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

                                    FORM N-Q

             QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
                         MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

               Investment Company Act file number 811-06179
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             FLAHERTY & CRUMRINE PREFERRED INCOME FUND INCORPORATED
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               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

                      301 E. Colorado Boulevard, Suite 720
                               PASADENA, CA 91101
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               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

                               Donald F. Crumrine
                            Flaherty & Crumrine Inc.
                      301 E. Colorado Boulevard, Suite 720
                               PASADENA, CA 91101
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                     (Name and address of agent for service)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 626-795-7300
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                       Date of fiscal year end: NOVEMBER 30, 2004
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                        Date of reporting period: AUGUST 31, 2004
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Form N-Q is to be used by  management  investment  companies,  other  than small
business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (ss.ss. 239.24 and 274.5 of
this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after
the close of the first and third fiscal quarters,  pursuant to rule 30b1-5 under
the Investment  Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5).  The Commission may use
the  information  provided  on Form N-Q in its  regulatory,  disclosure  review,
inspection, and policymaking roles.

A registrant is required to disclose the information  specified by Form N-Q, and
the Commission will make this  information  public. A registrant is not required
to respond to the  collection  of  information  contained in Form N-Q unless the
Form displays a currently  valid Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control
number.  Please  direct  comments  concerning  the  accuracy of the  information
collection  burden  estimate and any  suggestions for reducing the burden to the
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington,
DC 20549-0609.  The OMB has reviewed this  collection of  information  under the
clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. ss. 3507.





ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.
The Schedule of Investments is attached herewith.


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SHARES/$ PAR                                                                                                VALUE
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PREFERRED SECURITIES -- 93.6%
                                                                                            
               BANKING -- 28.4%
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               ABN AMRO North America, Inc.:
       3,625     6.46% Pfd., 144A*** ..........................................................    $      3,806,014*
       4,000     6.59% Pfd., 144A*** ..........................................................           4,253,260*
         400   BancWest Capital I, 9.50% Pfd. 12/01/30 ........................................              10,814(1)
    $750,000   Barnett Capital II, 7.95% 12/01/26 Capital Security ............................             839,580
  $1,500,000   BT Preferred Capital Trust II, 7.875% 02/25/27 Capital Security ................           1,673,865(1)
               Citigroup, Inc.:
     128,927     5.864% Pfd., Series M ........................................................           6,561,095*
       9,876     6.213% Pfd., Series G ........................................................             516,811*
      51,500     6.231% Pfd., Series H ........................................................           2,715,080*
      31,850     6.365% Pfd., Series F ........................................................           1,683,432*
               Cobank, ACB:
      50,000     7.00% Pfd., 144A*** ..........................................................           2,708,250*
      75,000     Adj. Rate Pfd., 144A*** ......................................................           4,228,125*
    $500,000   Comerica (Imperial) Capital Trust I, 9.98% 12/31/26 Capital Security, Series B .             610,860
  $2,250,000   First Hawaiian Capital I, 8.343% 07/01/27 Capital Security, Series B ...........           2,577,128(1)
  $1,500,000   First Union Capital II, 7.95% 11/15/29 Capital Security ........................           1,830,900
    $906,000   First Union Institutional Capital I, 8.04% 12/01/26 Capital Security ...........           1,016,156
  $1,820,000   First Union Institutional Capital II, 7.85% 01/01/27 Capital Security ..........           2,020,500
  $7,820,000   GreenPoint Capital Trust I, 9.10% 06/01/27 Capital Security ....................           9,025,961
      34,200   HSBC USA, Inc., $2.8575 Pfd. ...................................................           1,771,218*
               J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.:
      37,500     6.625% Pfd., Series H ........................................................           1,999,875*
     147,775     Series A, Adj. Rate Pfd. .....................................................          13,595,300*
    $270,000   Keycorp Institutional Capital B, 8.25% 12/15/26 Capital Security ...............             304,241
    $674,000   NB Capital Trust II, 7.83% 12/15/26 Capital Security ...........................             749,549
      16,500   Regions Financial Trust I, 8.00% Pfd. ..........................................             447,810
  $2,635,000   Republic New York Capital II, 7.53% 12/04/26 Capital Security ..................           2,875,655(1)
       7,500   Wachovia Preferred Funding, 7.25% Pfd. Series A ................................             207,825
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                                                                                                         68,029,304
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               FINANCIAL SERVICES -- 10.8%
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               The Bear Stearns Companies Inc.:
      63,100     5.49% Pfd., Series G .........................................................           3,018,704*
      62,540     5.72% Pfd., Series F .........................................................           3,152,328*
       6,975   Freddie Mac, 5.00% Pfd., Series F ..............................................             310,841*


