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

                                   FORM N-CSR

                   CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
                         MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-06591

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020
       (Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip code)

Ronald E. Robison
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 212-762-4000

Date of fiscal year end: October 31, 2005

Date of reporting period: October 31, 2005


Item 1 - Report to Shareholders

Welcome, Shareholder:

In this report, you’ll learn about how your investment in Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust performed during the annual period. We will provide an overview of the market conditions, and discuss some of the factors that affected performance during the reporting period. In addition, this report includes the Trust’s financial statements and a list of Trust investments.

Market forecasts provided in this report may not necessarily come to pass. There is no assurance that the Trust will achieve its investment objective. The Trust is subject to market risk, which is the possibility that market values of securities owned by the Trust will decline and, therefore, the value of the Trust’s shares may be less than what you paid for them. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in this Trust.

	Fund Report
	For the year ended October 31, 2005

Market Conditions

Throughout the 12-month period ended October 31, 2005, economic reports continued to show moderate growth, sustained consumer spending, and reasonable gains in employment. Although core inflation (which excludes food and energy) remained benign, inflationary concerns mounted during the summer as heavy demand and geopolitical events drove oil prices to protracted highs. September brought heightened uncertainty in the wake of the unprecedented devastation caused by Hurricanes Rita and Katrina. The immediate economic impact was a major disruption of the nation’s energy infrastructure. However, in the weeks that followed, economists generally agreed that an initial slowdown would be followed by stimulus to growth from reconstruction.

The Federal Open Market Committee (the Fed) continued the ‘‘measured’’ rate tightening cycle it began in June of 2004, raising the federal funds target rate eight times during the 12-month period. As a result, the rate moved from 1.75 percent to 3.75 percent, a four-year high. Yet, as the period closed, signals from the Fed supported investors’ expectations of additional increases. 

Although yields on short maturity bonds rose in response to the Fed’s actions, the yields of long-term municipal bonds were lower to unchanged. Representative yields on 30-year AAA rated municipal bonds declined from 4.60 percent at the start of the period to a low of 4.25 percent in the summer, returning to 4.60 percent at the end of October. Overall, the municipal yield curve continued to flatten and the yield spread (or differential between one-year rates and 30-year rates) narrowed. In this environment, the benefits of leveraged investment strategies proved less advantageous. (Leverage involves borrowing at short-term rates to purchase longer-term securities, thereby taking advantage of the differential between short- and long-term yields.) Investors’ quest for yield favored lower-quality bonds over high-grade issues and kept credit spreads relatively tight.

Lower yields during most of the year led to a surge in refinancing activity, and municipal issuance remained strong. New issue volume increased by 12 percent to a record $336 billion during the first 10 months of the calendar year. As issuers rushed to refinance higher cost debt, refundings increased to 35 percent of total issuance, up from 24 percent in the first 10 months of 2004. Bonds backed by insurance dominated issuance and increased their market penetration to nearly 60 percent. Issuers in California, New York, Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania accounted for more than 40 percent of the total underwriting volume during the year-to-date period.

The municipal-to-Treasury yield ratio, which gauges performance between the two markets, remained attractive for tax-exempt bonds. The 30-year ratio averaged 97 percent during the period and moved as high as 102 percent in June. (Higher ratios indicate increased relative attractiveness of municipal bonds.)

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As a result, institutional investors that normally focus on taxable bond sectors supported municipals by ‘‘crossing over’’ to purchase tax-exempt bonds.

Performance Analysis

For the 12-month period ended October 31, 2005, the net asset value (NAV) of Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust (IQI) decreased from $15.42 to $15.38 per share. IQI paid tax-free dividends totaling $0.8125 per share. The Trust’s total NAV return was 5.85 percent. IQI’s value on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) moved from $13.83 to $13.71 per share during the same period. Based on this change plus reinvestment of dividends, the Trust’s total market return was 5.14 percent. On October 31, 2005, IQI’s NYSE market price was at a 10.86 percent discount to its NAV. During the 12-month period ended October 31, 2005, the Trust purchased and retired 1,366,322 shares of common stock at a weighted average market discount of 11.76 percent. Past performance is no guarantee of future results .

Monthly dividends for the fourth quarter of 2005, declared in September, were increased from $0.0675 to $0.07 per share. The new dividend reflects the current level of the Trust’s net investment income. IQI’s level of undistributed net investment income was $0.123 per share on October 31, 2005, versus $0.088 per share 12 months earlier.¹

During the period, the Trust maintained a conservative strategy in anticipation of continued Fed tightening and higher interest rates.  The Trust’s duration* (a measure of interest rate sensitivity) was positioned defensively throughout the period. Overall, this duration stance tempered total returns early in the fiscal period when rates declined, but helped total returns as rates rose. Reflecting leverage, the Trust’s option-adjusted duration was 10.7 years at the end of the reporting period. IQI’s credit profile remained high, with over 85 percent of the bonds in the portfolio rated AA or higher. Consistent with a commitment to diversification, the Trust’s net assets of approximately $594 million, including preferred shares, were invested among 16 long-term sectors and 105 credits.

As discussed in previous reports, the total income available for distribution to holders of common shares includes incremental income provided by the Trust’s outstanding Auction Rate Preferred Shares (ARPS). ARPS dividends reflect prevailing short-term interest rates on maturities ranging from one week to two years. Incremental income to holders of common shares depends on two factors: the amount of ARPS outstanding and the spread between the portfolio’s cost yield and its ARPS auction rate and expenses. The greater the spread and the higher the amount of ARPS outstanding, the greater the amount of incremental income available for distribution to holders of common shares. The level of net investment income available for distribution to holders of common shares varies with the level of short-term interest rates. ARPS leverage also increases the price volatility of common shares and has the effect of extending portfolio duration.

During this 12-month period, ARPS leverage contributed approximately $0.20 per share to common-share earnings. The Trust has five ARPS series totaling $208 million, representing 35 percent of net assets, including preferred shares.  

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The Trust’s procedure for reinvesting all dividends and distributions in common shares is through purchases in the open market. This method helps support the market value of the Trust’s shares. In addition, we would like to remind you that the Trustees have approved a procedure whereby the Trust may, when appropriate, purchase shares in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions at a price not above market value or net asset value, whichever is lower at the time of purchase. The Trust may also utilize procedures to reduce or eliminate the amount of ARPS outstanding, including their purchase in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions.

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and current performance may be lower or higher than the figures shown. Investment return, net asset value and common share market price will fluctuate and Trust shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

* A measure of the sensitivity of a bond’s price to changes in interest rates, expressed in years. Each year of duration represents an expected 1 percent change in the price of a bond for every 1 percent change in interest rates. The longer a bond’s duration, the greater the effect of interest-rate movements on its price. Typically, trusts with shorter durations perform better in rising-interest-rate environments, while trusts with longer durations perform better when rates decline.

There is no guarantee that any sectors mentioned will continue to perform well or that securities in such sectors will be held by the Trust in the future.

1 Income earned by certain securities in the portfolio may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT).

TOP FIVE SECTORS
Water & Sewer					33.7	%
Transportation					29.1
General Obligation					22.4
Electric					19.3
Hospital					8.8

LONG-TERM CREDIT ANALYSIS
Aaa/AAA					64.2	%
Aa/AA					23.3
A/A					9.6
Baa/BBB					1.5
Ba/BB or Less					1.1
N/R					0.3

Data as of October 31, 2005. Subject to change daily. All percentages for top five sectors are as a percentage of net assets applicable to common shareholders. All percentages for long-term credit analysis are as a percentage of total long-term investments. These data are provided for informational purposes only and should not be deemed a recommendation to buy or sell the securities mentioned. Morgan Stanley is a full-service securities firm engaged in securities trading and brokerage activities, investment banking, research and analysis, financing and financial advisory services.

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For More Information About
Portfolio Holdings

Each Morgan Stanley trust provides a complete schedule of portfolio holdings in its semiannual and annual reports within 60 days of the end of the trust’s second and fourth fiscal quarters by filing the schedule electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The semiannual reports are filed on Form N-CSRS and the annual reports are filed on Form N-CSR. Morgan Stanley also delivers the semiannual and annual reports to trust shareholders and makes these reports available on its public Web site, www.morganstanley.com. Each Morgan Stanley trust also files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the trust’s first and third fiscal quarters on Form N-Q. Morgan Stanley does not deliver the reports for the first and third fiscal quarters to shareholders, nor are the reports posted to the Morgan Stanley public Web site. You may, however, obtain the Form N-Q filings (as well as the Form N-CSR and N-CSRS filings) by accessing the SEC’s Web site, http://www.sec.gov. You may also review and copy them at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at (800) SEC-0330. You can also request copies of these materials, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the SEC’s e-mail address (publicinfo@sec.gov) or by writing the Public Reference section of the SEC, Washington, DC 20549-0102.

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	Distribution by Maturity
	(% of Long-Term Portfolio) As of October 31, 2005

Weighted Average Maturity: 19 Years^(a)

(a) Where applicable maturities reflect mandatory tenders, puts and call dates.

Portfolio structure is subject to change.

Geographic Summary of Investments
Based on Market Value as a Percent of Total Investments

Alabama					1.3	%
Alaska					0.5
Arizona					3.6
California					9.9
Colorado					1.6
Florida					4.5
Georgia					5.0
Hawaii					3.4
Idaho					0.4
Illinois					4.1	%
Indiana					3.6
Kentucky					0.9
Maine					0.6
Maryland					1.7
Michigan					2.6
Minnesota					0.4
Missouri					0.3
Montana					0.7
Nebraska					0.9	%
Nevada					2.5
New Jersey					6.7
New Mexico					1.1
New York					12.9
North Carolina					2.2
Ohio					1.9
Pennsylvania					4.2
Puerto Rico					0.7
South Carolina					3.2	%
Texas					12.0
Vermont					1.2
Virginia					0.5
Washington					4.4
Wisconsin					0.5
Total†					100.0	%

† Does not include open short futures contracts with an underlying face amount of $95,685,942 with unrealized appreciation of $1,591,042.

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	Call and Cost (Book) Yield Structure
	(Based on Long-Term Portfolio) As of October 31, 2005

Years Bonds Callable—Weighted Average Call Protection: 7 Years

Cost (Book) Yield^(b)—Weighted Average Book Yield: 5.1%

(a) May include issues initially callable in previous years.

(b) Cost or "book" yield is the annual income earned on a portfolio investment based on its original purchase price before the Trust's operating expenses. For example, the Trust is earning a book yield of 6.6% on 5% of the long-term portfolio that is callable in 2005.

Portfolio structure is subject to change.

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Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust

Portfolio of Investments October 31, 2005

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT IN THOUSANDS								COUPON RATE				MATURITY DATE				VALUE
				Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds (150.3%)
				General Obligation (22.4%)
$	5,000			California, Various Purpose dtd 05/01/03					5.25	%			02/01/19			$	5,321,100
	4,000			Los Angeles, California, Ser 2004 A (MBIA)					5.00				09/01/24				4,172,360
	2,700			Adams & Arapahoe Counties Joint School District # 32, Colorado, Ser 2003A (FSA)					5.125				12/01/21				2,866,752
	350			Denver School District #1, Colorado, Ser 1999 (FGIC)					5.25				12/01/16				374,833
	4,000			Florida Board of Education, Capital Outlay Refg 2002 Ser C (MBIA)					5.00				06/01/20				4,195,520
				Hawaii,
	5,000			1992 Ser BZ					6.00				10/01/10				5,538,500
	8,000			1992 Ser BZ					6.00				10/01/11				8,960,400
	5,000			Honolulu City & County, Hawaii, ROLS RR II R 237-3 (MBIA)					7.676	‡			03/01/26				5,568,950
	4,000			Cook County, Illinois, Ser 1992 C (FGIC)					6.00				11/15/09				4,376,680
	6,000			llinois, First Ser 2002 (MBIA)					5.375				07/01/20				6,478,260
	2,000			Schaumburg, Illinois, Ser 2004 B (FGIC)					5.25				12/01/34				2,117,640
	10,000			Indiana Bond Bank, Revolving Fund Ser 2001 A					5.00				02/01/23				10,365,200
				New York City, New York,
	2,000			2006 Ser F					5.00				09/01/23				2,061,780
	1,000			2005 Ser G					5.00				12/01/23				1,029,010
				Pennsylvania,
	5,000			First Ser 2003 RITES PA – 1112 A (MBIA)					6.571	‡			01/01/18				5,543,850
	5,000			First Ser 2003 RITES PA – 1112 B (MBIA)					6.571	‡			01/01/19				5,749,450
	2,000			Charleston County School District, South Carolina, Ser 2004 A					5.00				02/01/22				2,092,700
	5,000			Northside Independent School District, Texas, Bldg & Refg Ser 2001 (PSF)					5.00				02/15/26				5,115,000
	2,000			King County, Washington, Refg 1998 Ser B (MBIA)					5.25				01/01/34				2,078,520
	2,500			Spokane School District #81, Washington, Ser 2005 (MBIA)					0.00	#			06/01/23				2,200,525
	80,550																86,207,030
				Educational Facilities Revenue (8.2%)
	3,700			University of Alabama, Ser 2004-A (MBIA)					5.25				07/01/22				3,967,066
				Boulder County, Colorado,
	1,750			University Corp for Atmospheric Research Ser 2002 (MBIA)					5.375				09/01/18				1,900,710
	1,750			University Corp for Atmospheric Research Ser 2002 (MBIA)					5.375				09/01/21				1,892,538
	2,000			Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority, Peak to Peak Charter School Refg & Impr Ser 2004 (XLCA)					5.25				08/15/34				2,098,140
	2,000			Illinois Educational Facilities Authority, University of Chicago Ser 1998 A					5.125				07/01/38				2,031,760

