BLACKROCK 1998 TERM TRUST INC
NSAR-A, 1997-09-04
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SIGNATURE   HENRY GABBAY
TITLE       TREASURER


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For the semi-annual period ended June 30, 1997
File number 811-6284


                        SUB-ITEM 77C
     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders


     An Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on
April 15, 1997.  At such meeting the shareholders
approved the selection of auditors and the election of
directors.  Pursuant to Instruction 2 of this Sub-Item,
information as to these matters has not been included
in this Attachment.  In addition, the Shareholders
considered and approved a proposal to approve a new
investment advisory agreement with BlackRock Financial
Management, Inc. that eliminates the step-down in the
investment advisory fee schedule.  The number of
affirmative votes cast in favor of this proposal were
25,086,769 and the number of negative votes cast in
opposition to this proposal were 5,5146,309.  The
Shareholders also disapproved a proposal to change the
Fund from a closed-end to a open-end fund.  The number
affirmative votes cast in favor of this proposal were
7,205,998 and the number of negative votes cast in
opposition to this proposal were 22,788,582.


E:\MATTHEWS\FUNDS\BLCKRCK\BQTEXH.77Q




For the semi-annual period ended June 30, 1997
File number 811-6284


                        SUB-ITEM 77Q1
                          Exhibits


     (e) Amended Investment Advisory Contract.


1



                  INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
                                

      AGREEMENT, dated April 15, 1997, between The BlackRock 1998
Term  Trust  Inc.  ("BBT")  (the  "Trust"),  a  corporation,  and
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. (the "Adviser"), a  Delaware
corporation.

     In consideration of the mutual promises and agreement herein
contained and other good and valuable consideration, the  receipt
of  which is hereby acknowledged, it is agreed by and between the
parties hereto as follows:

1.  In General

      The Adviser agrees, all as more fully set forth herein,  to
act  as  investment  adviser to the Trust  with  respect  to  the
investment of the Trust's assets and to supervise and arrange the
purchase of securities for and the sale of securities held in the
investment portfolio of the Trust.

2.   Duties  and  obligations  of the  Adviser  with  respect  to
investments of assets of the Trust

      (a)   Subject to the succeeding  provisions of this section
and subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board  of
Directors,  the Adviser shall (i) act as investment  adviser  for
and  supervise and manage the investment and reinvestment of  the
Trust's   assets  and  in  connection  therewith  have   complete
discretion in purchasing and selling securities and other  assets
for  the  Trust and in voting, exercising consents and exercising
all other rights appertaining to such securities and other assets
on   behalf  of  the  Trust;  (ii)  supervise  continuously   the
investment  program  of  the Trust and  the  composition  of  its
investment   portfolio;  and  (iii)  arrange,  subject   to   the
provisions  of paragraph 3 hereof, for the purchase and  sale  of
securities  and other assets held in the investment portfolio  of
the Trust.

      (b)  In the performance of its duties under this Agreement,
the  Adviser shall at all times conform to, and act in accordance
with,  any  requirements imposed by (i)  the  provisions  of  the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act"), and of any  rules  or
regulations  in  force  thereunder;  (ii)  any  other  applicable
provision  of  law;  (iii)  the provisions  of  the  Articles  of
Incorporation  and  By-Laws of the Trust, as such  documents  are
amended  from  time  to time; (iv) the investment  objective  and
policies  of the Trust as set forth in its Registration Statement
on Form N-2; and (v) any policies and determinations of the Board
of Directors of the Trust.

      (c)   The Adviser will bear all costs and expenses  of  its
partners  and  employees and any overhead incurred in  connection
with  its  duties  hereunder and shall  bear  the  costs  of  any
salaries  or directors fees of any officers or directors  of  the
Trust  who are affiliated persons (as defined in the Act) of  the
Adviser  except  that the Board of Directors  of  the  Trust  may
approve  reimbursement to the Adviser of the pro rata portion  of
the  salaries, bonuses, health insurance, retirement benefits and
all  similar  employment  costs  for  the  time  spent  on  Trust
operations  (other than the provisions of investment  advice)  of
all personnel employed by the Adviser who devote substantial time
to  Trust  operations  or  the  operations  of  other  investment
companies advised by the Adviser.

      (d)   The Adviser shall give the Trust the benefit  of  its
best judgment and effort in rendering services hereunder, but the
Adviser  shall not be liable for any act or omission or  for  any
loss  sustained  by the Trust in connection with the  matters  to
which  this  Agreement  relates, except  a  loss  resulting  from
willful  misfeasance,  bad  faith  or  gross  negligence  in  the
performance of its duties, or by reason of its reckless disregard
of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.

