosure on the Facing Page to read as follows:</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strike>From time to time</strike></font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u>Commencing as soon as practicable</u></font> after the effective date of this Registration Statement <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u>and continuing from time to time thereafter</u></font>.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><u>Comment: Cover Page (Page i) and Back Page &#8212; Common Shares</u></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The John Hancock website address provided at which copies of the Fund&#8217;s annual report, semi-annual report, and other information about the Fund may be obtained should be specific to the information cited and should direct a shareholder to the exact webpage at which the cited information is located. Please update the website accordingly.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Response:</font>&#160; The Fund notes that the website address provided takes an investor to the John Hancock funds complex website, where the Fund&#8217;s specific web page is clearly marked. Due to the fact that this disclosure is complex-wide in nature, the Fund declines to change the website address, as doing so would create unnecessary complexity in the various funds&#8217; disclosures.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><u>Comment: Investment Strategy &#8212; Prospectus Summary (Page 1) and Prospectus Details (Page 17)</u></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Because &#8220;Portfolio Turnover Risk&#8221; is included under &#8220;Fund Summary - Principal Risks,&#8221; please add appropriate disclosure in the &#8220;Prospectus Summary <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">- </font>Investment Strategy&#8221; section, as well as the detailed discussion &#8220;Investment Strategies&#8221; section.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><u>Comment: Summary of Risks &#8212; General Risks</u></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The disclosure in &#8220;Portfolio Summary - General Risks - Tax Risks&#8221; (Page 5) of the prospectus indicates that Congress is currently considering numerous proposals to change the tax code. Please revise this disclosure to reflect the recent passing and singing into law of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Response: </font>In response to this comment, the Fund has removed the disclosure at the end of the second paragraph of &#8220;Prospectus Summary - General Risks - Tax Risks&#8221; as follows:</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt"><strike>For instance, Congress is considering numerous proposals to decrease the federal budget deficit, some of which include further increasing U.S. federal income taxes or decreasing certain favorable tax treatments currently included in the Code.</strike></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Because &#8220;Secondary Market for the Common Shares&#8221; is included under &#8220;Risk Factors,&#8221; please add corresponding disclosure under &#8220;Prospectus Summary - General Risks.&#8221;</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Because &#8220;Issuer risk&#8221; was included in the Fund&#8217;s registration statement filed December 18, 2014, please either add corresponding disclosure under &#8220;Prospectus Summary - Strategy Risks&#8221; or explain why it was appropriate to remove this risk.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Response: </font>The Fund believes &#8220;Issuer risk&#8221; is currently appropriately covered under both &#8220;Credit and counterparty risk&#8221; and &#8220;Fixed-income securities risk.&#8221; Accordingly, the Fund respectfully declines to make this change.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Because &#8220;Real Estate Investment Trusts (&#8220;REITs&#8221;) Risk&#8221; and &#8220;Warrants Risk&#8221; are included under &#8220;Prospectus Summary - Principal Risks,&#8221; please add investing in REITs and warrants as principal strategies under &#8220;Prospectus Summary<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> -</font> Investment Strategy,&#8221; as well as the detailed &#8220;Investment Strategies&#8221; section.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Response: </font>The Fund notes that it includes a description of warrant investments in the second sentence under &#8220;Prospectus Summary - Investment Strategy,&#8221; and therefore respectfully declines to make any change to its disclosure. The current disclosure reads as follows:</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt">&#8220;The Fund emphasizes corporate debt securities which pay interest on a fixed or contingent basis and which may possess certain equity features, such as conversion or exchange rights, <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">warrants</font> for the acquisition of the stock of the same or different issuers, or participations based on revenues, sales or profits.&#8221; (Emphasis added.)</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">The Fund does not invest in REITs as part of its principal investment strategies, so the Fund will delete references to REITs risk.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please confirm that disclosure regarding the Fund&#8217;s use of derivatives is not generic and is consistent with staff guidance in the <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-STYLE: italic">Letter from Barry Miller of the Division of Investment Management of the SEC to the Investment Company Institute</font>, dated July 20, 2010. In addition, please revise the disclosure in the detailed &#8220;Investment Strategies&#8221; section (Page 17) to identify the specific derivatives and hedging strategies the Fund may utilize, in particular those listed in the &#8220;Hedging, Derivatives and Other Strategic Transactions Risk&#8221; section.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt"><u>The Fund also may purchase and sell derivative instruments, including foreign currency forward contracts, foreign currency swaps, futures contracts, swaps, including credit-default swaps and interest-rate swaps, and options, including currency options.</u></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please confirm that the annual expenses expressed in the &#8220;Annual Expenses&#8221; fee table include the effect of the Fund&#8217;s leveraged transactions.