See Notes to Financial Statements

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PRINCIPAL AMOUNT IN THOUSANDS								COUPON RATE				MATURITY DATE				VALUE
$	8,000			North Carolina Capital Facilities Finance Agency, Duke University Ser 2005 A					5.00	%			10/01/41			$	8,197,760
	2,000			Ohio State University, General Receipts Ser 2002 A					5.125				12/01/31				2,068,900
	2,000			Pennsylvania State University, Refg Ser 2002					5.25				08/15/14				2,192,920
	7,000			University of Vermont & State Agricultural College, Ser 2005 (MBIA)					5.00				10/01/40				7,184,240
	30,200																31,534,034
				Electric Revenue (19.3%)
	6,000			Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District, Arizona, 2002 Ser B					5.00				01/01/31				6,165,000
	5,000			California Department of Water Resources, Power Supply Ser 2002 A					5.75				05/01/17				5,500,500
	3,300			Jacksonville Electric Authority, Florida, St Johns Power Park Refg Issue 2 Ser 17					5.00				10/01/18				3,451,338
	2,000			Orlando Utilities Commission, Florida, Water & Electric Ser 2001					5.25				10/01/19				2,150,140
	2,000			Indiana Municipal Power Agency, 2004 Ser A (FGIC)					5.00				01/01/32				2,050,880
	2,000			Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, 2003 Ser A (MBIA)					5.00				01/01/30				2,055,000
	5,000			Nebraska Public Power District, Ser 2005 C (FGIC)					5.00				01/01/41				5,125,900
				Long Island Power Authority, New York,
	4,000			Ser 2003 B					5.25				06/01/13				4,310,040
	5,325			Ser 2003 C					5.50				09/01/19				5,733,002
				South Carolina Public Service Authority,
	3,700			Refg Ser 2002 D (Ambac)					5.00				01/01/20				3,879,746
	5,000			Refg Ser 2002 D (FSA)					5.00				01/01/20				5,239,050
	7,000			Refg Ser 2003 A (Ambac)					5.00				01/01/22				7,302,820
	7,000			Energy Northwest, Washington, Columbia Refg Ser 2001 C (MBIA)					5.75				07/01/18				7,742,560
	5,000			Grant County Public Utility District #2, Washington, Electric Refg Ser 2001 H (FSA)					5.375				01/01/18				5,359,450
	8,220			Priest Rapids Hydro Second Ser 1992 A					5.00				01/01/23				8,222,548
	70,545																74,287,974
				Hospital Revenue (8.8%)
	3,500			Birmingham-Carraway Special Care Facilities Financing Authority, Alabama, Carraway Methodist Health Ser 1995 A (Connie Lee)					5.875				08/15/15				3,576,090
	2,000			California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Ser 2005					5.00				11/15/34				2,016,140
	3,500			Highlands County Health Facilities Authority, Florida, Adventist/Sunbelt Ser 2005 A					5.00				11/15/35				3,519,145

See Notes to Financial Statements

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PRINCIPAL AMOUNT IN THOUSANDS								COUPON RATE				MATURITY DATE				VALUE
				Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority,
$	5,000			University of Maryland Medical Ser 2001					5.25	%			07/01/28			$	5,106,400
	1,500			University of Maryland Medical Ser 2002					6.00				07/01/32				1,613,490
	7,000			Michigan State Hospital Financing Authority, McLaren Health Care Ser 2005 C					5.00				08/01/35				7,008,540
	2,000			University of Medicine & Dentistry, New Jersey, Ser 2004 COPs (MBIA)					5.25				06/15/23				2,137,800
	5,370			Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cleveland Clinic Health Ser 2003 A					6.00				01/01/32				5,887,024
	3,000			Lorain County, Ohio, Catholic Healthcare Partners Ser 2001 A					5.625				10/01/17				3,215,910
	32,870																34,080,539
				Industrial Development/Pollution Control Revenue (4.7%)
	6,000			California Pollution Control Financing Authority, Keller Canyon Landfill Co/Browning-Ferris Industries Inc Ser 1992 (AMT)					6.875				11/01/27				6,028,020
	5,000			Michigan Strategic Fund, Detroit Edison Co Ser 2001 C (AMT)					5.65				09/01/29				5,182,500
	3,000			Brazos River Authority, Texas, TXU Electric Co Ser 1999 C (AMT)					7.70				03/01/32				3,556,590
	2,000			Sabine River Authority, Texas, TXU Electric Co Refg Ser 2001 B (AMT) (Mandatory Tender 11/01/11)					5.75				05/01/30				2,116,620
	1,000			Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, Virginia, Ser 2005					5.625				06/01/37				1,022,240
	17,000																17,905,970
				Mortgage Revenue – Multi-Family (1.2%)
	4,535			Illinois Housing Development Authority, Ser I					6.625				09/01/12				4,541,168
				Mortgage Revenue – Single Family (2.3%)
	310			Idaho Housing Agency, 1992 Ser E (AMT)					6.75				07/01/12				310,415
	2,110			Idaho Housing & Finance Association, 2000 Ser E (AMT)					6.00				01/01/32				2,118,208
	320			Missouri Housing Development Commission, Homeownership Ser 2000 B-1 (AMT)					6.25				03/01/31				324,611
	3,885			Montana Board of Housing, 2000 Ser B (AMT)					6.00				12/01/29				3,957,650
	2,240			New Jersey Housing Mortgage Finance Authority, Home Buyer Ser 2000 CC (AMT) (MBIA)					5.875				10/01/31				2,262,109
	8,865																8,972,993
				Nursing & Health Related Facilities Revenue (1.1%)
	4,000			New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital Ser 2005 C (Ambac)					5.00				09/15/23				4,170,760
				Public Facilities Revenue (5.3%)
	3,000			Broward County School Board, Florida, Ser 2001 A COPs (FSA)					5.00				07/01/26				3,087,990
	4,000			Orange County School Board, Florida, Ser 2001 A COPs (Ambac)					5.25				08/01/14				4,343,880

See Notes to Financial Statements

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PRINCIPAL AMOUNT IN THOUSANDS								COUPON RATE				MATURITY DATE				VALUE
$	3,000			Albuquerque, New Mexico, Gross Receipts Refg Ser 1999 C					5.25	%			07/01/17			$	3,161,610
	3,000			Pennsylvania Public School Building Authority, Philadelphia School District Ser 2003 (FSA)					5.00				06/01/33				3,076,950
	4,000			Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority, Ser J (Ambac) (Mandatory Tender 07/01/12)					5.00				07/01/36				4,274,080
	2,500			Milwaukee Redevelopment Authority, Wisconsin, Ser 2003 A (Ambac)					5.125				08/01/23				2,614,100
	19,500																20,558,610
				Recreational Facilities Revenue (0.4%)
	1,400			Marion County Convention & Recreational Facilities Authority, Indiana, Refg Ser 2003 A (Ambac)					5.00				06/01/21				1,452,248
				Resource Recovery Revenue (0.8%)
	3,000			Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority, Montgomery County Ser 2003 (AMT) (Ambac)					5.50				04/01/16				3,213,630
				Retirement & Life Care Facilities Revenue (0.4%)
	1,500			Missouri Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Lutheran Senior Services Ser 2005 A					5.375				02/01/35				1,537,440
				Transportation Facilities Revenue (29.1%)
	3,000			Alaska International Airports, Ser 2002 B (Ambac)					5.25				10/01/27				3,147,810
	2,000			Arizona Transportation Board, Highway Refg Ser 2002 A					5.25				07/01/19				2,163,260
	3,000			Phoenix Civic Improvement Corporation, Arizona, Airport Ser 2002 B (AMT) (FGIC)					5.25				07/01/32				3,085,530
	5,000			California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, Bay Area Toll Bridges Seismic Retrofit First Lien Ser 2003 A (Ambac)					5.00				07/01/36				5,142,300
	1,900			Orange County Transportation Authority, California, Toll Road Express Lanes Refg Ser 2003 A (Ambac)					5.00				08/15/20				1,995,855
	4,000			Port of Oakland, California, Ser 2002 L (AMT) (FGIC)					5.00				11/01/32				4,047,080
	2,000			Mid-Bay Bridge Authority, Florida, Refg Ser 1993 A (Ambac)					5.95				10/01/22				2,160,420
	3,000			Atlanta, Georgia, Airport Ser 2004 J (FSA)					5.00				01/01/34				3,087,600
				Georgia State Road & Toll Authority,
	6,000			Ser 2004					5.00				10/01/22				6,302,520
	9,000			Ser 2004					5.00				10/01/23				9,437,130
	4,000			Chicago, Illinois, O' Hare Int'l Airport Third Lien Ser 2003 B-2 (AMT) (FSA)					5.75				01/01/23				4,371,160
	6,335			Indiana Transportation Finance Authority, Ser 2000 (FGIC)					5.375				12/01/25				6,765,527
	3,000			Wayne County, Michigan, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Refg Ser 2002 D (AMT) (FGIC)					5.50				12/01/17				3,203,940

See Notes to Financial Statements

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PRINCIPAL AMOUNT IN THOUSANDS								COUPON RATE				MATURITY DATE				VALUE
				Clark County, Nevada,
$	4,000			Airport SubLien Ser 2004 A-1(AMT) (FGIC)					5.50	%			07/01/20			$	4,297,560
	1,000			Jet Aviation Fuel Tax Ser 2003 C (AMT) (Ambac)					5.375				07/01/19				1,056,340
	1,100			Jet Aviation Fuel Tax Ser 2003 C (AMT) (Ambac)					5.375				07/01/20				1,159,785
	2,000			Jet Aviation Fuel Tax Ser 2003 C (AMT) (Ambac)					5.375				07/01/22				2,098,140
	5,000			New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, 1999 Ser A					5.75				06/15/20				5,719,050
	12,000			New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Ser 2003 A (FGIC)††					5.00				01/01/27				12,435,839
	10,000			Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, Transportation Refg Ser 2002 A (FGIC)					5.00				11/15/25				10,398,899
				Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, New York,
	5,000			Refg 2002 E (MBIA)					5.25				11/15/22				5,356,600
	915			Ser 2001 A					5.00				01/01/32				932,184
	2,000			Harris County, Texas, Toll Road Sr Lien Ser 2005 A (FSA)					5.25				08/15/35				2,078,600
				Houston, Texas,
	6,000			Airport Sub Lien Ser 2000 A (AMT) (FSA)					5.875				07/01/17				6,435,960
	5,000			Airport Sub Lien Ser 2000 A (AMT) (FSA)					5.625				07/01/30				5,302,050
	106,250																112,181,139
				Water & Sewer Revenue (33.7%)
	3,800			Phoenix Civic Improvment Corporation, Arizona, Jr Lien Water Ser 2002 (FGIC)					5.00				07/01/26				3,931,366
	3,000			East Bay Municipal Utility District, California, Water Ser 2001 (MBIA)					5.00				06/01/26				3,081,420
	3,720			San Diego County Water Authority, California, Ser 2002 A COPs (MBIA)					5.00				05/01/27				3,824,160
	3,500			Broward County, Florida, Water & Sewer Utility Ser 2003 (MBIA)					5.00				10/01/24				3,639,685
	10,000			Augusta, Georgia, Water & Sewerage Ser 2000 (FSA)					5.25				10/01/30				10,539,600
	5,000			Louisville & Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District, Kentucky, Ser 1999 A (FGIC)					5.75				05/15/33				5,432,150
	5,345			Las Vegas Valley Water District, Nevada, Water Improvement Refg Ser 2003 A (FGIC)					5.25				06/01/20				5,741,492
	10,000			Passaic Valley Sewerage Commisioners, New Jersey, Ser F (FGIC)					5.00				12/01/20				10,508,200
	3,000			Rio Rancho, New Mexico, Water & Wastewater Refg Ser 1999 (Ambac)					5.25				05/15/19				3,160,500
				New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, New York,
	3,500			2003 Ser A					5.375				06/15/19				3,793,265
	18,000			2001 Ser B					5.00				06/15/26				18,428,219
	10,000			2004 Ser A					5.00				06/15/35				10,231,600
	4,500			Charlotte, North Carolina, Water & Sewer Ser 2001					5.125				06/01/26				4,697,370
	10,000			Austin, Texas, Water & Wastewater Refg Ser 2001 A (FSA)					5.125				05/15/27				10,307,700
	15,000			Houston, Texas, Combined Utility First Lien Refg 2004 Ser A (FGIC)					5.25				05/15/23				15,981,600

