EX-99.77O RULE 10F-3

     EXHIBIT 77O TRANSACTIONS  EFFECTED PURSUANT TO RULE 10f-3 John Hancock V.A.
International  Fund  purchased  9,600  shares of common  stock in an offering of
760,100,000 shares of common stock (issuer-Friends  Provident PLC) at a price of
$2.25  on  July  6,  2001.  The  seller  to the  fund  was  Merrill  Lynch.  The
underwriting  syndicate  included  Merrill  Lynch  International,  Goldman Sachs
International,  Cazenove,  Foxx-Pitt,  Kelton, HSBC. The determinations required
pursuant  to Rule 10f-3 were made in  reliance  on  written  representations  by
Nicholas  Applegate  Capital  Management  including a section  10f-3  compliance
report.

EX-99.77B ACCT LTTR

     Report of  Independent  Auditors To the Board of  Trustees of John  Hancock
Declaration  Trust  In  planning  and  performing  our  audit  of the  financial
statements  of the John  Hancock  Declaration  Trust  (the  Trust)  (comprising,
respectively, the V.A. Financial Industries Fund, V.A. Relative Value Fund, V.A.
Sovereign  Investors Fund, V.A. Strategic Income Fund and V.A.  Technology Fund)
for the year ended  December  31, 2001,  we  considered  its  internal  control,
including control activities for safeguarding securities,  in order to determine
our  auditing  procedures  for the  purpose  of  expressing  our  opinion on the
financial  statements and to comply with the  requirements of Form N-SAR, not to
provide  assurance  on  internal  control.   The  management  of  the  Trust  is
responsible for establishing  and maintaining  internal  control.  In fulfilling
this  responsibility,  estimates  and  judgments by  management  are required to
assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls.  Generally, controls
that are  relevant to an audit  pertain to the Trust's  objective  of  preparing
financial  statements  for  external  purposes  that  are  fairly  presented  in
conformity with accounting  principles  generally accepted in the United States.
Those  controls  include  the   safeguarding  of  assets  against   unauthorized
acquisition, use or disposition. Because of inherent limitations in any internal
control,  misstatements  due to errors  or fraud may occur and not be  detected.
Also,  projection  of any  evaluation of internal  control to future  periods is
subject  to the  risk  that it may  become  inadequate  because  of  changes  in
conditions,   or  that  the  effectiveness  of  the  design  and  operation  may
deteriorate.  Our  consideration  of  internal  control  would  not  necessarily
disclose all matters in internal control that might be material weaknesses under
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
A material  weakness is a condition  in which the design or  operation of one or
more of the internal  control  components  does not reduce to a  relatively  low
level the risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud in amounts that would
be material in relation to the financial  statements being audited may occur and
not be detected  within a timely  period by  employees  in the normal  course of
performing  their assigned  functions.  However,  we noted no matters  involving
internal  control  and  its  operation,   including  controls  for  safeguarding
securities  that we consider to be material  weaknesses  as defined  above as of
December 31, 2001. This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management,  the Board of Trustees of the John Hancock Declaration Trust and the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission and is not intended to be and should not be
used by anyone  other than these  specified  parties.  ERNST & YOUNG LLP Boston,
Massachusetts February 8, 2001

EX-99.77Q1 OTHR EXHB

     JOHN HANCOCK  DECLARATION  TRUST  Abolition of John Hancock V.A. Bond Fund,
John Hancock V.A.  Core Equity  Fund,  John Hancock V.A.  Large Cap Growth Fund,
John Hancock V.A. Mid Cap Growth Fund,  John Hancock V.A. Small Cap Growth Fund,
John Hancock V.A. 500 Index Fund,  John Hancock V.A. High Yield Bond Fund,  John
Hancock V.A.  International  Fund, John Hancock V.A. Money Market Fund, and John
Hancock V.A.  Regional  Bank Fund (the  "Funds")  and  Amendment of Section 5.11
Abolition of the Funds The undersigned, being a majority of the Trustees of John
Hancock Declaration Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the "Trust"),  acting
pursuant to Section 8.3 of the Amended and Restated  Declaration  of Trust dated
June 6, 2000,  as amended  from time to time (the  "Declaration  of Trust"),  do
hereby  abolish the John Hancock V.A.  Bond Fund,  John Hancock V.A. Core Equity
Fund,  John Hancock V.A. Large Cap Growth Fund, John Hancock V.A. Mid Cap Growth
Fund, John Hancock V.A. Small Cap Growth Fund, John Hancock V.A. 500 Index Fund,
John Hancock V.A. High Yield Bond Fund,  John Hancock V.A.  International  Fund,
John Hancock V.A.  Money Market Fund,  and John Hancock V.A.  Regional Bank Fund
and in  connection  therewith  do  hereby  extinguish  any  and all  rights  and
preferences  of such  Funds as set  forth in the  Declaration  of Trust  and the
Trust's  Registration  Statement  on Form N-1A.  The  abolition of the Funds are
effective as of December 31,  2001.  Amendment of Section 5.11 The  undersigned,
being  a  majority  of  the  Trustees  of  John  Hancock  Declaration  Trust,  a
Massachusetts  business trust (the "Trust"),  acting  pursuant to Section 8.3 of
the Amended and  Restated  Declaration  of Trust dated June 6, 2000,  as amended
from time to time, do hereby amend Section 5.11, effective December 31, 2001, as
follows:  1. Section 5.11 (a) shall be deleted and replaced with the  following:
Without  limiting  the  authority  of the  Trustees  set forth in Section 5.1 to
establish  and  designate  any further  Series or Classes,  the Trustees  hereby
establish  the  following  Series,  each of which  consists of a single Class of
Shares: John Hancock V.A. Financial  Industries Fund, John Hancock V.A. Relative
Value Fund,  John  Hancock  V.A.  Sovereign  Investors  Fund,  John Hancock V.A.
Strategic  Income Fund and John  Hancock  V.A.  Technology  Fund (the  "Existing
Series").  IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned have executed this instrument on
the 20th  day of  November  2001.  _________________________________  Dennis  S.
Aronowitz       _________________________________       Gail      D.      Fosler
_________________________________           John           M.           DeCiccio
_________________________________           William          F.           Glavin
_________________________________       Richard      P.       Chapman,       Jr.
_________________________________            John            A.            Moore
_________________________________          William          J.          Cosgrove
_________________________________          Patti         McGill         Peterson
_________________________________           Richard          A.          Farrell
_________________________________            John            W.            Pratt
_________________________________  Maureen R. Ford The  Declaration  of Trust, a
copy of which, together with all amendments thereto, is on file in the office of
the Secretary of State of The  Commonwealth of  Massachusetts,  provides that no
Trustee,  officer, employee or agent of the Trust or any Series thereof shall be
subject to any personal  liability  whatsoever to any Person,  other than to the
Trust or its  shareholders,  in connection with Trust Property or the affairs of
the Trust,  save only that arising from bad faith,  willful  misfeasance,  gross
negligence or reckless  disregard of his/her duties with respect to such Person;
and all such Persons  shall look solely to the Trust  Property,  or to the Trust
Property of one or more  specific  Series of the Trust if the claim  arises from
the conduct of such  Trustee,  officer,  employee or agent with  respect to only
such Series, for satisfaction of claims of any nature arising in connection with
the affairs of the Trust. s:\dectrust\amendmts\dectrust\abolish 10 va funds

