-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Dsgy0tHtK8M0fZf4ZbDqHPD2TOZOwIiU2vwy8hGBYI9a3HHr17a9jigWcZURQ0aW ClIzaGxcD7w8nPQQKFlrCw== /in/edgar/work/20000726/0000045288-00-000004/0000045288-00-000004.txt : 20000921 0000045288-00-000004.hdr.sgml : 20000921 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000045288-00-000004 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NSAR-B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20000531 FILED AS OF DATE: 20000726 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HANCOCK JOHN SOVEREIGN BOND FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000045288 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [0000 ] IRS NUMBER: 042528977 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: NSAR-B SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-02402 FILM NUMBER: 679025 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 101 HUNTINGTON AVE STREET 2: JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02199 BUSINESS PHONE: 6173751702 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS STREET 2: 101 HUNTINGTON AVENUE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02199 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HANCOCK JOHN BOND FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HANCOCK JOHN BOND TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19910704 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HANCOCK JOHN BOND FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19841225 NSAR-B 1 0001.txt N-SAR (6.1) PAGE 1 000 B000000 05/31/2000 000 C000000 0000045288 000 D000000 N 000 E000000 NF 000 F000000 Y 000 G000000 N 000 H000000 N 000 I000000 6.1 000 J000000 A 001 A000000 JOHN HANCOCK SOVEREIGN BOND FUND 001 B000000 811-2402 001 C000000 6173751702 002 A000000 101 HUNTINGTON AVENUE 002 B000000 BOSTON 002 C000000 MA 002 D010000 02199 002 D020000 7603 003 000000 N 004 000000 N 005 000000 N 006 000000 N 007 A000000 Y 007 B000000 1 007 C010100 1 007 C020100 JOHN HANCOCK BOND FUND 007 C030100 N 007 C010200 2 007 C010300 3 007 C010400 4 007 C010500 5 007 C010600 6 007 C010700 7 007 C010800 8 007 C010900 9 007 C011000 10 008 A00AA01 JOHN HANCOCK ADVISERS, INC. 008 B00AA01 A 008 C00AA01 801-8124 008 D01AA01 BOSTON 008 D02AA01 MA 008 D03AA01 02199 008 D04AA01 7603 011 A00AA01 JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS, INC. 011 B00AA01 8-43582 011 C01AA01 BOSTON 011 C02AA01 MA 011 C03AA01 02199 011 C04AA01 7603 012 A00AA01 JOHN HANCOCK SIGNATURE SERVICES, INC. 012 B00AA01 84-1885 012 C01AA01 BOSTON PAGE 2 012 C02AA01 MA 012 C03AA01 02199 012 C04AA01 9114 012 A00AA02 THE CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST COMPANY 012 B00AA02 84- 012 C01AA02 SAN FRANISCO 012 C02AA02 CA 012 C03AA02 94101 013 A00AA01 ERNST & YOUNG LLP 013 B01AA01 BOSTON 013 B02AA01 MA 013 B03AA01 02116 014 A00AA01 SIGNATOR INVESTORS, INC. 014 B00AA01 8-13995 014 A00AA02 JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS, INC. 014 B00AA02 8-43582 015 A00AA01 INVESTORS BANK & TRUST COMPANY 015 B00AA01 C 015 C01AA01 BOSTON 015 C02AA01 MA 015 C03AA01 02111 015 E01AA01 X 015 A00AA02 CITIBANK, N.A. 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NEWTON TITLE VICE PRESIDENT EX-99 2 0002.txt Report of Independent Auditors To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of John Hancock Sovereign Bond Trust In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of John Hancock Bond Fund (a series comprising John Hancock Sovereign Bond Trust) for the year ended May 31, 2000, 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 John Hancock Sovereign Bond 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 entity's objective of preparing financial statements for external purposes that are fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Those controls include the safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition. Because of inherent limitations in internal control, error 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 at May 31, 2000. This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, the Board of Directors of John Hancock Sovereign Bond 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 July 7, 2000 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----