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EX-99.B(j)hiconsnt
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to Registration
Statement No. 2-63643 on Form N-1A of Waddell & Reed Advisors High Income
Fund, Inc. of our report dated November 3, 2000, appearing in the Statement
of Additional Information, which is part of this Registration Statement, and to
the references to us under the caption "Financial Highlights" in the
Prospectus, which also is a part of this Registration Statement.
/s/Deloitte & Touche LLP
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Deloitte & Touche LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
December 13, 2000
