U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 24F-2
Annual Notice of Securities Sold
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
Read instructions at end of Form before preparing Form.
Please print or type.
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1. Name and address of issuer:
John Hancock Tax-Exempt Series Trust
101 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02199-7603
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2. Name of each series or class of securities for which this Form is
filed (If Form is being filed for all series and classes of securites
of the issuer, check the box but do not list series or classes):
[X]
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3. Investment Company Act File Number:
811 - 5079
Securities Act File Number:
33 - 12947
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4 (a). Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is
filed:
August 31, 1998
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4 (b). Check box if this Form is being filed late (i.e., more than 90
calendar days after the end of the issuer's fiscal year).
(See Instruction A.2)
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Note: If the Form is being filed late, interest must be paid on the
registration fee due.
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4 (c). Check box if this is the last time the issuer will be filing this
Form.
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5. Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal
year pursuant to 24(f):
$ 26,319,875
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(ii)Aggregate price of securities redeemed or
repurchased during the fiscal year:
$ (20,856,686)
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(iiiAggregate price of securities redeemed or repurchased during
any prior fiscal year ending no earlier than October 11, 1995
that were not previously used to reduce registration fees
payable to the Commission:
$ (5,224,323)
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(iv)Total available redemption credits [add items 5(ii) and
5(iii)]:
-$ (26,081,009)
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(v) Net sales - if Item 5(i) is greater than Item 5(iv)
[subtract Item 5(iv) from Item 5(i)]:
$ 238,866
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(vi)Redemption credits available for use in future years
-- if Item 5(i) is less than Item 5(iv) [subtract Item
5(iv) from Item 5(i)]:
$( - )
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(vii)Multiplier for determining registration fee
(See Instruction C.9):
x 0.000295
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(viiRegistration fee due [multiply Item 5(v) by Item
5(vii)] (enter "0" if no fee is due):
=$ 70
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6. Prepaid Shares
If the response to Item 5(i) was determined by deducting an amount of
securities that were registered under the Securities Act of 1933
pursuant to rule 24e-2 as in effect before October 11, 1997, then
report the amount of securities (number of shares or other units)
deducted here: ________________0_. If there is such a number of shares
or other units that were registered pursuant to fule 24e-2 remaining
unsold at the end of the fiscal year for which this form is filed that
are available for use by the issuer in future fiscal years, then state
that number here: ________________________.
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7. Interest due -- if this Form is being filed more than 90 days after
the end of the issuer's fiscal year
(see Instruction D):
+$ 0
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8. Total of the amount of the registration fee due plus any interest due
[line 5(viii) plus line 7]:
=$ 70
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9. Date the registration fee and any interest payment was sent to the
Commission's lockbox depository:
Method of Delivery:
[X] Wire Transfer
[ ] Mail or other means
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SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf
of the issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
By (Signature and Title) * /s/Ismail Gunes
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Vice President
Date: November 3, 1998
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* Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.
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