See Notes to Financial Statements

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PRINCIPAL AMOUNT IN THOUSANDS								COUPON RATE				MATURITY DATE				VALUE
$	13,960			San Antonio, Texas, Water & Refg Ser 2001 (FGIC)					5.00	%			05/15/26			$	14,295,180
	2,000			Fairfax County Water Authority, Virginia, Refg Ser 1992					6.00				04/01/22				2,109,480
	124,325																129,702,987
				Other Revenue (8.8%)
	10,000			California Economic Recovery, Ser 2004 A					5.00				07/01/16				10,772,500
				Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, California,
	3,000			Enhanced Asset Backed Ser 2005 A (Ambac)					5.00				06/01/29				3,078,510
	3,000			Enhanced Asset Backed Ser 2005 A					5.00				06/01/45				3,010,080
	2,000			New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Cigarette Tax Ser 2004					5.75				06/15/29				2,103,180
	2,000			New York City Transitional Finance Authority, New York, Refg 2003 Ser A					5.50				11/01/26				2,178,520
	10,000			Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, New York, State Contingency Ser 2003 B-1C					5.50				06/01/17				10,787,700
	2,000			Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Gas Works First Ser 1998 B (FSA)					5.00				07/01/28				2,055,760
	32,000																33,986,250
				Refunded (3.8%)
	5,000			Phoenix Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Capital Mall LLC Ser 2000 (Ambac)					5.50				09/15/10	†			5,429,700
	3,400			Maine Turnpike Authority, Ser 2000 (FGIC)					5.50				07/01/10	†			3,713,786
	5,000			Dauphin County General Authority, Pennsylvania, HAPSO Group Inc/The Western Pennsylvania Hospital Refg 1992 Ser A (MBIA) (ETM)					6.25				07/01/16				5,691,700
	13,400																14,835,186
	549,940			Total Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds (Cost $554,181,711)													579,167,958
				Short-Term Tax-Exempt Municipal Obligations (1.3%)
	400			Indiana Health Facility Financing Authority, Clarian Health Obligated Group Ser 2000 B (Demand 11/01/05)					2.80	*			03/01/30				400,000
	4,700			Harris County Health Facilities Development Corporation, Texas, Methodist Hospital Ser 2005 B (Demand 11/01/05)					2.72	*			12/01/32				4,700,000
	5,100			Total Short-Term Tax-Exempt Municipal Obligations (Cost $5,100,000)													5,100,000
$	555,040			Total Investments (Cost $559,281,711) (a) (b)									151.6	%			584,267,958
				Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities									2.4				9,401,235
				Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest									(54.0	)			(208,174,955	)
				Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders									100.0	%		$	385,494,238

See Notes to Financial Statements

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Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of net assets applicable to common shareholders.

AMT Alternative Minimum Tax.

COPs Certificates of Participation.

ETM Escrowed to maturity.

PSF Texas Permanent School Fund Guarantee Program.

RITES Residual Interest Tax-Exempt Securities (Illiquid securities).

ROLS Reset Option Longs (Illiquid securities).

† Prerefunded to call date shown.

†† A portion of this security has been physically segregated in connection with open futures contracts in the amount of $487,500.

‡ Current coupon rate for inverse floating rate municipal obligation. This rate resets periodically as the auction rate on the related security changes. Positions in inverse floating rate municipal obligations have a total value of $16,862,250 which represents 4.4% of net assets applicable to common shareholders.

# Currently a zero coupon security; will convert to 5.125% on January 1, 2008.

* Current coupon of variable rate demand obligation.

(a) Securities have been designated as collateral in an amount equal to $96,791,960 in connection with open futures contracts.

(b) The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $559,218,503. The aggregate gross unrealized appreciation is $26,123,084 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation is $1,073,629, resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $25,049,455.

Bond Insurance:

Ambac Ambac Assurance Corporation.

Connie Lee Connie Lee Insurance Company – a wholly owned subsidiary of Ambac Assurance Corporation.

FGIC Financial Guaranty Insurance Company.

FSA Financial Security Assurance Inc.

MBIA Municipal Bond Investors Assurance Corporation.

XLCA XL Capital Assurance Inc.

Futures Contracts Open at October 31, 2005:

NUMBER OF CONTRACTS				LONG/SHORT				DESCRIPTION, DELIVERY MONTH AND YEAR				UNDERLYING FACE AMOUNT AT VALUE				UNREALIZED APPRECIATION
750				Short				U.S. Treasury Notes 5 Yr December 2005				$(79,417,972)				$1,208,489
150				Short				U.S. Treasury Notes 10 Yr December 2005				(16,267,970)				382,553
								Total Unrealized Appreciation								$1,591,042

See Notes to Financial Statements

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

October 31, 2005

Assets:
Investments in securities, at value (cost $559,281,711)				$	584,267,958
Cash					34,027
Receivable for:
Interest					9,016,971
Investment sold					613,907
Prepaid expenses and other assets					254,658
Total Assets					594,187,521
Liabilities:
Payable for:
Common shares of beneficial interest repurchased					161,745
Investment advisory fee					137,244
Administration fee					40,665
Variation margin					16,410
Transfer agent fee					14,599
Accrued expenses and other payables					147,665
Total Liabilities					518,328
Preferred shares of beneficial interest (at liquidation value) (1,000,000 shares authorized of non-participating $.01 par value, 4,160 shares outstanding)					208,174,955
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders				$	385,494,238
Composition of Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders:
Common shares of beneficial interest (unlimited shares authorized of $.01 par value, 25,066,098 shares outstanding)				$	351,028,314
Net unrealized appreciation					26,577,289
Accumulated undistributed net investment income					3,094,224
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain					4,794,411
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders				$	385,494,238
Net Asset Value Per Common Share ($385,494,238 divided by 25,066,098 common shares outstanding)				$	15.38

See Notes to Financial Statements

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Statement of Operations

For the year ended October 31, 2005

Net Investment Income:
Interest Income				$	29,153,571
Expenses
Investment advisory fee					1,646,225
Auction commission fees					899,852
Administration fee					487,770
Tax expense					94,087
Transfer agent fees and expenses					88,079
Professional fees					78,943
Shareholder reports and notices					63,846
Auction agent fees					35,436
Custodian fees					28,164
Trustees' fees and expenses					13,950
Registration fees					13,839
Other					77,114
Total Expenses					3,527,305
Less: expense offset					(5,616	)
Net Expenses					3,521,689
Net Investment Income					25,631,882
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:
Investments					6,035,637
Futures contracts					(548,373	)
Net Realized Gain					5,487,264
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation on:
Investments					(13,447,801	)
Futures contracts					3,967,878
Net Depreciation					(9,479,923	)
Net Loss					(3,992,659	)
Dividends to preferred shareholders from net investment income					(4,038,019	)
Net Increase				$	17,601,204

See Notes to Financial Statements

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

				FOR THE YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2005				FOR THE YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2004
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:
Operations:
Net investment income				$	25,631,882			$	26,821,433
Net realized gain (loss)					5,487,264				(4,157,568	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation					(9,479,923	)			8,509,031
Dividends to preferred shareholders from net investment income					(4,038,019	)			(4,164,646	)
Net Increase					17,601,204				27,008,250
Dividends and Distributions to Common Shareholders from:
Net investment income					(20,909,486	)			(23,870,615	)
Net realized gain					—				(8,366,098	)
Total Dividends and Distributions					(20,909,486	)			(32,236,713	)
Decrease from transactions in common shares of beneficial interest					(18,750,502	)			(17,571,884	)
Net Decrease					(22,058,784	)			(22,800,347	)
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders:
Beginning of period					407,553,022				430,353,369
End of Period (Including accumulated undistributed net investment income of $3,094,224 and $2,316,278, respectively)				$	385,494,238			$	407,553,022

See Notes to Financial Statements

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Notes to Financial Statements October 31, 2005

1.   Organization and Accounting Policies

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust (the ‘‘Trust’’) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Trust's investment objective is to provide current income which is exempt from federal income tax. The Trust was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on March 12, 1992 and commenced operations on September 29, 1992.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies:

A.   Valuation of Investments — (1) portfolio securities are valued by an outside independent pricing service approved by the Trustees. The pricing service uses both a computerized grid matrix of tax-exempt securities and evaluations by its staff, in each case based on information concerning market transactions and quotations from dealers which reflect the mean between the last reported bid and asked price. The portfolio securities are thus valued by reference to a combination of transactions and quotations for the same or other securities believed to be comparable in quality, coupon, maturity, type of issue, call provisions, trading characteristics and other features deemed to be relevant. The Trustees believe that timely and reliable market quotations are generally not readily available for purposes of valuing tax-exempt securities and that the valuations supplied by the pricing service are more likely to approximate the fair value of such securities; (2) futures are valued at the latest sale price on the commodities exchange on which they trade unless it is determined that such price does not reflect their market value, in which case they will be valued at their fair value as determined in good faith under procedures established by and under the supervision of the Trustees; and (3) short-term debt securities having a maturity date of more than sixty days at time of purchase are valued on a mark-to-market basis until sixty days prior to maturity and thereafter at amortized cost based on their value on the 61st day. Short-term debt securities having a maturity date of sixty days or less at the time of purchase are valued at amortized cost.

B.   Accounting for Investments — Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date (date the order to buy or sell is executed). Realized gains and losses on security transactions are determined by the identified cost method. Discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized over the life of the respective securities. Interest income is accrued daily.

C.   Futures Contracts — A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell financial instruments or contracts based on financial indices at a set price on a future date. Upon entering into such a contract, the Trust is required to pledge to the broker cash, U.S. Government securities or other liquid portfolio securities equal to the minimum initial margin requirements of the applicable futures exchange. Pursuant to the contract, the Trust agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in the value of the contract. Such receipts or payments known as variation margin are recorded by the Trust as unrealized gains and losses. Upon closing of the contract, the Trust realizes a gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

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D.   Federal Income Tax Policy — It is the Trust’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable and nontaxable income to its shareholders.

E.   Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

F.   Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

2.   Investment Advisory/Administration Agreements

Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. (the ‘‘Investment Adviser’’), the Trust pays an advisory fee, calculated weekly and payable monthly, by applying the annual rate of 0.27% to the Trust's weekly total net assets including preferred shares.

Pursuant to an Administration Agreement with Morgan Stanley Services Company Inc. (the ‘‘Administrator’’), an affiliate of the Investment Adviser, the Trust pays an administration fee, calculated weekly and payable monthly, by applying the annual rate of 0.08% to the Trust’s weekly total net assets including preferred shares.

3.   Security Transactions and Transactions with Affiliates

The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of portfolio securities, excluding short-term investments, for the year ended October 31, 2005, aggregated $81,679,037 and $93,733,895, respectively. Included in the aforementioned transactions are sales of $4,196,720 with other Morgan Stanley funds including net realized gains of $133,234.

Morgan Stanley Trust, an affiliate of the Investment Adviser and Administrator, is the Trust's transfer agent.

The Trust has an unfunded noncontributory defined benefit pension plan covering certain independent Trustees of the Trust who will have served as independent Trustees for at least five years at the time of retirement. Benefits under this plan are based on factors which include years of service and compensation. The Trustees voted to close the plan to new participants and eliminate the future benefits growth due to increases to compensation after July 31, 2003. Aggregate pension costs for the year ended October 31, 2005, included in Trustees' fees and expenses in the Statement of Operations amounted to $6,446. At October 31, 2005, the Trust had an accrued pension liability of $55,065 which is included in accrued expenses in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The Trust has an unfunded Deferred Compensation Plan (the ‘‘Compensation Plan’’) which allows each independent Trustee to defer payment of all, or a portion, of the fees he receives for serving on the Board of

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Trustees. Each eligible Trustee generally may elect to have the deferred amounts credited with a return equal to the total return on one or more of the Morgan Stanley funds that are offered as investment options under the Compensation Plan. Appreciation/depreciation and distributions received from these investments are recorded with an offsetting increase/decrease in the deferred compensation obligation and do not affect the net asset value of the Trust.

4.   Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Trust is authorized to issue up to 1,000,000 non-participating preferred shares of beneficial interest having a par value of $.01 per share, in one or more series, with rights as determined by the Trustees, without approval of the common shareholders. The Trust has issued Series 1 through 5 Auction Rate Preferred Shares (‘‘preferred shares’’) which have a liquidation value of $50,000 per share plus the redemption premium, if any, plus accumulated but unpaid dividends, whether or not declared, thereon to the date of distribution. The Trust may redeem such shares, in whole or in part, at the original purchase price of $50,000 per share plus accumulated but unpaid dividends, whether or not declared, thereon to the date of redemption.