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SHARES/$ PAR                                                                                                VALUE
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PREFERRED SECURITIES -- 93.6%
               FINANCIAL SERVICES -- (CONTINUED)
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               Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.:
      85,400     5.67% Pfd., Series D .........................................................    $      4,130,371*
     154,475     5.94% Pfd., Series C .........................................................           7,696,717*
      20,000     6.50% Pfd., Series F .........................................................             521,300*
     123,805   SLM Corporation, 6.97% Pfd., Series A ..........................................           6,950,413*
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                                                                                                         25,780,674
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               INSURANCE -- 7.8%
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      21,000   Everest Re Capital Trust II, 6.20% Pfd. Series B ...............................             500,745(1)
  $5,150,000   MMI Capital Trust I, 7.625% 12/15/27 Capital Security, Series B ................           5,584,351
          18   Premium Assets, Series A, Zurich RegCaPS Variable Inverse Pfd., Pvt. ...........           1,996,798*
  $4,000,000   Provident Financing Trust I, 7.405% 03/15/38 Capital Security ..................           3,584,280
       7,000   St. Paul Capital Trust I, 7.60% Pfd. ...........................................             185,150
               Zurich RegCaPS Funding Trust:
       4,250     6.01% Pfd., 144A*** ..........................................................           4,315,875*
       2,450     6.58% Pfd., Pvt., 144A*** ....................................................           2,538,519*
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                                                                                                         18,705,718
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               UTILITIES -- 40.3%
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               Alabama Power Company:
         300     4.52% Pfd. ...................................................................              26,463*
       5,734     4.72% Pfd. ...................................................................             528,187*
      34,100     5.20% Pfd. ...................................................................             825,902*
     275,000     5.30% Pfd. ...................................................................           6,635,750*
       2,049   Appalachian Power Company, 5.92% Sinking Fund Pfd. .............................             206,047*
      26,125   Avista Corporation, $6.95 Sinking Fund Pfd., Series K ..........................           2,618,247*
      10,000   Baltimore Gas & Electric Company, 6.70% Pfd., Series 1993 ......................           1,047,800*
      10,100   Boston Edison Company, 4.78% Pfd. ..............................................             952,733*
               Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation:
       5,000     4.35% Pfd., Series D, Pvt. ...................................................             403,625*
         900     4.96% Pfd., Series E, Pvt. ...................................................              82,102*
      10,000   Central Illinois Light Company, 4.64% Pfd. .....................................             898,550*
      11,000   Central Illinois Public Service Corporation, 4.90% Pfd. ........................           1,043,020*
      22,239   Central Vermont Public Service Corporation, 8.30% Pvt. Sinking Fund Pfd. .......           2,314,302*
               Connecticut Light & Power Company:
         700     4.50% Pfd., Pvt. .............................................................              26,226*
       9,300     5.28% Pfd. ...................................................................             445,610*
       1,905     6.56% Pfd., Series 1968 ......................................................              98,698*
      15,778     $3.24 Pfd. ...................................................................             825,663*
       2,100   Consolidated Edison Company of New York, 4.65% Pfd., Series C ..................             193,526*



