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<TYPE>EX-99.H
<SEQUENCE>6
<FILENAME>ex99h4.txt
<DESCRIPTION>AMNDMNT TO ACCTNG & LGL SRVCS
<TEXT>

                                                                All Funds except
                                                                   Patriot Funds
                                                Bank and Thrift Opportunity Fund


                     ACCOUNTING AND LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
                          AMENDMENT DATED MARCH 8, 2005


RESOLVED,  that the  Accounting and Legal  Services  Agreement  dated January 1,
1996, as amended July 1, 2004, between the John Hancock Funds listed on Schedule
A ("Funds")  and John  Hancock  Advisers,  LLC  ("Administrator")  is amended as
follows, effective April 1, 2005:

     1.   (B)  Services.  Legal  services  shall  include  services  of the John
          Hancock Life  Insurance  Company's JH Funds legal group and  responses
          prepared by the John Hancock  Life  Insurance  Company  legal staff on
          behalf of the Funds to subpoenas and appropriate  information requests
          for shareholder records.
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</DOCUMENT>