Company: TXEMF
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: 40-17F2
Source: 0000038721-25-000023
Chunk: 3

Company: TEMPLETON EMERGING MARKETS INCOME FUND
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: 40-17F2
Chunk 3
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           | February 1, 2023 – July 31, 2023 |
| Templeton                                         
 Funds:                                            |                                  |
| Templeton                                         
 International Climate Change Fund a               | February 1, 2023 – July          
 31, 2023                         |
| Templeton Global Investment                       
 Trust:                                            |                                  |
| Franklin                                          
 Templeton SMACS: Series EMa                       | February 1, 2023 – July          
 31, 2023                         |
| Templeton Emerging Markets                        
 Small Cap Funda                                   | February 1, 2023 – July 31, 2023 |
| Templeton Global Balanced Funda                   | February 1, 2023 – July 31, 2023 |
| Templeton Global Income Funda                     | February                         
 1, 2023 – July 31, 2023          |
| Templeton                                         
 Income Trust:                                     |                                  |
| Templeton                                         
 Global Bond Funda                                 | February 1, 2023 – July 31, 2023 |
| Templeton Global Total Return Funda               | February 1, 2023 – July 31, 2023 |
| Templeton                                         
 International Bond Funda                          | February 1, 2023 – July 31, 2023 |
| Templeton Sustainable Emerging Markets Bond Funda | February 1, 2023 – July 31, 2023 |
| Templeton                                         
 Institutional Funds:                              | February 1, 2023 – July 31, 2023 |
| International Equity Seriesa                      | February 1, 2023 – July 31, 2023 |
| Templeton                                         
 Dragon Fund, Inc.a                                | February 1, 2023 – July 31, 2023 |

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a: January 31, 2023 represents the date of our last examination.

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<div align='center'>Management Statement Regarding Compliance with Certain</div>

#### Provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940
We, as members of management
of the funds indicated in Attachment A (the “Funds”), are responsible for complying with the requirements
of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2, Cust