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SHARES/$ PAR                                                                                                VALUE
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PREFERRED SECURITIES -- (CONTINUED)
               UTILITIES -- (CONTINUED)
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               Duke Energy Corporation:
       4,556     4.50% Pfd., Series C, Pvt. ...................................................    $        387,533*
      26,851     6.75%, Sinking Fund Pfd, Series X ............................................           2,791,967*
         519     7.04% Pfd., Series Y .........................................................              53,602*
      30,762     7.85% Pfd., Series S .........................................................           3,190,788*
               Duquesne Light Company:
       7,675     4.10% Pfd. ...................................................................             266,706*
       6,330     4.15% Pfd. ...................................................................             222,626*
         910     4.20% Pfd. ...................................................................              32,391*
      25,775     6.50% Pfd. ...................................................................           1,326,897*
       5,490     $2.10 Pfd. Series A ..........................................................             195,417*
       5,000   Energy East Capital Trust I, 8.25% Pfd. ........................................             133,175
               Entergy Arkansas, Inc.:
       5,407     7.32% Pfd. ...................................................................             564,896*
      11,350     7.40% Pfd. ...................................................................           1,181,819*
       5,030     7.80% Pfd. ...................................................................             526,515*
       3,822     7.88% Pfd. ...................................................................             399,189*
      30,266     $1.96 Pfd. ...................................................................             757,407*
       4,555   Entergy Gulf States, Inc., 7.56% Pfd. ..........................................             464,132*
               Entergy Louisiana, Inc.:
         260     7.84% Pfd. ...................................................................              27,208*
     106,138     8.00% Pfd., Series 92 ........................................................           2,678,923*
       8,600   Entergy Mississippi, Inc., 7.44% Pfd. ..........................................             891,863*
      10,800   Enterprise Capital Trust I, 7.44% Pfd., Series A ...............................             272,106
               Florida Power Company:
      17,769     4.58% Pfd. ...................................................................           1,541,283*
       5,157     4.60% Pfd. ...................................................................             447,112*
      18,535     4.75% Pfd. ...................................................................           1,659,346*
         170   Florida Power & Light Company, 4.50% Pfd., Series A, Pvt. ......................              15,262*
      50,000   Georgia Power Capital Trust V, 7.125% Pfd. .....................................           1,345,500
       2,010   Great Plains Energy, Inc., 4.50% Pfd. ..........................................             157,021*
      55,000   HECO Capital Trust III, 6.50% Pfd. .............................................           1,406,350
  $3,500,000   Houston Light & Power, Capital Trust II, 8.257%, 02/01/37 Capital Security .....           3,695,860
       2,717   Idaho Power Company, 7.68% Pfd., Series 1 ......................................             281,019*
       8,000   Indiana Michigan Power Company, 6.875% Sinking Fund Pfd. .......................             797,320*
      32,650   Indianapolis Power & Light Company, 5.65% Pfd. .................................           2,952,376*
     384,000   Interstate Power & Light Company, 8.375% Pfd., Series B ........................          12,226,560*
      14,250   Narragansett Electric Company, 4.64% Pfd. ......................................             630,491*



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SHARES/$ PAR                                                                                                VALUE
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PREFERRED SECURITIES -- (CONTINUED)
               UTILITIES -- (CONTINUED)
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               Northern Indiana Public Service Company:
       3,905     7.44% Pfd. ...................................................................    $        399,521*
       7,465     Series A, Adj. Rate Pfd. .....................................................             384,634*
       6,170   Ohio Edison Company, 4.44% Pfd. ................................................             479,995*
       1,724   Ohio Power Company, 5.90% Sinking Fund Pfd. ....................................             172,460*
               Pacific Enterprises:
      27,430     $4.50 Pfd. ...................................................................           2,276,141*
      10,000     $4.75 Pfd., Series 53 ........................................................             875,900*
               PacifiCorp:
         200     5.40% Pfd. ...................................................................              20,197*
       1,225     $4.56 Pfd. ...................................................................             104,468*
      14,542     $4.72 Pfd. ...................................................................           1,283,695*
      14,388     $7.48 Sinking Fund Pfd. ......................................................           1,505,848*
       5,000   PECO Energy Company, $4.40 Pfd., Series C ......................................             412,700*
         790   Pennsylvania Power Company, 7.75% Pfd. .........................................              80,256*
      11,194   Portland General Electric, 7.75% Sinking Fund Pfd. .............................           1,163,169*
      19,209   Potomac Electric Power Company, $3.40 Sinking Fund Pfd. ........................             962,083*
       5,000   PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, 6.75% Pfd. .................................             523,125*
      10,000   Public Service Company of New Mexico, 4.58% Pfd., Series 1965 ..................             761,100*
      29,050   REI Trust I, 7.20% Pfd. Series C ...............................................             717,245
               San Diego Gas & Electric Company:
       1,200     4.40% Pfd. ...................................................................              20,490*
         700     4.50% Pfd. ...................................................................              12,226*
      67,000     $1.70 Pfd ....................................................................           1,751,380*
      21,250     $1.7625 Sinking Fund Pfd. ....................................................             550,375*
     100,000   Savannah Electric & Power Company, 6.00% Pfd. ..................................           2,709,000*
               South Carolina Electric & Gas Company:
      25,373     5.125% Purchase Fund Pfd., Pvt. ..............................................           1,336,269*
       6,703     6.00% Purchase Fund Pfd., Pvt. ...............................................             341,920*
      60,000   Southern Union Company, 7.55% Pfd. .............................................           1,641,900*
    $750,000   TXU Electric Capital V, 8.175% 01/30/37 Capital Security .......................             832,931
               TXU US Holdings Company:
      10,000     $4.00 Pfd., Series TES .......................................................             716,400*
       5,700     $4.00 Pfd., Series TPL .......................................................             408,348*
       1,000     $4.84 Pfd. ...................................................................              86,680*
               Union Electric Company:
      14,150     4.56% Pfd. ...................................................................           1,265,647*
       4,000     $7.64 Pfd. ...................................................................             417,880*
      12,500   Virginia Electric & Power Company, $7.05 Pfd. ..................................           1,291,313*