Dividends, which are cumulative, are reset through auction procedures.

SERIES				SHARES*				AMOUNT IN THOUSANDS*				RATE*				RESET        DATE				RANGE OF DIVIDEND RATES**
1					1,120			$	56,000				2.58	%			11/02/05			1.58% – 2.83%
2					400				20,000				2.56				11/03/05			1.70   – 2.67
3					1,120				56,000				2.25				07/06/06			2.25
4					1,120				56,000				1.50				01/05/06			1.50
5					400				20,000				2.70				11/04/05			1.70   – 2.85

*  As of October 31, 2005.

**  For the year ended October 31, 2005.

Subsequent to October 31, 2005 and up through December 2, 2005, the Trust paid dividends to each of the Series 1 through 5 at rates ranging from 1.50% to 3.00% in the aggregate amount of $599,959.

The Trust is subject to certain restrictions relating to the preferred shares. Failure to comply with these restrictions could preclude the Trust from declaring any distributions to common shareholders or purchasing common shares and/or could trigger the mandatory redemption of preferred shares at liquidation value.

The preferred shares, which are entitled to one vote per share, generally vote with the common shares but vote separately as a class to elect two Trustees and on any matters affecting the rights of the preferred shares.

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5.   Common Shares of Beneficial Interest

Transactions in common shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

				SHARES				PAR VALUE				CAPITAL PAID IN EXCESS OF PAR VALUE
Balance, October 31, 2003					27,695,820			$	276,958			$	386,910,189
Treasury shares purchased and retired (weighted average discount 8.81%)*					(1,263,400	)			(12,634	)			(17,559,250	)
Reclassification due to permanent book/tax differences					—				—				257,185
Balance, October 31, 2004					26,432,420				264,324				369,608,124
Treasury shares purchased and retired (weighted average discount 11.76%)*					(1,366,322	)			(13,663	)			(18,736,839	)
Reclassification due to permanent book/tax differences					—				—				(93,632	)
Balance, October 31, 2005					25,066,098			$	250,661			$	350,777,653

* The Trustees have voted to retire the shares purchased.

6.   Dividends to Common Shareholders

On September 27, 2005, the Trust declared the following dividends from net investment income:

AMOUNT PER SHARE				RECORD                DATE				PAYABLE                 DATE
$0.07					November 4, 2005				November 18, 2005
$0.07					December 9, 2005				December 23, 2005

7.   Expense Offset

The expense offset represents a reduction of the custodian fees for earnings on cash balances maintained by the Trust.

8.   Risks Relating to Certain Financial Instruments

The Trust may invest a portion of its assets in residual interest bonds, which are inverse floating rate municipal obligations. The prices of these securities are subject to greater market fluctuations during periods of changing prevailing interest rates than are comparable fixed rate obligations.

To hedge against adverse interest rate changes, the Trust may invest in financial futures contracts or municipal bond index futures contracts (‘‘futures contracts’’).

These futures contracts involve elements of market risk in excess of the amount reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Trust bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the value of the underlying securities. Risks may also arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.

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9.   Federal Income Tax Status

The amount of dividends and distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. These ‘‘book/tax’’ differences are either considered temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification. Dividends and distributions which exceed net investment income and net realized capital gains for tax purposes are reported as distributions of paid-in-capital.

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

				FOR THE YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2005				FOR THE YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2004
Tax-exempt income				$	25,078,840			$	27,647,266
Ordinary income					—				434,654
Long-term capital gains					—				8,366,098
Total distributions				$	25,078,840			$	36,448,018
As of October 31, 2005, the tax-basis components of accumulated earnings were as follows:
Undistributed tax-exempt income				$	3,261,732
Undistributed long-term gains					6,385,472
Net accumulated earnings					9,647,204
Temporary differences					(230,735	)
Net unrealized appreciation					25,049,455
Total accumulated earnings				$	34,465,924

During the year ended October 31, 2005, the Trust utilized its net capital loss carryforward of $3,069,752.

As of October 31, 2005, the Trust had temporary book/tax differences primarily attributable to book amortization of discounts on debt securities, mark-to-market of open futures contracts and dividend payable and permanent book/tax differences attributable to tax adjustments on debt securities sold by the Trust and nondeductible expenses. To reflect reclassifications arising from the permanent differences, paid-in-capital was charged $93,632, accumulated undistributed net realized gain was credited $63 and accumulated undistributed net investment income was credited $93,569.

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Financial Highlights

Selected ratios and per share data for a common share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each period:

				FOR THE YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31,
				2005				2004				2003				2002				2001
Selected Per Share Data:
Net asset value, beginning of period				$	15.42			$	15.54			$	15.60			$	15.91			$	15.22
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income*					1.00				0.97				1.01				1.11				1.16
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)					(0.17	)			0.18				0.24				0.01				0.76
Common share equivalent of dividends paid to preferred shareholders*					(0.16	)			(0.15	)			(0.16	)			(0.20	)			(0.27	)
Total income from investment operations					0.67				1.00				1.09				0.92				1.65
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income					(0.81	)			(0.88	)			(0.90	)			(0.87	)			(0.87	)
Net realized gain					—				(0.30	)			(0.30	)			(0.39	)			(0.13	)
Total dividends and distributions					(0.81	)			(1.18	)			(1.20	)			(1.26	)			(1.00	)
Anti-dilutive effect of acquiring treasury shares*					0.10				0.06				0.05				0.03				0.04
Net asset value, end of period				$	15.38			$	15.42			$	15.54			$	15.60			$	15.91
Market value, end of period				$	13.71			$	13.83			$	14.55			$	13.91			$	14.48
Total Return†					5.14	%			3.32	%			13.82	%			4.94	%			16.59	%
Ratios to Average Net Assets of Common Shareholders:
Total expenses (before expense offset)					0.88	%			0.89	%			0.83	% (1)			0.78	% (1)			0.74	%
Net investment income before preferred stock dividends					6.41	%			6.48	%			6.58	%			7.19	%			7.47	%
Preferred stock dividends					1.01	%			1.01	%			1.05	%			1.29	%			1.71	%
Net investment income available to common     shareholders					5.40	%			5.47	%			5.53	%			5.90	%			5.76	%
Supplemental Data:
Net assets applicable to common shareholders,     end of period, in thousands					$385,494				$407,553				$430,353				$450,417				$473,103
Asset coverage on preferred shares at end of     period					285	%			296	%			307	%			316	%			325	%
Portfolio turnover rate					14	%			16	%			41	%			20	%			19	%

* The per share amounts were computed using an average number of common shares outstanding during the period.

† Total return is based upon the current market value on last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions are assumed to be reinvested at the prices obtained under the Trust's dividend reinvestment plan. Total return does not reflect brokerage commissions.

(1) Does not reflect the effect of the expense offset of 0.01%.

See Notes to Financial Statements

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of
Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust (the ‘‘Trust’’), including the portfolio of investments, as of October 31, 2005, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended and changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2005, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust as of October 31, 2005, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Deloitte & Touche LLP
New York, New York
December 19, 2005

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Shareholder Voting Results

On October 26, 2005, an annual meeting of the Trust's shareholders was held for the purpose of voting on the following matters, the results of which were as follows:

Election of Trustees by all Shareholders:

				FOR				WITHHELD
Michael Bozic					19,391,678				846,507
James F. Higgins					19,399,698				838,487

Election of Trustee by Preferred Shareholders:

				FOR				WITHHELD
Charles A. Fiumefreddo				3,512				1

The following Trustees were not standing for reelection at this meeting: Edwin J. Garn, Wayne E. Hedien, Dr. Manuel H. Johnson, Joseph J. Kearns, Michael E. Nugent and Fergus Reid.

In addition, three proposals relating to the approval of modifications to the Trust's investment policies were brought before shareholders. In each case, sufficient votes to approve such proposals were not obtained by the date of the Meeting. The Notice of Meeting provides that the Meeting of Shareholders may be adjourned in the event that the necessary votes required to approve or reject any proposal is not obtained at the Meeting. Accordingly, the Meeting with respect to these Proposals was adjourned until November 30, 2005 to permit further solicitation of proxies.

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Trustee and Officer Information

Independent Trustees:

Name, Age and Address of Independent Trustee

Position(s) Held with Registrant

Term of Office and Length of Time Served*

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years**

Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee***

Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Michael Bozic (64) c/o Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Counsel to the Independent Trustees 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036

Trustee

Since April 1994

Private Investor; Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since April 1994) and the Institutional Funds (since July 2003); formerly Vice Chairman of Kmart Corporation (December 1998-October 2000), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Levitz Furniture Corporation (November 1995-November 1998) and President and Chief Executive Officer of Hills Department Stores (May 1991-July 1995); formerly variously Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer (1987-1991) of the Sears Merchandise Group of Sears, Roebuck & Co.

197

Director of various business organizations.

Edwin J. Garn (73) 1031 N. Chartwell Court Salt Lake City, UT 84103

Trustee

Since January 1993

Consultant; Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since January 1993) and the Institutional Funds (since July 2003); member of the Utah Regional Advisory Board of Pacific Corp. (utility company); formerly Managing Director of Summit Ventures LLC (2000-2004) (lobbying and consulting firm); United States Senator (R-Utah) (1974-1992) and Chairman, Senate Banking Committee (1980-1986), Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah (1971-1974), Astronaut, Space Shuttle Discovery (April 12-19, 1985), and Vice Chairman, Huntsman Corporation (chemical company).

197

Director of Franklin Covey (time management systems), BMW Bank of North America, Inc. (industrial loan corporation), Escrow Bank USA (industrial loan corporation); United Space Alliance (joint venture between Lockheed Martin and the Boeing Company) and Nuskin Asia Pacific (multilevel marketing); member of the board of various civic and charitable organizations.

Wayne E. Hedien (71) c/o Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Counsel to the Independent Trustees 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036

Trustee

Since September 1997

Retired; Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds; (Since September 1997) and the Institutional Funds (since July 2003); formerly associated with the Allstate Companies (1966-1994), most recently as Chairman of The Allstate Corporation (March 1993-December 1994) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Allstate Insurance Company (July 1989-December 1994).

197

Director of The PMI Group Inc. (private mortgage insurance); Trustee and Vice Chairman of The Field Museum of Natural History; director of various other business and charitable organizations.

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Trustee and Officer Information continued

Name, Age and Address of Independent Trustee

Position(s) Held with Registrant

Term of Office and Length of Time Served*

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years**

Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee***

Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Dr. Manuel H. Johnson (56) c/o Johnson Smick Group, Inc. 888 16th Street, N.W. Suite 740 Washington, D.C. 20006

Trustee

Since July 1991

Senior Partner, Johnson Smick International, Inc., a consulting firm; Chairman of the Audit Committee and Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since July 1991) and the Institutional Funds (since July 2003); Co-Chairman and a founder of the Group of Seven Council (G7C), an international economic commission; formerly Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury.

197

Director of NVR, Inc. (home construction); Director of KFX Energy; Director of RBS Greenwich Capital Holdings (financial holding company).

Joseph J. Kearns (63) c/o Kearns & Associates LLC PMB754 23852 Pacific Coast Highway Malibu, CA 90265

Trustee

Since July 2003

President, Kearns & Associates LLC (investment consulting); Deputy Chairman of the Audit Committee and Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since July 2003) and the Institutional Funds (since August 1994); previously Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Institutional Funds (October 2001-July 2003); formerly CFO of the J. Paul Getty Trust.

198

Director of Electro Rent Corporation (equipment leasing), The Ford Family Foundation, and the UCLA Foundation.

Michael E. Nugent (69) c/o Triumph Capital, L.P. 445 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022

Trustee

Since July 1991

General Partner of Triumph Capital, L.P., a private investment partnership; Chairman of the Insurance Committee and Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since July 1991) and the Institutional Funds (since July 2001); formerly Vice President, Bankers Trust Company and BT Capital Corporation (1984-1988).

197

Fergus Reid (73) c/o Lumelite Plastics Corporation 85 Charles Colman Blvd. Pawling, NY 12564

Trustee

Since July 2003

Chairman of Lumelite Plastics Corporation; Chairman of the Governance Committee and Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since July 2003) and the Institutional Funds (since June 1992).

198

Trustee and Director of certain investment companies in the JPMorgan Funds complex managed by J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

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Trustee and Officer Information continued

Interested Trustees:

Name, Age and Address of Interested Trustee

Position(s) Held with Registrant

Term of Office and Length of Time Served*

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years**

Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee***

Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Charles A. Fiumefreddo (72) c/o Morgan Stanley Trust Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two, Jersey City, NJ 07311

Chairman of the Board and Trustee

Since July 1991

Chairman and Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since July 1991) and the Institutional Funds (since July 2003); formerly Chief Executive Officer of the Retail Funds (until September 2002).

