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		<footnote id="F1">Based on account information as of September 30, 2003</footnote>
		<footnote id="F2">Deferred stock units, or DSUs, are obligations of the Company to pay deferred compensation in the future with a return on the amount of compensation deferred equal to the return that would occur if the deferred amount were used to purchase shares of the Company's common stock, including the reinvestment of cash dividends when paid into shares of common stock.  DSUs are not convertible into another security of the Company and cannot be settled in or surrendered for shares of stock.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F3">1-for-1</footnote>
		<footnote id="F4">DSUs are payable in cash upon separation unless a specific deferral date is designated.</footnote>
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	<ownerSignature>
		<signatureName>By: James R. Savage, Jr., Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
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4
2003-12-11
0
0000736260
HANCOCK JOHN FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
JHF
0001110181
DECICCIO JOHN M
JOHN HANCOCK PLACE
PO BOX 111
BOSTON
MA
02117
0
1
0
0
Exec VP & Chief Invest Officer
Common Stock
2003-12-11
4
A
0
1800
36.7027
A
218978.000
D
Common Stock
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I
By 401(k)
Common Stock
42472.000
I
By Trust
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2003-12-11
4
A
0
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A
Common Stock
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7705.210
D
Based on account information as of September 30, 2003
Deferred stock units, or DSUs, are obligations of the Company to pay deferred compensation in the future with a return on the amount of compensation deferred equal to the return that would occur if the deferred amount were used to purchase shares of the Company's common stock, including the reinvestment of cash dividends when paid into shares of common stock.  DSUs are not convertible into another security of the Company and cannot be settled in or surrendered for shares of stock.
1-for-1
DSUs are payable in cash upon separation unless a specific deferral date is designated.
By: James R. Savage, Jr., Attorney-in-fact
2003-12-15