Update of Registration Form To Reflect Fee Rate Change for Registration of Certain Investment Company Securities

The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') is updating the fee rate information in the instructions to the form under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that prescribes the method by which certain investment companies calculate and pay registration fees on securities they issue (the form was last published in its entirety at 62 FR 47941 (Sept. 12, 1997), and was last amended at 62 FR 64687 (Dec. 9, 1997)). On October 21,1998, legislation was enacted that sets a new fee rate of $278 per $1,000,000 offered or sold (prorated for amounts less than $1,000,000). Registration fees under this new rate are calculated by multiplying the aggregate offering or sales amount by .000278. This amendment updates the reference to the current fee rate in the instructions to the form.