      (e)  Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Adviser or
any  partner,  officer, employee or other affiliate thereof  from
acting  as  investment  adviser for any  other  person,  firm  or
corporation,  or from engaging in any other lawful activity,  and
shall not in any way limit or restrict the Adviser or any of  its
partners,  officers, employees or agents from buying, selling  or
trading  any securities for its or their own accounts or for  the
accounts  of others for whom it or they may be acting,  provided,
however  that the Adviser will undertake no activities which,  in
its  judgment,  will  adversely affect  the  performance  of  its
obligations under this Agreement.

3.  Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage

      The Adviser is authorized, for the purchase and sale of the
Trust's  portfolio securities, to employ such securities  dealers
as  may, in the judgment of the Adviser, implement the policy  of
the Trust to obtain the best net results taking into account such
factors  as  price, including dealer spread, the size,  type  and
difficulty  of  the  transaction  involved,  the  firm's  general
execution  and   operational facilities and the  firm's  risk  in
positioning  the  securities  involved.   Consistent  with   this
policy, the Adviser is authorized to direct the execution of  the
Trust's  portfolio transactions to dealers and brokers furnishing
statistical information or research deemed by the Adviser to  the
useful  or valuable to the performance of its investment advisory
functions for the Trust.

4.  Compensation of the Adviser

      (a)  The Trust agrees to pay to the Adviser and the Adviser
agrees  to accept as full compensation for all services  rendered
by  the Adviser as such, a fee computed and payable monthly in an
amount  equal  to  .40% of the Trust's average weekly  net  asset
value  on  an  annualized basis until termination  of  the  Trust
pursuant  to its Articles of Incorporation.  For any period  less
than  a  month during which this Agreement is in effect, the  fee
shall  be prorated according to the proportion which such  period
bears  to a full month of 28, 29, 30 or 31 days, as the case  may
be.

      (b)  For purposes of this Agreement, the net assets of  the
Trust  shall be calculated pursuant to the procedures adopted  by
resolutions of the Directors of the Trust for calculating the net
asset value of the Trust's shares or delegating such calculations
to third parties.
5.  Indemnity

      (a)   The Trust hereby agrees to indemnify the Adviser  and
each  of  the  Adviser's partners, officers,  employees,  agents,
associates  and  controlling persons and the partners,  officers,
employees and agents thereof (including any individual who serves
at the Advisers request as director, officer, partner, trustee or
the  like  of  another corporation) (each such  person  being  an
"indemnitee")  against  any liabilities and  expenses,  including
amounts  paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise  or  as
fines  and  penalties,  and  counsel fees  (all  as  provided  in
accordance with applicable corporate law) reasonably incurred  by
such indemnitee in connection with the defense or disposition  of
any  action, suit or other proceeding, whether civil or criminal,
before any court or administrative or investigative body in which
he  may  be or may have been involved as a party or otherwise  or
with which he may be or may have been threatened, while acting in
any capacity set forth above in this Section 5 or  thereafter  by
reason  of  his  having acted in any such capacity,  except  with
respect  to any matter as to which he shall have been adjudicated
not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his
action was in the best interest of the Trust and furthermore,  in
the  case  of  any  criminal proceeding, so long  as  he  had  no
reasonable  cause  to  believe that  the  conduct  was  unlawful,
provided,  however, that (1) no indemnitee shall  be  indemnified
hereunder  against any liability to the Trust or its shareholders
or  any  expense  of such indemnitee arising  by  reason  of  (i)
willful  misfeasance, (ii) bad faith, (iii) gross  negligence  or
(iv) reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct  of
his position (the conduct referred to in such clauses (i) through
(iv)  being sometimes referred to herein as "disabling conduct"),
(2)  as  to any matter disposed of by  settlement or a compromise
payment  by  such  indemnitee, pursuant to a  consent  decree  or
otherwise, no indemnification either for said payment or for  any
other  expenses  shall  be  provided  unless  there  has  been  a
determination that such settlement or compromise is in  the  best
interests of the Trust and that such indemnitee appears  to  have
acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action  was
in  the  best interest of the Trust and did not involve disabling
conduct  by  such indemnitee and (3) with respect to any  action,
suit or other proceeding voluntarily prosecuted by any indemnitee
as  plaintiff,  indemnification shall be mandatory  only  if  the
prosecution  of  such action, suit or other  proceeding  by  such
indemnitee was authorized by a majority of the full Board of  the
Trust.

