POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints the individuals named on Schedule A
attached hereto and as may be amended from time to time, or any
of them signing singly, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-
in-fact to:
1.	as may be required, prepare, execute in the undersigned's
name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID,
including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary
or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports
required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or any rule or regulation
of the SEC;
2.	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as a reporting person pursuant to Section
16 of the Exchange Act, and the rules thereunder of the
applicable registered investment companies (and any successor
companies) listed on Schedule A attached hereto, as amended from
time to time, and any other registered investment company
affiliated with or established by Aberdeen Asset Management
Inc., Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited, Aberdeen Asset Management
Asia Limited, or their affiliates, for which the undersigned
becomes a Section 16 reporting person (each, a "Fund"), Forms 3,
4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act;
3.	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with
the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
4.	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing that, in the opinion of any of such
attorneys-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by any of such attorneys-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as any of such attorneys-in-fact may approve in the
discretion of any of such attorneys-in-fact.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in
the exercise of any rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any of such
attorneys-in-fact, or the substitute or substitutes of any of
such attorneys-in-fact, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is any Fund assuming, any
of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Exchange Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by any Fund, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 1st day of December 2017.

Signature:  	/s/ Andrea Melia
Name:  Andrea Melia














SCHEDULE A

FUND NAME AND TICKER SYMBOL
1.	ABERDEEN AUSTRALIA EQUITY FUND, INC. (IAF)
2.	ABERDEEN ASIA-PACIFIC INCOME FUND, INC. (FAX)
3.	ABERDEEN GLOBAL INCOME FUND, INC. (FCO)
4.	ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY INCOME FUND, INC. (AEF)
5.	THE INDIA FUND, INC. (IFN)
6.	ABERDEEN JAPAN EQUITY FUND, INC. (JEQ)
7.	FIRST TRUST/ABERDEEN GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY INCOME FUND (FAM)
8.	FIRST TRUST/ABERDEEN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY FUND (FEO)
9.	ABERDEEN INCOME CREDIT STRATEGIES FUND (ACP)
10. ABERDEEN ASIA-PACIFIC INCOME INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED
(FAP)
11.  ABERDEEN GLOBAL PREMIER PROPERTIES FUND (AWP)
12. ABERDEEN GLOBAL DYNAMIC DIVIDEND FUND (AGD)
13. ABERDEEN TOTAL DYNAMIC DIVIDEND FUND (AOD)

INDIVIDUALS APPOINTED AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT,
WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION AND RESUBSTITUTION
1.	Jennifer Nichols
2.	Lucia Sitar
3.	Megan Kennedy
4.	Alan Goodson
5.	Jennifer Rogers
6.	Joseph Andolina
7.	Lisa Kupper
8.	Katherine Corey
9.	Robert Hepp
10.	Jeffrey Cotton