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JOHN HANCOCK CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE INCOME FUND
101 HUNTINGTON AVENUE
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02109
June 30, 1995
BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
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Securities and Exchange Commission
File Desk
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Request to Withdraw Registration Statement
on Form N-14 of John Hancock California Tax-Free
Income Fund (File Nos. 33-60319 and 811-5979)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rules 477(a), 477(c) and 478(c) under the Securities Act of
1933, John Hancock Bond Fund (the "Registrant") respectfully requests an order
of the Commission authorizing withdrawal of the Registration Statement
referenced above that was filed on June 16, 1995. The Registrant believes that
such an order is in the public interest because a subsequent complete
registration statement on Form N-14 relating to the same transaction was filed
with the Commission on June 23, 1995.
If you have any questions or comments concerning the foregoing, please
do not hesitate to call Elaine M. Hartnett, Esq. or Pamela J. Wilson, Esq. at
Hale and Dorr, counsel to the Registrant, at (617) 526-6000 (collect).
Very truly yours,
JOHN HANCOCK BOND FUND
By: /s/ Thomas H. Drohan
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Thomas H. Drohan
Senior Vice President
cc: Brion R. Thompson, Esq.
Ms. Marilyn Lutzer
Mr. George Gorman
Jeffrey N. Carp, Esq.
Pamela J. Wilson, Esq.
Elaine M. Hartnett, Esq.
