NEW YORK, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund, Inc. (NYSE:RFI) has declared three monthly distributions of $0.1125 per share for January, February and March 2008.* Details are as follows: The January 2008 distribution is payable on January 31, 2008 to shareholders of record on January 15, 2008. The ex-dividend date is January 11, 2008. The February 2008 distribution is payable on February 29, 2008 to shareholders of record on February 15, 2008. The ex-dividend date is February 13, 2008. The March 2008 distribution is payable on March 31, 2008 to shareholders of record on March 14, 2008. The ex-dividend date is March 12, 2008. The fund also intends to pay a capital gain distribution on December 31, 2007 to shareholders of record on December 26, 2007. The ex-dividend date is December 21, 2007. The payment date represents a change from the Cohen & Steers press release of November 19, 2007. * Please note that the distributions paid by the fund to shareholders are subject to recharacterization for tax purposes. The final tax treatment of these distributions is reported to shareholders on their 1099-DIV forms, which are mailed to shareholders after the close of each fiscal year. In addition, the fund pays distributions pursuant to a level rate distribution policy. Under this policy, the fund may pay distributions in excess of the fund's net investment income, and this excess will be a tax-free return of capital distributed from the fund's assets. Distributions of capital decrease the fund's total assets and, therefore, could have the effect of increasing the fund's expense ratio. In addition, in order to make these distributions, the fund may have to sell portfolio securities during unfavorable market conditions. Information concerning the estimated composition of each fund distribution is available at cohenandsteers.com. DATASOURCE: Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund, Inc. CONTACT: Francis C. Poli, executive vice president and general counsel, Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc., +1-212-446-9112 Web site: http://www.cohenandsteers.com/

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