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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-118374
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	RW
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180416
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180416

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000845611
		IRS NUMBER:				133523423
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		RW
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-195589
		FILM NUMBER:		18756420

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE CORPORATE CENTER
		CITY:			RYE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10580
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2123098408

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE CORPORATE CENTER
		CITY:			RYE YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10580

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GABELLI CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES FUND INC /DE
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970507

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GABELLI SERIES FUNDS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">One Corporate Center </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Rye, New York
10580-1422 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">April&nbsp;16, 2018 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>VIA
EDGAR </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Investment Management </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street N.E. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">RE:</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>(File No.</U><U></U><U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-195589)</FONT></U> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies&nbsp;&amp;
Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to Rule 477 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148;), The
Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc. (the &#147;<U>Fund</U>&#148;) hereby requests that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;) consent to the withdrawal of the Registration Statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-2,</FONT> Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-195589</FONT> (together with all exhibits thereto, the &#147;<U> Registration Statement</U>&#148;), filed in connection with the proposed offering of
the Fund&#146;s securities on a delayed or continuous basis in reliance on Rule&nbsp;415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148;). The Registration Statement was originally filed with the Commission on
April&nbsp;30, 2014. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund no longer anticipates conducting an offering of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. The
Registrant Statement has not been declared effective by the Commission, and no securities were sold in connection with the offering described in the Registration Statement. The Fund believes that the withdrawal of the Registration Statement is
consistent with the public interest and the protection of investors, as contemplated by Rule 477. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund requests, in accordance with
Rule 457(p) promulgated under the Securities Act, that all fees paid to the Commission in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement be credited to the account of the Fund for future use. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">April&nbsp;16, 2018 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Page 2 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If you have any questions regarding the foregoing application for withdrawal, please contact our counsel, Richard T. Prins of Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher&nbsp;&amp; Flom LLP, at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(212)&nbsp;735-2790,</FONT> Thomas A. DeCapo, at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(617)&nbsp;573-4814,</FONT> or Kenneth E. Burdon, at
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(617)&nbsp;573-4836.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Very Truly Yours,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">THE GABELLI CONVERTIBLE AND</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">INCOME
SECURITIES FUND INC. </P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Bruce N. Alpert</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Bruce N. Alpert</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title: &nbsp;&nbsp;President</TD></TR>
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