197

None

James F. Higgins (57) c/o Morgan Stanley Trust Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two, Jersey City, NJ 07311

Trustee

Since June 2000

Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since June 2000) and the Institutional Funds (since July 2003); Senior Advisor of Morgan Stanley (since August 2000); Director of the Distributor and Dean Witter Realty Inc.; previously President and Chief Operating Officer of the Private Client Group of Morgan Stanley (May 1999-August 2000), and President and Chief Operating Officer of Individual Securities of Morgan Stanley (February 1997-May 1999).

197

Director of AXA Financial, Inc. and The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (financial services).

    * This is the earliest date the Trustee began serving the funds advised by Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. (the "Investment Adviser") (the "Retail Funds").

  ** The dates referenced below indicating commencement of services as Director/Trustee for the Retail Funds and the funds advised by Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP (the "Institutional Funds") reflect the earliest date the Director/Trustee began serving the Retail or Institutional Funds, as applicable.

*** The Fund Complex includes all open-end and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Investment Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Investment Adviser (including, but not limited to, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.).

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Trustee and Officer Information continued

Officers:

Name, Age and Address of Executive Officer

Position(s) Held with Registrant

Term of Office and Length of Time Served*

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years**

Ronald E. Robison (66) 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020

President and Principal Executive Officer

Since May 2003

President (since September 2005) and Principal Executive Officer of funds in the Fund Complex (since May 2003); Managing Director of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Morgan Stanley; Managing Director and Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., Morgan Stanley Distribution Inc. and Morgan Stanley Distributors Inc.; Managing Director, Chief Administrative Officer and Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. and Morgan Stanley Services Company Inc.; Chief Executive Officer and Director of Morgan Stanley Trust; Director of Morgan Stanley SICAV (since May 2004); President (since September 2005) and Principal Executive Officer (since May 2003) of the Van Kampen Funds; previously, Executive Vice President (July 2003-September 2005) of funds in the Fund Complex and the Van Kampen Funds. He was also previously President and Director of the Institutional Funds (March 2001-July 2003), Chief Global Operations Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Van Kampen Investor Services.

Joseph J. McAlinden (62) 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020

Vice President

Since July 1995

Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of the Investment Adviser and Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.; Chief Investment Officer of the Van Kampen Funds; Vice President of the Institutional Funds (since July 2003) and the Retail Funds (since July 1995).

Barry Fink (50) 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020

Vice President

Since February 1997

General Counsel (since May 2000) and Managing Director (since December 2000) of Morgan Stanley Investment Management; Managing Director (since December 2000), Secretary (since February 1997) and Director of the Investment Adviser and the Administrator; Vice President of the Retail Funds; Assistant Secretary of Morgan Stanley DW; Vice President of the Institutional Funds (since July 2003); Managing Director, Secretary and Director of the Distributor; previously Secretary (February 1997-July 2003) and General Counsel (February 1997-April 2004) of the Retail Funds; Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of the Investment Adviser and the Administrator (February 1997-December 2001).

Amy R. Doberman (43) 1221 Avenue of Americas New York, NY 10020

Vice President

Since July 2004

Managing Director and General Counsel, U.S. Investment Management; Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and the Investment Adviser, Vice President of the Institutional and Retail Funds (since July 2004); Vice President of the Van Kampen Funds (since August 2004); previously, Managing Director and General Counsel — Americas, UBS Global Asset Management (July 2000 – July 2004) and General Counsel, Aeltus Investment Management Inc. (January 1997 – July 2000).

Carsten Otto (41) 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020

Chief Compliance Officer

Since October 2004

Executive Director and U.S. Director of Compliance for Morgan Stanley Investment Management (since October 2004); Executive Director of the Investment Adviser and Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.; formerly Assistant Secretary and Assistant General Counsel of the Morgan Stanley Retail Funds.

Stefanie V. Chang (38) 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020

Vice President

Since July 2003

Executive Director of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and the Investment Adviser; Vice President of the Institutional Funds (since December 1997) and the Retail Funds (since July 2003); formerly practiced law with the New York law firm of Rogers & Wells (now Clifford Chance US LLP).

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Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust

Trustee and Officer Information continued

Name, Age and Address of Executive Officer

Position(s) Held with Registrant

Term of Office and Length of Time Served*

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years**

Francis J. Smith (40) c/o Morgan Stanley Trust Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two, Jersey City, NJ 07311

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Treasurer since July 2003 and Chief Financial Officer since September 2002

Executive Director of the Investment Adviser and the Administrator (since December 2001); previously, Vice President of the Retail Funds (September 2002-July 2003); Vice President of the Investment Adviser and the Administrator (August 2000-November 2001).

Thomas F. Caloia (59) c/o Morgan Stanley Trust Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two, Jersey City, NJ 07311

Vice President

Since July 2003

Executive Director (since December 2002) and Assistant Treasurer of the Investment Adviser, the Distributor and the Administrator; previously Treasurer of the Retail Funds (April 1989-July 2003); formerly First Vice President of the Investment Adviser, the Distributor and the Administrator.

Mary E. Mullin (38) 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020

Secretary

Since July 2003

Executive Director of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and the Investment Adviser; Secretary of the Institutional Funds (since June 1999) and the Retail Funds (since July 2003); formerly practiced law with the New York law firms of McDermott, Will & Emery and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

    * This is the earliest date the Officer began serving the Retail Funds. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

  ** The dates referenced below indicating commencement of service as an Officer for the Retail and Institutional Funds reflect the earliest date the Officer began serving the Retail or Institutional Funds, as applicable.

In accordance with Section 303A.12(a) of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual, the Trust's Annual CEO Certification certifying as to compliance with NYSE's Corporate Governance Listing Standards was submitted to the Exchange on January 7, 2005.

The Trust's Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Certifications required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 were filed with the Fund's N-CSR and are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission's Web site at http://www.sec.gov.

2005 Federal Tax Notice (unaudited)

During the year ended October 31, 2005, the Trust paid the following per share amounts from tax-exempt income: $0.81 to common shareholders, $892 to Series 1 preferred shareholders, $804 to Series 2 preferred shareholders, $901 to Series 3 preferred shareholders, $601 to Series 4 preferred shareholders, and $776 to Series 5 preferred shareholders. For the year ended October 31, 2005, the Trust paid the following per share amounts from long-term capital gains: $0.00 to common shareholders, $242 to Series 1 preferred shareholders, $218 to Series 2 preferred shareholders, $224 to Series 3 preferred shareholders, $149 to Series 4 preferred shareholders and $202 to Series 5 preferred shareholders.

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Trustees Michael Bozic Charles A. Fiumefreddo Edwin J. Garn Wayne E. Hedien James F. Higgins Dr. Manuel H. Johnson Joseph J. Kearns Michael E. Nugent Fergus Reid Officers Charles A. Fiumefreddo Chairman of the Board Ronald E. Robison President and Principal Executive Officer Joseph J. McAlinden Vice President Barry Fink Vice President Amy R. Doberman Vice President Carsten Otto Chief Compliance Officer Stefanie V. Chang Vice President Francis J. Smith Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer Thomas F. Caloia Vice President Mary E. Mullin Secretary Transfer Agent Morgan Stanley Trust Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two Jersey City, New Jersey 07311 Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Deloitte & Touche LLP Two World Financial Center New York, New York 10281 Investment Adviser Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 Investments and services offered through Morgan Stanley DW Inc., member SIPC. © 2005 Morgan Stanley 37954RPT-RA05-01047p-Y10/05		MORGAN STANLEY FUNDS
		Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust Annual Report October 31, 2005

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

(a) The Trust has adopted a code of ethics (the "Code of Ethics") that applies
to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal
accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions,
regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the Trust or a third
party.

(b) No information need be disclosed pursuant to this paragraph.

(c) The Trust has amended its Code of Ethics during the period covered by the
shareholder report presented in Item 1 hereto to delete from the end of the
following paragraph on page 2 of the Code the phrase "to the detriment of the
Fund.":

"Each Covered Officer must not use his personal influence or personal
relationship improperly to influence investment decisions or financial reporting
by the Fund whereby the Covered Officer would benefit personally (directly or
indirectly)."

Additionally, Exhibit B was amended to remove Mitchell M. Merin as a covered
officer.

(d)  Not applicable.

(e)  Not applicable.

(f)

     (1)  The Trust/Fund's Code of Ethics is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

     (2)  Not applicable.

     (3)  Not applicable.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Trust's Board of Trustees has determined that it has two "audit committee
financial experts" serving on its audit committee, each of whom are
"independent" Trustees: Dr. Manuel H. Johnson and Joseph J. Kearns. Under
applicable securities laws, a person who is determined to be an audit committee
financial expert will not be deemed an "expert" for any purpose, including
without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933,
as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial
expert. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee
financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or
liabilities that are greater than the duties, obligations, and liabilities
imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and Board of Trustees
in the absence of such designation or identification.

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Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

(a)(b)(c)(d) and (g). Based on fees billed for the periods shown:

     2005
                                          REGISTRANT        COVERED ENTITIES(1)
        AUDIT FEES.....................   $ 28,108          N/A

        NON-AUDIT FEES
                  AUDIT-RELATED FEES...   $  6,105  (2)     $  (2)
                  TAX FEES.............   $   5,026 (3)     $  (4)
                  ALL OTHER FEES.......   $ -               $ -
        TOTAL NON-AUDIT FEES...........   $  11,131         $

        TOTAL..........................   $   39,239        $


     2004
                                          REGISTRANT        COVERED ENTITIES(1)
        AUDIT FEES.....................   $ 26,761          N/A

        NON-AUDIT FEES
                  AUDIT-RELATED FEES...   $   5,752 (2)     $ 5,067,400  (2)
                  TAX FEES.............   $   4,455 (3)     $    545,053 (4)
                  ALL OTHER FEES.......   $ -               $ -  (5)
        TOTAL NON-AUDIT FEES...........   $ 10,207          $ 5,612,453

        TOTAL..........................   $ 36,968          $ 5,612,453

     N/A- Not applicable, as not required by Item 4.

     (1)  Covered Entities include the Adviser (excluding sub-advisors) and any
          entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the
          Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant.
     (2)  Audit-Related Fees represent assurance and related services provided
          that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the
          financial statements of the Covered Entities' and funds advised by the
          Adviser or its affiliates, specifically data verification and
          agreed-upon procedures related to asset securitizations and
          agreed-upon procedures engagements.
     (3)  Tax Fees represent tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice
          services provided in connection with the preparation and review of the
          Registrant's tax returns.
     (4)  Tax Fees represent tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice
          services provided in connection with the review of Covered Entities'
          tax returns.
     (5)  All other fees represent project management for future business
          applications and improving business and operational processes.

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(e)(1) The audit committee's pre-approval policies and procedures are as
follows:

                                                                      APPENDIX A

                                 AUDIT COMMITTEE
                          AUDIT AND NON-AUDIT SERVICES
                       PRE-APPROVAL POLICY AND PROCEDURES
                                     OF THE
                  MORGAN STANLEY RETAIL AND INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS

                    AS ADOPTED AND AMENDED JULY 23, 2004,(1)


1. STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES

The Audit Committee of the Board is required to review and, in its sole
discretion, pre-approve all Covered Services to be provided by the Independent
Auditors to the Fund and Covered Entities in order to assure that services
performed by the Independent Auditors do not impair the auditor's independence
from the Fund.

The SEC has issued rules specifying the types of services that an independent
auditor may not provide to its audit client, as well as the audit committee's
administration of the engagement of the independent auditor. The SEC's rules
establish two different approaches to pre-approving services, which the SEC
considers to be equally valid. Proposed services either: may be pre-approved
without consideration of specific case-by-case services by the Audit Committee
("general pre-approval"); or require the specific pre-approval of the Audit
Committee or its delegate ("specific pre-approval"). The Audit Committee
believes that the combination of these two approaches in this Policy will result
in an effective and efficient procedure to pre-approve services performed by the
Independent Auditors. As set forth in this Policy, unless a type of service has
received general pre-approval, it will require specific pre-approval by the
Audit Committee (or by any member of the Audit Committee to which pre-approval
authority has been delegated) if it is to be provided by the Independent
Auditors. Any proposed services exceeding pre-approved cost levels or budgeted
amounts will also require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee.

The appendices to this Policy describe the Audit, Audit-related, Tax and All
Other services that have the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee. The
term of any general pre-approval is 12 months from the date of pre-approval,
unless the Audit Committee considers and provides a different period and states
otherwise. The Audit Committee will annually review and pre-approve the services
that may be provided by the Independent Auditors without obtaining specific
pre-approval from the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee will add to or
subtract from the list of general pre-approved services from time to time, based
on subsequent determinations.

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(1)  This Audit Committee Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy and
     Procedures (the "Policy"), adopted as of the date above, supersedes and
     replaces all prior versions that may have been adopted from time to time.

