Exhibit
10(i)
CONSENT OF
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’
To the Board of
Directors of
MML Bay State Life
Insurance Company
We consent to the
inclusion in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to Registration Statement
No. 33-76920 on Form N-4 of our report dated February 14, 2000 on our audit
of the LifeTrust Segment of MML Bay State Variable Annuity Separate Account
1 as of December 31, 1999 and for the year then ended, and of our report
dated February 1, 2000, on our audit of the statutory financial statements
of MML Bay State Life Insurance Company as of December 31, 1999 and for the
year then ended, which includes explanatory paragraphs relating to the use
of statutory accounting practices, which differ from generally accepted
accounting principles. We also consent to the reference to our Firm under
the caption “Experts” appearing in the Statement of Additional
Information.
DELOITTE
& TOUCHE
LLP
Hartford,
Connecticut
April 24,
2000
