SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                            FORM 8-A


        FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
            PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
                 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                      HAMILTON BANCORP INC.

     (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


                 Florida                     65-0149935
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         (State of Incorporation          (I.R.S. Employer
            or Organization)             Identification No.)


                    
          3750 N.W. 87th Avenue
             Miami, Florida                     33178
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)


If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt
securities and is effective upon filing pursuant to General
Instruction A(c)(1) please check the following box.  [  ]

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt
securities and is to become effective simultaneously with the
effectiveness of a concurrent registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to General Instruction A(c)(2)
please check the following box.    [  ]

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 Title of Each Class     Name of Each Exchange on Which
 to be so Registered       Each Class is to be Registered  

        None                          None

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

             Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
                        (Title of Class)


ITEM 1.   DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.

          Reference is made to the discussion of the Registrant's
Common Stock in the section entitled "Description of Securities"
contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File No. 333-20435) filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on January 27, 1997, which disclosures are incorporated
by reference herein.

ITEM 2.   EXHIBITS.

          3.1  Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation*

          3.2  Bylaws, as amended*

          4.1  Form of Common Stock Certificate

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*    Incorporated by reference to the Exhibit of the same number
     included with the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
     S-1 (No. 333-20435).

































                            SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused
this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereto duly authorized.


February 24, 1997                 HAMILTON BANCORP, INC.



                                   By:/s/Eduardo A. Masferrer
                                       Eduardo A. Masferrer,
                                       Chairman of the Board,
                                       President and Chief
                                       Executive Officer