HAMILTON BANCORP, INC.
501 Fairmount Avenue, Suite 200
Towson, Maryland 21286
(410) 823-4510
August 9, 2012
VIA FACSIMILEAND EDGAR
(202) 772-9216
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | Hamilton Bancorp, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-182151) Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Hamilton Bancorp, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), hereby requests that the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, be declared effective at 12:00 noon on August 13, 2012, or as soon thereafter as is practicable.
The Company hereby acknowledges that:
| • | should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; |
| • | the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and |
| • | the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
| Very truly yours, |
/s/ Robert A. DeAlmeida |
| Robert A. DeAlmeida |
| President and Chief Executive Officer |
| (Duly Authorized Representative) |
