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(dollar amounts in millions)
part 1 of 3
Fund Name Bank
1 Dreyfus Basic Municipal Bond Fd Mellon Bank Corp.
2 Evergreen FL High Income Muni A First Union Corp.
3 Sierra Tr CA Municipal Bond A Great Western Financial Corp. (2)
4 Norwest Advantage-CO Tax Free I Norwest Corp.
5 Norwest Advantage-CO Tax Free A Norwest Corp.
6 Norwest Advantage-T/F Income I Norwest Corp.
7 Norwest Advantage-T/F Income A Norwest Corp.
8 Evergreen FL High Income Muni B First Union Corp.
9 Dreyfus Premier TX Muni A Mellon Bank Corp.
10 Evergreen FL Muni Bond Y First Union Corp.
11 Munder Tax Free Bond K Comerica Inc.
12 Dreyfus Premier PA Muni A Mellon Bank Corp.
13 Dreyfus Premier NC Muni A Mellon Bank Corp.
14 Compass Capital-Tax Free Inc SvcPNC Bank Corp.
15 Dreyfus Premier NY Muni A Mellon Bank Corp.
16 Evergreen FL Muni Bond A First Union Corp.
17 Landmark NY Tax Free Income A Citicorp
18 Munder MI Triple Tax-Free Bond KComerica Inc.
19 Dreyfus Premier Muni Bond A Mellon Bank Corp.
20 Evergreen NC Muni Bond B First Union Corp.
21 Dreyfus General NY Muni Bond Mellon Bank Corp.
22 Nations Muni Income Fd Pr A NationsBank Corp.
23 Dreyfus Premier VA Muni A Mellon Bank Corp.
24 Sierra Tr CA Municipal Bond B Great Western Financial Corp. (2)
25 Dreyfus Premier MD Muni A Mellon Bank Corp.
Average for top 25 funds with $25 million or more in assets
Average for all 493 bank proprietary municipal funds
Nonbank municipal fund averages
Lehman Brothers municipal bond average
part 2 of 3
Fund AssFull yeaFourth q Latest
Investment Objective 12/31/97 1997 1997 3 Years*
1 Municipal - National $117.80 10.93 3.2 11.43
2 Municipal - Single Sta 125.2 10.73 3.05 11.47
3 Municipal - Single Sta 315.9 10.3 3.14 10.79
4 Municipal - Single Sta 26.4 10.29 3.41 10.61
5 Municipal - Single Sta 30 10.29 3.51 10.61
6 Municipal - National 268.8 10.26 3.45 10.47
7 Municipal - National 30.2 10.26 3.55 10.51
8 Municipal - Single Sta 65.9 9.9 2.85 10.71
9 Municipal - Single Sta 62.2 9.88 2.75 10.92
10 Municipal - Single Sta 26.7 9.86 3.2 10.74
11 Municipal - National 197.7 9.84 3.22 9.14
12 Municipal - Single Sta 201.6 9.82 2.88 10.33
13 Municipal - Single Sta 41.9 9.8 2.85 10.57
14 Municipal - National 54.9 9.8 2.85 11.03
15 Municipal - Single Sta 132 9.8 2.92 10.45
16 Municipal - Single Sta 105 9.78 3.18 10.62
17 Municipal - Single Sta 76.1 9.62 2.8 10
18 Municipal - Single Sta 46.9 9.6 3.39 9.62
19 Municipal - National 456.3 9.59 3.15 10.2
20 Municipal - Single Sta 47.9 9.58 3.27 9.81
21 Municipal - Single Sta 310 9.58 2.86 9.6
22 Municipal - National 442.6 9.54 2.87 11.09
23 Municipal - Single Sta 63.6 9.53 2.96 10.83
24 Municipal - Single Sta 26.3 9.5 2.95 9.97
25 Municipal - Single Sta 267.9 9.47 2.63 9.86
Average for top $141.59 9.9 3.08 10.46
Average for all $73.84 7.82 2.42 8.71
Nonbank municipal $159.75 8.39 2.57 9.11
Lehman Brothers - 9.19 2.71 10.23
part 3 of 3
Latest Latest
Investment Objective 5 Years*10 Years*
1 Municipal - National - -
2 Municipal - Single Sta 8.58 -
3 Municipal - Single Sta 7.15 -
4 Municipal - Single Sta - -
5 Municipal - Single Sta - -
6 Municipal - National - -
7 Municipal - National 7.05 -
8 Municipal - Single Sta 8.14 -
9 Municipal - Single Sta 8.09 9.55
10 Municipal - Single Sta - -
11 Municipal - National - -
12 Municipal - Single Sta 7.47 9.12
13 Municipal - Single Sta 7.06 -
14 Municipal - National 7.54 -
15 Municipal - Single Sta 7.47 9.1
16 Municipal - Single Sta - -
17 Municipal - Single Sta 6.65 8.01
18 Municipal - Single Sta - -
19 Municipal - National 7.46 9.22
20 Municipal - Single Sta - -
21 Municipal - Single Sta 6.89 7.76
22 Municipal - National 7.57 -
23 Municipal - Single Sta 7.45 -
24 Municipal - Single Sta - -
25 Municipal - Single Sta 7.07 8.57
Average for top 7.44 8.76
Average for all 6.22 7.86
Nonbank municipa l6.53 7.89
Lehman Brothers 7.36 8.58
Data Source: The data were provided by CDA/Wiesenberger, Rockville, Md.,
