Show I Dividend Increase Declared by Hamilton Fund Investments The Board of Directors of Hamilton Funds Inc has declared declared declared de de- a quarterly dividend of four Cour cents per share from Investment investment investment In in- vestment Income and 10 cents per share from securities profits on Series H if Shares The dividend dividend divi divi- dividend on Series H-DA H DA Shares is three cents per share from Investment investment investment in In- vestment income and 10 cents per share from securities pro pro- fits All dividends arc are payable April 30 1958 to shareholders of record Noon April 1 1958 This fiscal year-end year dividend will bring to the total amount of distributions paid to Hamilton shareholders during the fiscal year Since Hamilton Funds Inc shares were first offered in 1918 1948 there has been beena a total of paid out in distributions to shareholders On March the total net asset value of Hamilton Funds Inc was up nearly 14 from a year ago In announcing Hamiltons Hamilton's consecutive dividend president Harold Haber pointed out that during the first two months of 1958 Hamilton sold investment plans calling for a total payments payments payments pay pay- ments of over 55 per cent above the sales for the same period of 1957 Our feelIng feeling feel feel- Ing generally said Mr Huber is that people are not reces reces- sion As All a matter of fact the general public appears to have an optimistic viewpoint as evidenced by our greatly increased ed sales This is true not only of Hamilton Funds but the mutual mutual mutual mu mu- fund industry in general In the entire mutual fund Held field sales are at a high level and outs cash-outs of shares are at a very low point This shows that the investing public has confidence in the future of our economy These investors are confident that American industry will pr pro pr produce r duce reasonable returns on investments in 1958 as well as provide opportunities for earnIngs earnings earnings earn earn- ings and growth In the coming years Huber also announced that 3 new Hamilton investment i plans were started during January January January Janu Janu- ary and February of this year This was approximately 10 percent per percent percent cent of all the periodic Investment investment investment invest Invest- ment plans sold by the mutual mutual mutual mu mu- funds in the nation |