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The purpose of this Policy is to set forth the policy and procedures by which
the Audit Committee intends to fulfill its responsibilities. It does not
delegate the Audit Committee's responsibilities to pre-approve services
performed by the Independent Auditors to management.

The Fund's Independent Auditors have reviewed this Policy and believes that
implementation of the Policy will not adversely affect the Independent Auditors'
independence.

2. DELEGATION

As provided in the Act and the SEC's rules, the Audit Committee may delegate
either type of pre-approval authority to one or more of its members. The member
to whom such authority is delegated must report, for informational purposes
only, any pre-approval decisions to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled
meeting.

3. AUDIT SERVICES

The annual Audit services engagement terms and fees are subject to the specific
pre-approval of the Audit Committee. Audit services include the annual financial
statement audit and other procedures required to be performed by the Independent
Auditors to be able to form an opinion on the Fund's financial statements. These
other procedures include information systems and procedural reviews and testing
performed in order to understand and place reliance on the systems of internal
control, and consultations relating to the audit. The Audit Committee will
approve, if necessary, any changes in terms, conditions and fees resulting from
changes in audit scope, Fund structure or other items.

In addition to the annual Audit services engagement approved by the Audit
Committee, the Audit Committee may grant general pre-approval to other Audit
services, which are those services that only the Independent Auditors reasonably
can provide. Other Audit services may include statutory audits and services
associated with SEC registration statements (on Forms N-1A, N-2, N-3, N-4,
etc.), periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC or other
documents issued in connection with securities offerings.

The Audit Committee has pre-approved the Audit services in Appendix B.1. All
other Audit services not listed in Appendix B.1 must be specifically
pre-approved by the Audit Committee (or by any member of the Audit Committee to
which pre-approval has been delegated).

4. AUDIT-RELATED SERVICES

Audit-related services are assurance and related services that are reasonably
related to the performance of the audit or review of the Fund's financial
statements and, to the extent they are Covered Services, the Covered Entities or
that are traditionally performed by the Independent Auditors. Because the Audit
Committee believes that the provision of Audit-related services does not impair
the independence of the auditor and is consistent with the SEC's rules on
auditor independence, the Audit Committee may grant general pre-approval to
Audit-related services. Audit-related services include, among others, accounting
consultations related to accounting, financial reporting or disclosure matters

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not classified as "Audit services"; assistance with understanding and
implementing new accounting and financial reporting guidance from rulemaking
authorities; agreed-upon or expanded audit procedures related to accounting
and/or billing records required to respond to or comply with financial,
accounting or regulatory reporting matters; and assistance with internal control
reporting requirements under Forms N-SAR and/or N-CSR.

The Audit Committee has pre-approved the Audit-related services in Appendix B.2.
All other Audit-related services not listed in Appendix B.2 must be specifically
pre-approved by the Audit Committee (or by any member of the Audit Committee to
which pre-approval has been delegated).

5. TAX SERVICES

The Audit Committee believes that the Independent Auditors can provide Tax
services to the Fund and, to the extent they are Covered Services, the Covered
Entities, such as tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice without impairing
the auditor's independence, and the SEC has stated that the Independent Auditors
may provide such services.

Pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Audit Committee has pre-approved the
Tax Services in Appendix B.3. All Tax services in Appendix B.3 must be
specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee (or by any member of the Audit
Committee to which pre-approval has been delegated).

6. ALL OTHER SERVICES

The Audit Committee believes, based on the SEC's rules prohibiting the
Independent Auditors from providing specific non-audit services, that other
types of non-audit services are permitted. Accordingly, the Audit Committee
believes it may grant general pre-approval to those permissible non-audit
services classified as All Other services that it believes are routine and
recurring services, would not impair the independence of the auditor and are
consistent with the SEC's rules on auditor independence.

The Audit Committee has pre-approved the All Other services in Appendix B.4.
Permissible All Other services not listed in Appendix B.4 must be specifically
pre-approved by the Audit Committee (or by any member of the Audit Committee to
which pre-approval has been delegated).

7. PRE-APPROVAL FEE LEVELS OR BUDGETED AMOUNTS

Pre-approval fee levels or budgeted amounts for all services to be provided by
the Independent Auditors will be established annually by the Audit Committee.
Any proposed services exceeding these levels or amounts will require specific
pre-approval by the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee is mindful of the
overall relationship of fees for audit and non-audit services in determining
whether to pre-approve any such services.

8. PROCEDURES

All requests or applications for services to be provided by the Independent
Auditors that do not require specific approval by the Audit Committee will be
submitted to the Fund's Chief Financial Officer and must include a detailed
description of the services to be

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rendered. The Fund's Chief Financial Officer will determine whether such
services are included within the list of services that have received the general
pre-approval of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee will be informed on a
timely basis of any such services rendered by the Independent Auditors. Requests
or applications to provide services that require specific approval by the Audit
Committee will be submitted to the Audit Committee by both the Independent
Auditors and the Fund's Chief Financial Officer, and must include a joint
statement as to whether, in their view, the request or application is consistent
with the SEC's rules on auditor independence.

The Audit Committee has designated the Fund's Chief Financial Officer to monitor
the performance of all services provided by the Independent Auditors and to
determine whether such services are in compliance with this Policy. The Fund's
Chief Financial Officer will report to the Audit Committee on a periodic basis
on the results of its monitoring. Both the Fund's Chief Financial Officer and
management will immediately report to the chairman of the Audit Committee any
breach of this Policy that comes to the attention of the Fund's Chief Financial
Officer or any member of management.

9. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

The Audit Committee has determined to take additional measures on an annual
basis to meet its responsibility to oversee the work of the Independent Auditors
and to assure the auditor's independence from the Fund, such as reviewing a
formal written statement from the Independent Auditors delineating all
relationships between the Independent Auditors and the Fund, consistent with
Independence Standards Board No. 1, and discussing with the Independent Auditors
its methods and procedures for ensuring independence.

10. COVERED ENTITIES

Covered Entities include the Fund's investment adviser(s) and any entity
controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Fund's investment
adviser(s) that provides ongoing services to the Fund(s). Beginning with
non-audit service contracts entered into on or after May 6, 2003, the Fund's
audit committee must pre-approve non-audit services provided not only to the
Fund but also to the Covered Entities if the engagements relate directly to the
operations and financial reporting of the Fund. This list of Covered Entities
would include:

         Morgan Stanley Retail Funds
         Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc.
         Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
         Morgan Stanley DW Inc.
         Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
         Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited
         Morgan Stanley Investment Management Private Limited
         Morgan Stanley Asset & Investment Trust Management Co., Limited
         Morgan Stanley Investment Management Company
         Van Kampen Asset Management
         Morgan Stanley Services Company, Inc.
         Morgan Stanley Distributors Inc.
         Morgan Stanley Trust FSB

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         Morgan Stanley Institutional Funds
         Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
         Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc.
         Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited
         Morgan Stanley Investment Management Private Limited
         Morgan Stanley Asset & Investment Trust Management Co., Limited
         Morgan Stanley Investment Management Company
         Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
         Morgan Stanley Distribution, Inc.
         Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP
         Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners LP


(e)(2) Beginning with non-audit service contracts entered into on or after May
6, 2003, the audit committee also is required to pre-approve services to Covered
Entities to the extent that the services are determined to have a direct impact
on the operations or financial reporting of the Registrant. 100% of such
services were pre-approved by the audit committee pursuant to the Audit
Committee's pre-approval policies and procedures (attached hereto).

(f) Not applicable.

(g) See table above.

(h) The audit committee of the Board of Trustees has considered whether the
provision of services other than audit services performed by the auditors to the
Registrant and Covered Entities is compatible with maintaining the auditors'
independence in performing audit services.


Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

(a) The Trust has a separately-designated standing audit committee established
in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act whose members are:
Michael Bozic, Edwin J. Garn, Wayne E. Hedien, Manual H. Johnson, Joseph J.
Kearns, Michael Nugent and Fergus Reid.

(b) Not applicable.


Item 6.

See Item 1.

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Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End
Management Investment Companies.

The Fund invests in exclusively non-voting securities and therefore this item is
not applicable.


Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Applicable only to reports covering periods ending on or after December 31,
2005.

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Item 9. Closed-End Fund Repurchases



                    REGISTRANT PURCHASE OF EQUITY SECURITIES
- ----------------------------- --------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------
Period                        (a) Total       (b) Average Price    (c) Total Number of   (d) Maximum Number
                              Number of       Paid per Share (or   Shares (or Units)     (or Approximate
                              Shares (or      Unit)                Purchased as Part      Dollar Value) of
                              Units)                               of Publicly            Shares (or Units)
                              Purchased                            Announced Plans or     that May Yet Be
                                                                   Programs               Purchased Under
                                                                                          the Plans or
                                                                                          Programs
- ----------------------------- --------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------

November 1, 2004 --
November 30, 2004             109,500         13.596                       N/A                   N/A
- ----------------------------- --------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------
December 1, 2004 --
December 31, 2004             177,800         13.5020                      N/A                   N/A
- ----------------------------- --------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------
January 1, 2005 --
January 31, 2005              146,200         13.6849                      N/A                   N/A
- ----------------------------- --------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------
February 1, 2005 --
February 28, 2005             117,200         13.9174                      N/A                   N/A
- ----------------------------- --------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------
March 1, 2005 --
March 31, 2005                119,290         13.5595                      N/A                   N/A
- ----------------------------- --------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------
April 1, 2005 --
April 30, 2005                95,200          13.4392                      N/A                   N/A
- ----------------------------- --------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------
May 1, 2005 ---
May 31, 2005                  122,032         13.7490                      N/A                   N/A
- ----------------------------- --------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------
June 1, 2005 ---
June 30, 2005                 99,600          13.8966                      N/A                   N/A
- ----------------------------- --------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------
July 1, 2005 ---
July 31, 2005                 93,900          13.9080                      N/A                   N/A
- ----------------------------- --------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------
August 1, 2005 ---
August 31, 2005               96,800          13.9507                      N/A                   N/A
- ----------------------------- --------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------
September 1, 2005 --
September 30, 2005            91,000          13.9915                      N/A                   N/A
- ----------------------------- --------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------
October 1, 2005 ---
October 31, 2005r             97,800          13.7605                      N/A                   N/A
- ----------------------------- --------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------
Total                         1,366,322       13.7461                      N/A                   N/A
- ----------------------------- --------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------


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Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Not applicable.


Item 11. Controls and Procedures

(a) The Trust's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have
concluded that the Trust's disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to
ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Trust in this Form N-CSR
was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms, based
upon such officers' evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date
within 90 days of the filing date of the report.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal half-year
(the registrant's second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that
has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrant's internal control over financial reporting.


Item 12. Exhibits

(a) The Code of Ethics for Principal Executive and Senior Financial Officers is
attached hereto.

(b) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal
financial officer of the registrant are attached hereto as part of EX-99.CERT.



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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust

/s/ Ronald E. Robison
Ronald E. Robison
Principal Executive Officer
December 19, 2005

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed by the following
persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.

/s/ Ronald E. Robison
Ronald E. Robison
Principal Executive Officer
December 19, 2005

/s/ Francis Smith
Francis Smith
Principal Financial Officer
December 19, 2005




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                                                                    EXHIBIT 12 A



      CODE OF ETHICS FOR PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE AND SENIOR FINANCIAL OFFICERS
            ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 28, 2004, AS AMENDED SEPTEMBER 20, 2005



I.   This Code of Ethics (the "Code") for the investment companies within the
     Morgan Stanley complex identified in Exhibit A (collectively, "Funds" and
     each, a "Fund") applies to each Fund's Principal Executive Officer,
     President, Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer (or persons performing
     similar functions) ("Covered Officers" each of whom are set forth in
     Exhibit B) for the purpose of promoting:

     o    honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual
          or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional
          relationships.

     o    full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports
          and documents that a company files with, or submits to, the Securities
          and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and in other public communications
          made by the Fund;

     o    compliance with applicable laws and governmental rules and
          regulations;

     o    prompt internal reporting of violations of the Code to an appropriate
          person or persons identified in the Code; and

     o    accountability for adherence to the Code.

          Each Covered Officer should adhere to a high standard of business
ethics and should be sensitive to situations that may give rise to actual as
well as apparent conflicts of interest. Any question about the application of
the Code should be referred to the General Counsel or his/her designee (who is
set forth in Exhibit C).

II.  COVERED OFFICERS SHOULD HANDLE ETHICALLY ACTUAL AND APPARENT CONFLICTS OF
     INTEREST

     OVERVIEW. A "conflict of interest" occurs when a Covered Officer's private
interest interferes, or appears to interfere, with the interests of, or his
service to, the Fund. For example, a conflict of interest would arise if a
Covered Officer, or a member of his family, receives improper personal benefits
as a result of his position with the Fund.