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SHARES/$ PAR                                                                                                VALUE
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PREFERRED SECURITIES -- (CONTINUED)
               UTILITIES -- (CONTINUED)
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               Wisconsin Power & Light Company:
       1,220     4.50% Pfd. ...................................................................    $        109,190*
         333     4.80% Pfd. ...................................................................              31,478*
      13,000     6.20% Pfd. ...................................................................           1,335,230*
               Xcel Energy, Inc.:
      16,030     $4.08 Pfd., Series B .........................................................           1,167,385*
      26,200     $4.10 Pfd., Series C .........................................................           1,917,316*
      22,000     $4.11 Pfd., Series D .........................................................           1,599,950*
      17,750     $4.16 Pfd., Series E .........................................................           1,318,026*
      10,000     $4.56 Pfd., Series G .........................................................             813,900*
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                                                                                                         96,490,882
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               OIL AND GAS -- 4.2%
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      17,200   Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, 5.46% Pfd. .....................................           1,726,536*
       7,000   Apache Corporation, 5.68% Pfd., Series B .......................................             714,525*
       5,985   EOG Resources, Inc., 7.195% Pfd., Series B .....................................           6,551,570*
      10,000   Lasmo America Limited, 8.15% Pfd., 144A*** .....................................           1,152,800*
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                                                                                                         10,145,431

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               REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST (REIT) -- 0.4%
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      40,000   Regency Centers Corporation, 7.25% Pfd., REIT ..................................           1,011,400
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                                                                                                          1,011,400

