JHF III U.S. Growth Fund Class I (JSGIX) N-14 Registration statement for investment companies business combination

EX-99.(16)

John Hancock Small Company Fund

POWER OF ATTORNEY

I do hereby constitute and appoint Thomas M. Kinzler, Betsy Anne Seel, David D. Barr, Kinga Kapuscinski and Nicholas Kolokithas, or any one of them, my true and lawful attorneys to execute registration statements to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments for me and in my name in the capacities indicated below, which said attorneys, or any of them, may deem necessary or advisable to enable John Hancock Small Company Fund (the “Fund”) to comply with the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC, in connection with such registration statements, including specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign for me in the capacity indicated below, the Fund’s registration statement on Form N-14 relating to the fund merger listed below and any amendments (including pre- and post-effective amendments) thereto; and I do hereby ratify and confirm all that the said attorneys, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Fund Merger

FMA Small Company Portfolio into John Hancock Small Company Fund

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand on this instrument as of the 1^st day of September 2009.

Name	Signature	Title
Keith F. Hartstein	/s/ Keith F. Hartstein	President and Chief Executive Officer
Charles A. Rizzo	/s/ Charles A. Rizzo	Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
Michael J. Leary	/s/ Michael J. Leary	Treasurer
James R. Boyle	/s/ James R. Boyle	Trustee
James F. Carlin	/s/ James F. Carlin	Trustee
William H. Cunningham	/s/ William H. Cunningham	Trustee

Name	Signature	Title
Deborah C. Jackson	/s/ Deborah C. Jackson	Trustee
Charles L. Ladner	/s/ Charles L. Ladner	Trustee
Stanley Martin	/s/ Stanley Martin	Trustee
Patti McGill Peterson	/s/ Patti McGill Peterson	Chairperson and Trustee
Dr. John A. Moore	/s/ John A. Moore	Trustee
Steven R. Pruchansky	/s/ Steven R. Pruchansky	Trustee
Gregory A. Russo	/s/ Gregory A. Russo	Trustee
John G. Vrysen	/s/ John G. Vrysen	Chief Operating Officer and Trustee

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