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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000912938-02-000030
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20011130
FILED AS OF DATE:		20020125

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MFS GOVERNMENT MARKETS INCOME TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000811922
		IRS NUMBER:				046565627
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1130

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NSAR-B
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-05078
		FILM NUMBER:		02517069

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 BOYLSTON ST
		STREET 2:		15TH FLOOR
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02116
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6179545214

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 BOYLSTON STREET
		STREET 2:		15TH FLOOR
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02116
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SIGNATURE   MARK E. BRADLEY
TITLE       ASSISTANT TREASURER


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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

To the Trustees and Shareholders of MFS Government Markets Income Trust:

In  planning  and  performing  our  audit  of the  financial  statements  of MFS
Government  Markets  Income Trust (the "Trust") for the year ended  November 30,
2001 (on which we have issued our report dated January 10, 2002),  we considered
its internal control,  including control activities for safeguarding securities,
in order to determine our auditing  procedures for the purpose of expressing our
opinions on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form
N-SAR, and not to provide assurance on the Trust's internal control.

The  management of the Trust is responsible  for  establishing  and  maintaining
internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility,  estimates and judgments by
management  are  required to assess the expected  benefits and related  costs of
controls.  Generally,  controls  that are  relevant  to an audit  pertain to the
entity's objective of preparing financial  statements for external purposes that
are fairly presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America.  Those  controls  include the  safeguarding  of
assets against unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition.

Because of inherent  limitations in any internal  control,  misstatements due to
error  or  fraud  may  occur  and  not be  detected.  Also,  projections  of any
evaluation of internal control to future periods is subject to the risk that the
internal control may become inadequate  because of changes in conditions or that
the degree of compliance with policies or procedures deteriorates.

Our consideration of the Trust's internal control would not necessarily disclose
all  matters  in  internal  control  that  might be  material  weaknesses  under
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
A material  weakness is a condition  in which the design or  operation of one or
more of the internal  control  components  does not reduce to a  relatively  low
level the risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud in amounts that would
be material in relation to the financial  statements being audited may occur and
not be detected  within a timely  period by  employees  in the normal  course of
performing their assigned functions.  However, we noted no matters involving the
Trust's internal control and its operation,  including controls for safeguarding
securities  that we consider to be material  weaknesses  as defined  above as of
November 30, 2001.

This report is intended solely for the  information  and use of management,  the
Board of Trustees and  Shareholders of MFS Government  Markets Income 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.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE
Boston, Massachusetts

January 10, 2002


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Results of Shareholder Meeting (Unaudited)
At the annual meeting of  shareholders  of MFS Government  Markets Income Trust,
which was held on October 31, 2001, the following actions were taken:
Item 1. Trustees of the trust were elected as follows:
Number of shares
Nominee              For              Withhold Authority
Jeffrey L. Shames   90,629,394.638     2,012,133.846
John W. Ballen      90,645,430.184     1,996,098.300
Lawrence H. Cohn    90,626,888.617     2,014,639.867
Marshall N. Cohan   90,557,312.638     2,084,215.846
J. David Gibbons    90,564,917.945     2,076,610.539
William R. Gutow    90,641,208.638     2,000,319.846
J. Atwood Ives      90,630,597.806     2,010,930.678
Abby M. O'Neill     90,567,666.399     2,073,862.085
Lawrence T. Perera  90,619,040.184     2,022,488.300
William J. Poorvu   90,625,891.184     2,015,637.300
Arnold D. Scott     90,653,731.380     1,987,797.104
J. Dale Sherratt    90,645,340.304     1,996,188.180
Elaine R. Smith     90,619,687.926     2,021,840.558
Ward Smith          90,585,896.380     2,055,632.104
Item 2. The authorization of the Trustees to adopt an Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust.
Number of Shares
For 66,607,065.140
Against 11,241,540.086
Abstain 1,054,378.946
Broker Non-votes 14,714,025.000
Item 3. The amendment or removal of certain fundamental investment policies.
Number of Shares
For 63,835,236.872
Against 10,969,784.554
Abstain 989,318.058
Broker Non-votes 16,847,189.000
Item 4. The approval to change the trust's investment policy relating to
investments in U.S. government securities from fundamental
to nonfundamental.
Number of Shares
For 63,430,985.920
Against 11,279,403.474
Abstain 1,083,950.090
Broker Non-Votes 16,847,189.000
Item 5. The approval of a new investment advisory agreement with Massachusetts
Financial Services Company.
Number of Shares
For 89,326,439.063
Against 2,360,772.945
Abstain 954,316.476
Item 6. The  ratification  of the  selection  of  Deloitte  & Touche  LLP as the
independent  public  accountants to be employed by the trust for the fiscal year
ending November 30, 2001.
Number of Shares
For 90,410,456.189
Against 1,648,427.896
Abstain 582,644.399

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                                EXHIBIT 77Q1 (a)

A copy of the Amendment to the By-Laws dated August 8, 2001 are  incorporated by
reference to MFS Series Trust I (File Nos. 33-7638 and 811-4777)  Post-Effective
Amendment No. 39 filed with the SEC via EDGAR on December 28, 2001.

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