      (b)   The  Trust shall make advance payments in  connection
with  the expenses of defending any action with respect to  which
indemnification might be sought hereunder if the Trust receives a
written  affirmation of the indemnitee's good faith  belief  that
the  standard of conduct necessary for indemnification  has  been
met and a written undertaking to reimburse the Trust unless it is
subsequently   determined   that   he   is   entitled   to   such
indemnification and if the directors of the Trust determine  that
the  facts then known to them would not preclude indemnification.
In  addition,  at least one of the following conditions  must  be
met:   (A)  the  indemnitee  shall provide  a  security  for  his
undertaking,   (B)  the  Trust shall be  insured  against  losses
arising by reason of any lawful advances,  or (C) a majority of a
quorum  consisting  of  directors of the Trust  who  are  neither
"interested   persons"  of  the  Trust  (as  defined  in  Section
2(a)(19)   of   the   Act)   nor  parties   to   the   proceeding
("Disinterested   Non-Party  Directors") or an independent  legal
counsel in a written opinion, shall determine, based on a  review
of  readily  available  facts (as opposed to  a  full  trial-type
inquiry),  that  there is reason to believe that  the  indemnitee
ultimately will be found entitled to indemnification.
      (c)   All  determinations with respect  to  indemnification
hereunder shall be made (1) by a final decision on the merits  by
a court or other body before whom the proceeding was brought that
such indemnitee is not liable by reason of disabling conduct  or,
(2) in the absence of such a decision, by (i) a majority vote  of
a  quorum of the Disinterested Non-party Directors of the  Trust,
or  (ii)  if  such  a  quorum  is  not  obtainable  or  even,  if
obtainable,  if  a  majority  vote of  such  quorum  so  directs,
independent   legal   counsel  in   a   written   opinion.    All
determinations  that  advance payments  in  connection  with  the
expense of defending any proceeding shall be authorized shall  be
made  in  accordance  with the immediately preceding  clause  (2)
above.

     The rights accruing to any indemnitee under these provisions
shall  not  exclude any other right to which he may  be  lawfully
entitled.

6.  Duration and Termination

      This  Agreement shall become effective on the  date  it  is
approved  by  the stockholder of the Trust and shall continue  in
effect  for  a  period of two years and thereafter from  year  to
year,  but  only  so  long as such continuation  is  specifically
approved at least annually in accordance with the requirements of
the Act.

      This Agreement may be terminated by the Adviser at any time
without  penalty upon giving the Trust sixty days written  notice
(which  notice may be waived by the Trust) and may be  terminated
by  the Trust at any time without penalty upon giving the Adviser
sixty  days  notice (which notice may be waived by the  Adviser),
provided that such termination by the Trust shall be directed  or
approved by the vote of a majority of the Directors of the  Trust
in  office  at  the  time or by the vote  of  the  holders  of  a
"majority"  (as defined in the Act) of the voting  securities  of
the  Trust  at the time outstanding and entitled to  vote.   This
Agreement  shall  terminate automatically in  the  event  of  its
assignment (as "assignment" is defined in the Act).


7.  Notices

      Any notice under this Agreement shall be in writing to  the
other party at such address as the other party may designate from
time  to time for the receipt of such notice and shall be  deemed
to be received on the earlier of the date actually received or on
the  fourth day after the postmark if such notice is mailed first
class postage pre-paid.

8.  Governing Law

      This  Agreement shall be construed in accordance  with  the
laws  of  the  State of New York for contracts  to  be  performed
entirely  therein without reference to choice of  law  principles
thereof and in accordance with the applicable provisions  of  the
Act.

      IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF, the parties hereto  have  caused  the
foregoing  instrument  to be executed by  their  duly  authorized
officers, all as of the day and the year first above written.



                    THE BLACKROCK TRUSTS



                    By_______________________________________
                         Ralph L. Schlosstein,
                         President




                    BLACKROCK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, INC.



                    By_______________________________________
                         Laurence D. Fink,
                         Chairman & Chief Executive Officer





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     This report is signed on behalf of the Registrant
in the City of New York and State of New York on the
day of August, 1997.

THE BLACKROCK 1998 TERM TRUST INC.


Witness:    /s/ James Kong                        By:
/s/ Henry Gabbay                        James Kong
Henry Gabbay
       Assistant Treasurer
Treasurer















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