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Response: </font>In response to this comment, Footnote 4 to the Annual Expenses table has been revised as follows:</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Response:</font> In response to this comment, the Fund has revised the cross reference at the end of the second paragraph to read as follows:</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt">Shares of common stock of closed-end investment companies frequently trade at a discount from NAV. See &#8220;Risk Factors&#8212;General Risks&#8212;Market Discount Risk&#8221; <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u>and &#8220;&#8212;Secondary Market for Common Shares.&#8221;</u></font></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Response: </font>In response to this comment, the Fund has revised the disclosure in the second paragraph under &#8220;Borrowing&#8221; to read as follows:</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt">The Fund is authorized to utilize leverage through borrowings, reinvestment of securities lending collateral or <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u>reverse</u></font> repurchase agreement proceeds, and/or the issuance of preferred shares, including the issuance of debt securities.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The opening paragraph of the &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; section uses in separate instances the terms &#8220;principal risks,&#8221; &#8220;main factors,&#8221; and &#8220;primary factors&#8221; when referencing the same principal risks of the Fund. Please remove the references to &#8220;main factors&#8221; and &#8220;primary factors&#8221; and use the terms &#8220;principal factors&#8221; or &#8220;non-principal factors&#8221; when differentiating between the Fund&#8217;s principal and non-principal risk factors.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Response: </font>In response to this comment, the Fund has revised the disclosure under &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; to read as follows:</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt">The principal risks of investing in the Fund are summarized in the Prospectus summary above. Below are descriptions of the <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strike>main </strike></font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u>principal</u></font> factors that may play a role in shaping the Fund&#8217;s overall risk profile. For further details about fund risks, including additional risk factors that are not discussed in this prospectus because they are <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strike>not</strike></font> considered <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strike>primary</strike></font>&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u>non-principal</u></font> factors, see the Fund&#8217;s Statement of Additional Information (SAI).</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please revise the disclosure under &#8220;Risk Factors - Lower-Rated and High-yield Fixed-Income Securities Risk&#8221; to make clear that &#8220;high-yield&#8221; fixed-income securities and &#8220;below investment grade&#8221; securities refer to the same category of securities.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Response:</font> In response to this comment, the Fund has revised the disclosure in the first paragraph of &#8220;Risk Factors - Lower-Rated and High-Yield Fixed-Income Securities Risk&#8221; to read as follows:</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><u>Comment: Risk Factors &#8212; Hedging, Derivatives and Other Strategic Transactions Risk (Page 34)</u></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Because equity-linked notes are referenced under &#8220;Prospectus Summary - Strategy Risks - Hedging, Derivatives and Other Strategic Transactions Risk&#8221;, please reference investments in equity-linked notes under &#8220;Risk Factors - Hedging, Derivatives and Other Strategic Transactions Risk.&#8221;</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Response: </font>As the Fund does not invest in equity-linked notes as a principal investment strategy, the Fund will remove this risk from &#8220;Prospectus Summary - Strategy Risks - Hedging, Derivatives and Other Strategic Transactions Risk.&#8221;</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The prospectus states that the Fund is generally permitted to carry forward a net capital loss incurred in any taxable year for differing time periods depending on the date the capital loss was realized, but does not include disclosure specific to the amount of the Fund&#8217;s loss carryforward. Please include disclosure regarding the Fund&#8217;s current loss carryforward amounts.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Response: </font>The Fund respectfully notes that detailed information regarding the Fund&#8217;s capital loss carryforward is included in the Statement of Additional Information. The information provided in the Statement of Additional Information includes the total amount available to offset future net realized capital gains of the Fund and a chart detailing the loss carryforward expiration schedule. Accordingly, the Fund respectfully declines to make any changes in response to this comment.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u>The Subadvisor handles the Fund&#8217;s portfolio management activities</u></font>&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strike>Day-to-day management of the Fund is the responsibility of the investment professionals associated with the Subadvisor</strike></font>, subject to oversight by the Advisor. The individuals <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u>primarily</u></font> responsible for <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strike>managing the implementation and monitoring </strike></font>the <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strike>overall portfolio </strike></font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u>day-to-day</u></font> management of the Fund<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u>&#8217;s portfolio</u></font> are listed below.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><u>Comment: Item 25. Financial Statements and Exhibits (Page C-2)</u></div>

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