EX-99.77C VOTES

     JOHN HANCOCK  V.A. 500 INDEX FUND JOHN HANCOCK V.A.  BOND FUND JOHN HANCOCK
V.A.  CORE EQUITY FUND JOHN HANCOCK V.A.  HIGH YIELD BOND FUND JOHN HANCOCK V.A.
INTERNATINAL  FUND JOHN HANCOCK V.A. LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND JOHN HANCOCK V.A. MID
CAP GROWTH FUND JOHN HANCOCK V.A.  MONEY MARKET FUND JOHN HANCOCK V.A.  REGIONAL
BANK FUND JOHN  HANCOCK  V.A.  SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND  Exhibit - Item 77 Sub-Item
77.C.  December  5, 2001  Special  Meeting  To approve  Agreements  and Plans of
Reorganization  between the following  funds as described in the proxy statement
for these  meetings  dated  November 1, 2001, be and hereby are  authorized  and
approved:  John  Hancock  V.A.  500 Index Fund and Equity Index Fund of the John
Hancock  Variable  Series Trust I; John  Hancock V.A.  Bond Fund and Active Bond
Fund of the John Hancock  Variable Series Trust I; John Hancock V.A. Core Equity
Fund and Growth & Income Fund of the John Hancock  Variable Series Trust I; John
Hancock V.A. High Yield Bond Fund and John Hancock V.A.  Strategic  Income Fund;
John Hancock V.A.  International Fund and International  Equity Fund of the John
Hancock  Variable  Series Trust I; John  Hancock V.A.  Large Cap Growth Fund and
Growth & Income Fund of the John Hancock  Variable  Series Trust I; John Hancock
V.A.  Mid Cap  Growth  Fund and  Fundamental  Growth  Fund of the  John  Hancock
Variable  Series Trust I; John  Hancock V.A.  Money Market Fund and Money Market
Fund of the John Hancock  Variable  Series  Trust I; John Hancock V.A.  Regional
Bank Fund and John Hancock V.A.  Financial  Industries  Fund;  John Hancock V.A.
Small Cap Growth  Fund and Small Cap Growth  Fund of the John  Hancock  Variable
Series Trust I. V.A. 500 Index Fund Number of affirmative votes - 976,795 Number
of  negative  votes - 21,461  V.A.  Bond  Fund  Number  of  affirmative  votes -
5,925,979  Number of negative  votes - 133,431  V.A.  Core Equity Fund Number of
affirmative  votes - 2,136,315  Number of negative votes - 8,747 V.A. High Yield
Bond Fund Number of affirmative votes - 528,299 Number of negative votes - 4,270
V.A. International Fund Number of affirmative votes - 266,674 Number of negative
votes - 4,754 V.A. Large Cap Growth Fund Number of  affirmative  votes - 671,723
Number of negative votes - 11,226 V.A. Mid Cap Growth Fund Number of affirmative
votes - 453,677  Number of negative votes - 16,468 V.A. Money Market Fund Number
of  affirmative  votes - 121,215,216  Number of negative  votes - 2,600,931 V.A.
Regional  Bank Fund  Number of  affirmative  votes - 930,610  Number of negative
votes - 39,953 V.A. Small Cap Growth Fund Number of affirmative  votes - 853,469
Number of negative votes - 10,400