UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 15

CERTIFICATION  AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION  UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF
THE SECURITIES  EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER
SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

Commission File Number                                                   0-15630

                    Hanover Lease Income Limited Partnership
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          One Financial Center, 21st Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02111
                             (617) 482-8000 Ext. 205

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    (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                  of registrant's principal executive offices)

                          Limited Partnership Interest
            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                      None
       (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file
                 reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate, the appropriate rule provision(s)
relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

         Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)     X          Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)   X
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         Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)               Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)
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         Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)                Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)
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         Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)               Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)
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                                            Rule 15d-6
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Approximate number of holders of record
as of the certification or notice date:                                    3,368

Pursuant  to the  requirements of the  Securities Exchange  Act of 1934  Hanover
Lease Income  Limited Partnership has caused this  certification / notice  to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

Date:     May 12, 1998

By:       Arthur P. Beecher
          President
          TLP Leasing Programs, Inc.,
          one of its Corporate General Partners