     Certain conflicts of interest arise out of the relationships between
Covered Officers and the Fund and already are subject to conflict of interest
provisions in the

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Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Investment Company Act") and the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940 ("Investment Advisers Act"). For example, Covered Officers
may not individually engage in certain transactions (such as the purchase or
sale of securities or other property) with the Fund because of their status as
"affiliated persons" (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the Fund. The
Fund's and its investment adviser's compliance programs and procedures are
designed to prevent, or identify and correct, violations of these provisions.
This Code does not, and is not intended to, repeat or replace these programs and
procedures, and such conflicts fall outside the parameters of this Code, unless
or until the General Counsel determines that any violation of such programs and
procedures is also a violation of this Code.

     Although typically not presenting an opportunity for improper personal
benefit, conflicts may arise from, or as a result of, the contractual
relationship between the Fund and its investment adviser of which the Covered
Officers are also officers or employees. As a result, this Code recognizes that
the Covered Officers will, in the normal course of their duties (whether
formally for the Fund or for the investment adviser, or for both), be involved
in establishing policies and implementing decisions that will have different
effects on the Fund and its investment adviser. The participation of the Covered
Officers in such activities is inherent in the contractual relationship between
the Fund and the investment adviser and is consistent with the performance by
the Covered Officers of their duties as officers of the Fund. Thus, if performed
in conformity with the provisions of the Investment Company Act and the
Investment Advisers Act, such activities will be deemed to have been handled
ethically. In addition, it is recognized by the Funds' Boards of
Directors/Trustees ("Boards") that the Covered Officers may also be officers or
employees of one or more other investment companies covered by this or other
codes.

     Other conflicts of interest are covered by the Code, even if such conflicts
of interest are not subject to provisions in the Investment Company Act and the
Investment Advisers Act. The following list provides examples of conflicts of
interest under the Code, but Covered Officers should keep in mind that these
examples are not exhaustive. The overarching principle is that the personal
interest of a Covered Officer should not be placed improperly before the
interest of the Fund.

     Each Covered Officer must not:

     o    use his personal influence or personal relationships improperly to
          influence investment decisions or financial reporting by the Fund
          whereby the Covered Officer would benefit personally (directly or
          indirectly);

     o    cause the Fund to take action, or fail to take action, for the
          individual personal benefit of the Covered Officer rather than the
          benefit of the Fund; or

     o    use material non-public knowledge of portfolio transactions made or
          contemplated for, or actions proposed to be taken by, the Fund to
          trade personally or cause others to trade personally in contemplation
          of the market effect of such transactions.

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     Each Covered Officer must, at the time of signing this Code, report to the
General Counsel all affiliations or significant business relationships outside
the Morgan Stanley complex and must update the report annually.

     Conflict of interest situations should always be approved by the General
Counsel and communicated to the relevant Fund or Fund's Board. Any activity or
relationship that would present such a conflict for a Covered Officer would
likely also present a conflict for the Covered Officer if an immediate member of
the Covered Officer's family living in the same household engages in such an
activity or has such a relationship. Examples of these include:

     o    service or significant business relationships as a director on the
          board of any public or private company;

     o    accepting directly or indirectly, anything of value, including gifts
          and gratuities in excess of $100 per year from any person or entity
          with which the Fund has current or prospective business dealings, not
          including occasional meals or tickets for theatre or sporting events
          or other similar entertainment; provided it is business-related,
          reasonable in cost, appropriate as to time and place, and not so
          frequent as to raise any question of impropriety;

     o    any ownership interest in, or any consulting or employment
          relationship with, any of the Fund's service providers, other than its
          investment adviser, principal underwriter, or any affiliated person
          thereof; and

     o    a direct or indirect financial interest in commissions, transaction
          charges or spreads paid by the Fund for effecting portfolio
          transactions or for selling or redeeming shares other than an interest
          arising from the Covered Officer's employment, such as compensation or
          equity ownership.

III. DISCLOSURE AND COMPLIANCE

     o    Each Covered Officer should familiarize himself/herself with the
          disclosure and compliance requirements generally applicable to the
          Funds;

     o    each Covered Officer must not knowingly misrepresent, or cause others
          to misrepresent, facts about the Fund to others, whether within or
          outside the Fund, including to the Fund's Directors/Trustees and
          auditors, or to governmental regulators and self-regulatory
          organizations;

     o    each Covered Officer should, to the extent appropriate within his area
          of responsibility, consult with other officers and employees of the
          Funds and their investment advisers with the goal of promoting full,
          fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in the reports
          and documents the Funds file with, or submit to, the SEC and in other
          public communications made by the Funds; and

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     o    it is the responsibility of each Covered Officer to promote compliance
          with the standards and restrictions imposed by applicable laws, rules
          and regulations.

IV.  REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY

     Each Covered Officer must:

     o    upon adoption of the Code (thereafter as applicable, upon becoming a
          Covered Officer), affirm in writing to the Boards that he has
          received, read and understands the Code;

     o    annually thereafter affirm to the Boards that he has complied with the
          requirements of the Code;

     o    not retaliate against any other Covered Officer, other officer or any
          employee of the Funds or their affiliated persons for reports of
          potential violations that are made in good faith; and

     o    notify the General Counsel promptly if he/she knows or suspects of any
          violation of this Code. Failure to do so is itself a violation of this
          Code.

     The General Counsel is responsible for applying this Code to specific
situations in which questions are presented under it and has the authority to
interpret this Code in any particular situation. However, any waivers(2) sought
by a Covered Officer must be considered by the Board of the relevant Fund or
Funds.

     The Funds will follow these procedures in investigating and enforcing this
Code:

     o    the General Counsel will take all appropriate action to investigate
          any potential violations reported to him;

     o    if, after such investigation, the General Counsel believes that no
          violation has occurred, the General Counsel is not required to take
          any further action;

     o    any matter that the General Counsel believes is a violation will be
          reported to the relevant Fund's Audit Committee;

     o    if the directors/trustees/managing general partners who are not
          "interested persons" as defined by the Investment Company Act (the
          "Independent Directors/Trustees/Managing General Partners") of the
          relevant Fund concur that a violation has occurred, they will consider
          appropriate action,

- ---------------
(2)  Item 2 of Form N-CSR defines "waiver" as "the approval by the registrant of
     a material departure from a provision of the code of ethics."

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          which may include review of, and appropriate modifications to,
          applicable policies and procedures; notification to appropriate
          personnel of the investment adviser or its board; or a recommendation
          to dismiss the Covered Officer or other appropriate disciplinary
          actions;

     o    the Independent Directors/Trustees/Managing General Partners of the
          relevant Fund will be responsible for granting waivers of this Code,
          as appropriate; and

     o    any changes to or waivers of this Code will, to the extent required,
          be disclosed as provided by SEC rules.

V.   OTHER POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

     This Code shall be the sole code of ethics adopted by the Funds for
purposes of Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and
forms applicable to registered investment companies thereunder. Insofar as other
policies or procedures of the Funds, the Funds' investment advisers, principal
underwriters, or other service providers govern or purport to govern the
behavior or activities of the Covered Officers who are subject to this Code,
they are superseded by this Code to the extent that they overlap or conflict
with the provisions of this Code unless any provision of this Code conflicts
with any applicable federal or state law, in which case the requirements of such
law will govern. The Funds' and their investment advisers' and principal
underwriters' codes of ethics under Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act
and Morgan Stanley's Code of Ethics are separate requirements applying to the
Covered Officers and others, and are not part of this Code.

VI.  AMENDMENTS

     Any amendments to this Code, other than amendments to Exhibits A, B or C,
must be approved or ratified by a majority vote of the Board of each Fund,
including a majority of Independent Directors/Trustees/Managing General
Partners.

VII. CONFIDENTIALITY

     All reports and records prepared or maintained pursuant to this Code will
be considered confidential and shall be maintained and protected accordingly.
Except as otherwise required by law or this Code, such matters shall not be
disclosed to anyone other than the Independent Directors/Trustees/Managing
General Partners of the relevant Fund or Funds and their counsel, the relevant
Fund or Funds and their counsel and the relevant investment adviser and its
counsel.

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VIII. INTERNAL USE

     The Code is intended solely for the internal use by the Funds and does not
constitute an admission, by or on behalf of any Fund, as to any fact,
circumstance, or legal conclusion



I have read and understand the terms of the above Code. I recognize the
responsibilities and obligations incurred by me as a result of my being subject
to the Code. I hereby agree to abide by the above Code.


- -------------------------

Date:
     --------------------


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                                    EXHIBIT A
                                    ---------


                                    FUND LIST

                                       AT
                               SEPTEMBER 20, 2005


RETAIL FUNDS

OPEN-END RETAIL FUNDS

     TAXABLE MONEY MARKET FUNDS
     --------------------------

     1.   Active Assets Government Securities Trust ("AA Government")

     2.   Active Assets Institutional Government Securities Trust ("AA
          Institutional Government")

     3.   Active Assets Institutional Money Trust ("AA Institutional Money")

     4.   Active Assets Money Trust ("AA Money")

     5.   Morgan Stanley Liquid Asset Fund Inc. ("Liquid Asset")

     6.   Morgan Stanley U.S. Government Money Market Trust ("Government Money")

     TAX-EXEMPT MONEY MARKET FUNDS
     -----------------------------

     7.   Active Assets California Tax-Free Trust ("AA California")

     8.   Active Assets Tax-Free Trust ("AA Tax-Free")

     9.   Morgan Stanley California Tax-Free Daily Income Trust ("California
          Tax-Free Daily")

     10.  Morgan Stanley New York Municipal Money Market Trust ("New York
          Money")

     11.  Morgan Stanley Tax-Free Daily Income Trust ("Tax-Free Daily")

     EQUITY FUNDS
     ------------

     12.  Morgan Stanley Aggressive Equity Fund ("Aggressive Equity")+

     13.  Morgan Stanley Allocator Fund ("Allocator Fund")+

     14.  Morgan Stanley American Opportunities Fund ("American Opportunities")+

     15.  Morgan Stanley Biotechnology Fund ("Biotechnology Fund")+

     16.  Morgan Stanley Capital Opportunities Trust ("Capital Opportunities")+

     17.  Morgan Stanley Developing Growth Securities Trust ("Developing
          Growth")+

     18.  Morgan Stanley Dividend Growth Securities Inc. ("Dividend Growth")+

     19.  Morgan Stanley Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund ("Equally-Weighted S&P
          500")+

     20.  Morgan Stanley European Equity Fund Inc. ("European Equity")+

     21.  Morgan Stanley Financial Services Trust ("Financial Services")+

     22.  Morgan Stanley Fundamental Value Fund ("Fundamental Value")+

     23.  Morgan Stanley Global Advantage Fund ("Global Advantage")+

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     24.  Morgan Stanley Global Dividend Growth Securities ("Global Dividend
          Growth")+

     25.  Morgan Stanley Global Utilities Fund ("Global Utilities")+

     26.  Morgan Stanley Growth Fund ("Growth Fund")+

     27.  Morgan Stanley Health Sciences Trust ("Health Sciences")+

     28.  Morgan Stanley Income Builder Fund ("Income Builder")+

     29.  Morgan Stanley Information Fund ("Information Fund")+

     30.  Morgan Stanley International Fund ("International Fund")+

     31.  Morgan Stanley International SmallCap Fund ("International SmallCap")+

     32.  Morgan Stanley International Value Equity Fund ("International
          Value")+

     33.  Morgan Stanley Japan Fund ("Japan Fund")+

     34.  Morgan Stanley KLD Social Index Fund ("KLD Social Index")+

     35.  Morgan Stanley Mid-Cap Value Fund (Mid-Cap Value")+

     36.  Morgan Stanley Multi-Asset Class Fund ("Multi-Asset Class")+

          o  Domestic Portfolio

     37.  Morgan Stanley Nasdaq-100 Index Fund ("Nasdaq-100")+

     38.  Morgan Stanley Natural Resource Development Securities Inc. ("Natural
          Resource")+

     39.  Morgan Stanley Pacific Growth Fund Inc. ("Pacific Growth")+

     40.  Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund ("Real Estate")+

     41.  Morgan Stanley Small-Mid Special Value Fund (Small-Mid Special
          Value")+

     42.  Morgan Stanley S&P 500 Index Fund ("S&P500 Index")+

     43.  Morgan Stanley Special Growth Fund ("Special Growth")+

     44.  Morgan Stanley Special Value Fund ("Special Value")+

     45.  Morgan Stanley Total Market Index Fund ("Total Market Index")+

     46.  Morgan Stanley Total Return Trust ("Total Return")+

     47.  Morgan Stanley Utilities Fund ("Utilities Fund")+

     48.  Morgan Stanley Value Fund ("Value Fund")+

     BALANCED FUNDS
     --------------

     49.  Morgan Stanley Balanced Growth Fund ("Balanced Growth")+

     50.  Morgan Stanley Balanced Income Fund ("Balanced Income")+

     ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

     51.  Morgan Stanley Strategist Fund ("Strategist Fund")+

     TAXABLE FIXED-INCOME FUNDS
     --------------------------

     52.  Morgan Stanley Convertible Securities Trust ("Convertible
          Securities")+

     53.  Morgan Stanley Flexible Income Trust ("Flexible Income")+

     54.  Morgan Stanley Income Trust ("Income Trust")+

     55.  Morgan Stanley High Yield Securities Inc. ("High Yield Securities")+

     56.  Morgan Stanley Limited Duration Fund ("Limited Duration Fund")

     57.  Morgan Stanley Mortgage Securities Trust ("Mortgage Securities")+

     58.  Morgan Stanley Limited Duration U.S. Treasury Trust ("Limited Duration
          Treasury")

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     59.  Morgan Stanley Total Return Income Securities Fund ("Total Return
          Income")+