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               MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES -- 1.7%
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      13,600   E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, $4.50 Pfd., Series B ......................           1,176,944*
      36,200   Farmland Industries, Inc., 8.00% Pfd., 144A*** .................................                  --+
      33,250   Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., 6.25% Pfd., 144A*** .............................           2,764,738*
      26,000   Touch America Holdings, $6.875 Pfd. ............................................                  --+
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                                                                                                          3,941,682
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               TOTAL PREFERRED SECURITIES
                 (Cost $204,148,080) ..........................................................         224,105,091
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CORPORATE DEBT SECURITY -- 0.5%
              UTILITIES -- 0.5%
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      45,000   Northern States Power Company, 8.00% ...........................................           1,242,000
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               TOTAL CORPORATE DEBT SECURITY
                 (Cost $1,107,375) ............................................................           1,242,000
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SHARES/$ PAR                                                                                                VALUE
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COMMON STOCK AND CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES -- 4.9%
               INSURANCE -- 0.7%
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      50,000   UnumProvident Corporation, 8.25% Mandatory Convertible, 05/16/06                    $      1,662,750
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                                                                                                          1,662,750
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               UTILITIES -- 4.2%
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     107,500   Duke Energy Corporation                                                                    2,381,662*
     109,500   FPL Group, Inc., 8.50%, Mandatory Convertible, Series A, 02/16/05                          6,305,558
      30,000   TXU Corporation, 8.75%, Mandatory Convertible, 11/16/05                                    1,371,150
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                                                                                                         10,058,370
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               TOTAL COMMON STOCK AND CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES
                 (Cost $11,120,311)                                                                      11,721,120
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OPTION CONTRACTS -- 0.1%
       1,450   October Put Options on December U.S. Treasury Bond Futures, Expiring 9/25/04                 146,875+
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               TOTAL OPTION CONTRACTS
                 (Cost $1,152,956)                                                                          146,875
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SHARES/$ PAR                                                                                                VALUE
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MONEY MARKET FUND -- 0.6%
   1,557,423   BlackRock Provident Institutional, TempFund ....................................    $      1,557,423
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               TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUND
                 (Cost $1,557,423) ............................................................           1,557,423
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 TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost $219,086,145**) ...........................................       99.7%        238,772,509
 OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Net) ................................................        0.3%            727,158
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 Total Net Assets Available to Common and Preferred Stock ..........................      100.0%++ $    239,499,667
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 MONEY MARKET CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK(TM)(MMP(R)) REDEMPTION VALUE .........................         (80,000,000)
 ACCUMULATED UNDECLARED DISTRIBUTIONS TO MMP(R) ...............................................            (156,298)
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 TOTAL NET ASSETS AVAILABLE TO COMMON STOCK ...................................................    $    159,343,369
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  *  Securities  eligible for the Dividends  Received Deduction and distributing
     Qualified Dividend Income.
 **  Aggregate cost of securities held.
***  Securities exempt from  registration  under Rule 144A of the Securities Act
     of 1933.  These  securities  may be  resold  in  transactions  exempt  from
     registration to qualified institutional buyers.
(1)  Foreign issuer.
 +   Non-income producing.
++   The  percentage  shown for each  investment  category is the total value of
     that  category  as a  percentage  of net  assets  available  to Common  and
     Preferred Stock.

ABBREVIATIONS:
REIT  -- Real Estate Investment Trust
PFD.  -- Preferred Securities
PVT.  -- Private Placement Securities
         Capital  Securities  are  treated  as debt  instruments  for  financial
         statement  purposes and the amounts  shown in the Shares/$ Par column
         are dollar amounts of par value.



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ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

     (a)  The registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers,
          or persons  performing  similar  functions,  have  concluded  that the
          registrant's  disclosure  controls and  procedures (as defined in Rule
          30a-3(c)  under the  Investment  Company Act of 1940,  as amended (the
          "1940 Act") (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective,  as of a date within
          90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the  disclosure
          required  by this  paragraph,  based  on  their  evaluation  of  these
          controls and  procedures  required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act
          (17 CFR  270.30a-3(b))  and Rules  13a-15(b)  or  15d-15(b)  under the
          Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR  240.13a-15(b) or
          240.15d-15(b)).

     (b)  There  were no  changes  in the  registrant's  internal  control  over
          financial  reporting (as defined in Rule  30a-3(d)  under the 1940 Act
          (17 CFR  270.30a-3(d))  that  occurred  during the  registrant's  last
          fiscal quarter that has materially  affected,  or is reasonably likely
          to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
          reporting.

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.





                                   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.

(Registrant)      FLAHERTY & CRUMRINE PREFERRED INCOME FUND INCORPORATED
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By (Signature and Title)*  /S/ DONALD F. CRUMRINE
                         --------------------------------------------------
                         Donald F. Crumrine, Director, Chairman of the Board and
                         Chief Executive Officer
                         (principal executive officer)

Date                       OCTOBER 8, 2004
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Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 and the
Investment  Company  Act of  1940,  this  report  has been  signed  below by the
following  persons on behalf of the  registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.


By (Signature and Title)*  /S/ DONALD F. CRUMRINE
                         --------------------------------------------------
                         Donald F. Crumrine, Director, Chairman of the Board and
                         Chief Executive Officer
                         (principal executive officer)

Date                       OCTOBER 8, 2004
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By (Signature and Title)*  /S/ R. ERIC CHADWICK
                         --------------------------------------------------
                         R. Eric Chadwick, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer,
                         Vice President and Secretary
                         (principal financial officer)

Date                       OCTOBER 8, 2004
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* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.