     60.  Morgan Stanley U.S. Government Securities Trust ("Government
          Securities")+

     TAX-EXEMPT FIXED-INCOME FUNDS
     -----------------------------

     61.  Morgan Stanley California Tax-Free Income Fund ("California
          Tax-Free")+

     62.  Morgan Stanley Limited Term Municipal Trust ("Limited Term Municipal")

     63.  Morgan Stanley New York Tax-Free Income Fund ("New York Tax-Free")+

     64.  Morgan Stanley Tax-Exempt Securities Trust ("Tax-Exempt Securities")+

     SPECIAL PURPOSE FUNDS
     ---------------------

     65.  Morgan Stanley Select Dimensions Investment Series ("Select
          Dimensions")

          o    American Opportunities Portfolio

          o    Balanced Growth Portfolio

          o    Capital Opportunities Portfolio

          o    Developing Growth Portfolio

          o    Dividend Growth Portfolio

          o    Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Portfolio

          o    Flexible Income Portfolio

          o    Global Equity Portfolio

          o    Growth Portfolio

          o    Money Market Portfolio

          o    Utilities Portfolio

     66.  Morgan Stanley Variable Investment Series ("Variable Investment")

          o    Aggressive Equity Portfolio

          o    Dividend Growth Portfolio

          o    Equity Portfolio

          o    European Growth Portfolio

          o    Global Advantage Portfolio

          o    Global Dividend Growth Portfolio

          o    High Yield Portfolio

          o    Income Builder Portfolio

          o    Information Portfolio

          o    Limited Duration Portfolio

          o    Money Market Portfolio

          o    Quality Income Plus Portfolio

          o    S&P 500 Index Portfolio

          o    Strategist Portfolio

          o    Utilities Portfolio

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CLOSED-END RETAIL FUNDS

     TAXABLE FIXED-INCOME CLOSED-END FUNDS
     -------------------------------------

     67.  Morgan Stanley Government Income Trust ("Government Income")

     68.  Morgan Stanley Income Securities Inc. ("Income Securities")

     69.  Morgan Stanley Prime Income Trust ("Prime Income")

     TAX-EXEMPT FIXED-INCOME CLOSED-END FUNDS
     ----------------------------------------

     70.  Morgan Stanley California Insured Municipal Income Trust ("California
          Insured Municipal")

     71.  Morgan Stanley California Quality Municipal Securities ("California
          Quality Municipal")

     72.  Morgan Stanley Insured California Municipal Securities ("Insured
          California Securities")

     73.  Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Bond Trust ("Insured Municipal Bond")

     74.  Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Income Trust ("Insured Municipal
          Income")

     75.  Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Securities ("Insured Municipal
          Securities")

     76.  Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Trust ("Insured Municipal Trust")

     77.  Morgan Stanley Municipal Income Opportunities Trust ("Municipal
          Opportunities")

     78.  Morgan Stanley Municipal Income Opportunities Trust II ("Municipal
          Opportunities II")

     79.  Morgan Stanley Municipal Income Opportunities Trust III ("Municipal
          Opportunities III")

     80.  Morgan Stanley Municipal Premium Income Trust ("Municipal Premium")

     81.  Morgan Stanley New York Quality Municipal Securities ("New York
          Quality Municipal")

     82.  Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust ("Quality Municipal
          Income")

     83.  Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Investment Trust ("Quality Municipal
          Investment")

     84.  Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Securities ("Quality Municipal
          Securities")

+- Denotes Retail Multi-Class Fund

                               INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS
                               -------------------

OPEN-END INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS

     1.   Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. ("Institutional Fund Inc.")

          Active Portfolios:

               o    Active International Allocation Portfolio

               o    Emerging Markets Portfolio

               o    Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio

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               o    Equity Growth Portfolio

               o    European Real Estate Portfolio

               o    Focus Equity Portfolio

               o    Global Franchise Portfolio

               o    Global Value Equity Portfolio

               o    International Equity Portfolio

               o    International Magnum Portfolio

               o    International Small Cap Portfolio

               o    Money Market Portfolio

               o    Municipal Money Market Portfolio

               o    Small Company Growth Portfolio

               o    U.S. Real Estate Portfolio

               o    Value Equity Portfolio

         Inactive Portfolios*:

               o    China Growth Portfolio

               o    Gold Portfolio

               o    Large Cap Relative Value Portfolio

               o    MicroCap Portfolio

               o    Mortgage-Backed Securities Portfolio

               o    Municipal Bond Portfolio

               o    U.S. Equity Plus Portfolio


     2.   Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund Trust ("Institutional Fund Trust")

         Active Portfolios:

               o    Advisory Foreign Fixed Income II Portfolio

               o    Advisory Foreign Fixed Income Portfolio

               o    Advisory Mortgage Portfolio

               o    Balanced Portfolio

               o    Core Plus Fixed Income Portfolio

               o    Equity Portfolio

               o    High Yield Portfolio

               o    Intermediate Duration Portfolio

               o    International Fixed Income Portfolio

               o    Investment Grade Fixed Income Portfolio

               o    Limited Duration Portfolio

               o    Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio

               o    Municipal Portfolio

- -------------------
* Have not commenced or have ceased operations

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               o    U.S. Core Fixed Income Portfolio

               o    U.S. Mid-Cap Value Portfolio

               o    U.S. Small-Cap Value Portfolio

               o    Value Portfolio

         Inactive Portfolios*:

               o    Balanced Plus Portfolio

               o    Growth Portfolio

               o    Investment Grade Credit Advisory Portfolio

               o    Mortgage Advisory Portfolio

               o    New York Municipal Portfolio

               o    Targeted Duration Portfolio

               o    Value II Portfolio

     3.   The Universal Institutional Funds, Inc. ("Universal Funds")

         Active Portfolios:

               o    Core Plus Fixed Income Portfolio

               o    Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio

               o    Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio

               o    Equity and Income Portfolio

               o    Equity Growth Portfolio

               o    Global Franchise Portfolio

               o    Global Value Equity Portfolio

               o    High Yield Portfolio

               o    International Magnum Portfolio

               o    Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio

               o    Money Market Portfolio

               o    Small Company Growth Portfolio

               o    Technology Portfolio

               o    U.S. Mid-Cap Value Portfolio

               o    U.S. Real Estate Portfolio

               o    Value Portfolio


     Inactive Portfolios*:

               o    Balanced Portfolio

               o    Capital Preservation Portfolio

               o    Core Equity Portfolio

               o    International Fixed Income Portfolio

               o    Investment Grade Fixed Income Portfolio

               o    Latin American Portfolio

- --------------------
* Have not commenced or have ceased operations

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               o    Multi-Asset Class Portfolio

               o    Targeted Duration Portfolio


     4.   Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds ("Liquidity Funds")

     Active Portfolios:

               o    Government Portfolio

               o    Money Market Portfolio

               o    Prime Portfolio

               o    Tax-Exempt Portfolio

               o    Treasury Portfolio



     Inactive Portfolios*:

               o    Government Securities Portfolio

               o    Treasury Securities Portfolio


CLOSED-END INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS

5.   Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific Fund, Inc. ("Asia-Pacific Fund")

6.   Morgan Stanley Eastern Europe Fund, Inc. ("Eastern Europe")

7.   Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc. ("Emerging Markets Debt")

8.   Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Fund, Inc. ("Emerging Markets Fund")

9.   Morgan Stanley Global Opportunity Bond Fund, Inc. ("Global Opportunity")

10.  Morgan Stanley High Yield Fund, Inc. ("High Yield Fund")

11.  The Latin American Discovery Fund, Inc. ("Latin American Discovery")

12   The Malaysia Fund, Inc. ("Malaysia Fund")

13.  The Thai Fund, Inc. ("Thai Fund")

14.  The Turkish Investment Fund, Inc. ("Turkish Investment")


CLOSED-END FUND OF HEDGE FUNDS

15.  Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund of Hedge Funds ("Fund of Hedge Funds")



                                 IN REGISTRATION

MORGAN STANLEY RETAIL FUNDS

1.   Morgan Stanley American Franchise Fund

FUNDS OF HEDGE FUNDS

     1.   Morgan Stanley Absolute Return Fund

     2.   Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund of Hedge Funds II

- ---------------
* Have not commenced or have ceased operations

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                                    EXHIBIT B
                                    ---------

                               INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS
                                COVERED OFFICERS
                                ----------------

          Ronald E. Robison -President and Principal Executive Officer
            James W. Garrett - Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

                                  RETAIL FUNDS
                                COVERED OFFICERS
                                ----------------

          Ronald E. Robison -President and Principal Executive Officer
              Francis Smith - Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

                   MORGAN STANLEY INDIA INVESTMENT FUND, INC.
                                COVERED OFFICERS
                                ----------------

          Ronald E. Robison - President and Principal Executive Officer
            James W. Garrett - Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer



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                                    EXHIBIT C
                                    ---------

                                 GENERAL COUNSEL
                                 ---------------

                                   Barry Fink












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                                                                   EXHIBIT 12 B1

                  CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

                                 CERTIFICATIONS
                                 --------------

I, Ronald E. Robison, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Morgan Stanley Quality
     Municipal Income Trust;

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of
     a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
     statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
     were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
     report;

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial
     information included in this report, fairly present in all material
     respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net
     assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include
     a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods
     presented in this report;

4.   The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
     in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal
     control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the
     Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a)   designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
     controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
     that material information relating to the registrant, including its
     consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
     entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
     prepared;

b)   designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
     internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
     supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
     financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
     external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
     principles;

c)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
     procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
     effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date
     within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such
     evaluation; and

d)   disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control
     over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent
     fiscal half-year (the registrant's second fiscal half-year in the case of
     an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
     materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
     reporting; and

5.   The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the
     registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of
     directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

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a)   all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
     operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
     likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process,
     summarize, and report financial information; and

b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
     employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal controls
     over financial reporting.

Date: December 19, 2005
                                                     /s/ Ronald E. Robison
                                                     Ronald E. Robison
                                                     Principal Executive Officer



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                                                                   EXHIBIT 12 B2

                  CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

                                 CERTIFICATIONS
                                 --------------

I, Francis Smith, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Morgan Stanley Quality
     Municipal Income Trust;

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of
     a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
     statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
     were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
     report;

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial
     information included in this report, fairly present in all material
     respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net
     assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include
     a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods
     presented in this report;

4.   The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
     in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal
     control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the
     Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a)   designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
     controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
     that material information relating to the registrant, including its
     consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
     entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
     prepared;

b)   designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
     internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
     supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
     financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
     external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
     principles;

c)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
     procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
     effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date
     within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such
     evaluation; and

d)   disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control
     over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent
     fiscal half-year (the registrant's second fiscal half-year in the case of
     an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
     materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
     reporting; and

5.   The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the
     registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of
     directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

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a)   all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
     operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
     likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process,
     summarize, and report financial information; and

b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
     employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal controls
     over financial reporting.

Date: December 19, 2005,
                                                   /s/ Francis Smith
                                                   Francis Smith
                                                   Principal Financial  Officer




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                            SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION

                Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
                             As Adopted Pursuant to
                  Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust

     In connection with the Report on Form N-CSR (the "Report") of the
above-named issuer for the period ended October 31, 2005 that is accompanied by
this certification, the undersigned hereby certifies that:

1.   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
     respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Issuer.



Date: December 19, 2005                            /s/ Ronald E. Robison
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   Ronald E. Robison
                                                   Principal Executive Officer


A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been
provided to Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust and will be retained
by Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust furnished to the Securities and
Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.


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                            SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION

                Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
                             As Adopted Pursuant to
                  Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust

     In connection with the Report on Form N-CSR (the "Report") of the
above-named issuer for the period ended October 31, 2005 that is accompanied by
this certification, the undersigned hereby certifies that:

1.   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
     respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Issuer.



Date: December 19, 2005                        /s/ Francis Smith
                                               ----------------------
                                               Francis Smith
                                               Principal Financial Officer


A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been
provided to Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust and will be retained
by Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust and furnished to the Securities
and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.


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