Bond Rally Enhances Net Asset Value

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1 Bond Rally Enhances Net Asset Value A decline in the yield on the ten-year U.S. Treasury Note boosts present value of Trusts and Partnerships by about 2%. The increase in resource value is dampened slightly by an accompanying decrease in the inflation rate implied by the ten-year U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Security. We post updated models this week detailing discounted cash flow calculations tied to yields of government securities. Current rankings of some natural gas producers place Hugoton Royalty Trust and Cross Timbers Royalty Trust as most undervalued followed by Dorchester Hugoton, Ltd. and San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (see table). Net ($/unit) Market Asset 17-Mar Units Cap Debt Value McDep Symbol 2000 (mm) ($mm) ($mm) ($/unit) Ratio San Juan Basin Royalty Trust SJT Dorchester Hugoton, Ltd. DHULZ Cross Timbers Royalty Trust CRT Hugoton RT (42.5%) HGT Dynamic Distribution Yields are 8-16% for the year ahead in cash and 12-21% on a taxable equivalent basis (see table). Tax shelter depends on each investor's situation (see file Tax_issues.doc). Distribution Distribution Yield ($/unit) ($/unit) (Percent per year) 17-Mar Taxable Taxable Symbol 2000 Cash Equivalent Cash Equivalent Dorchester Hugoton, Ltd. DHULZ San Juan Basin Royalty Trust SJT Hugoton RT (42.5%) HGT Cross Timbers Royalty Trust CRT Oil and gas commodity prices continue to hold up despite the expected arrival of the seasonally weaker spring months. The longer that current strength persists, the more it gets reflected in futures prices and stock prices. Markets may be tight this summer for natural gas during the peak air conditioning season and for gasoline during the peak driving season. Trusts and partnerships should participate in any upside of stronger pricing and because of their high distributions are still likely to deliver attractive returns if further commodity pricing strength is postponed. Kurt H. Wulff, CFA

2 Table CRT-1 Cross Timbers Royalty Trust Present Value Decline (%/yr): 9 Escalation post 2002 (%/yr): 2.8 Enhancement (%/yr): 7 Discount Rate (%/yr): 7.6 U.S. TIPS Inflation (%/yr): 2.0 U.S. 10 Year Yield (%/yr): 6.2 Natural Gas Oil Tax Present Basic Enhanced Total Revenue Net Distribution Credit Disc Value Year (bcf) (bcf) (bcf) ($/mcf) ($mm) ($mm) ($mm) ($/unit) ($/unit) Factor ($/unit) Total 2000 through

3 Table CRT-2 Cross Timbers Royalty Trust Distributable Income Model Year Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4E Year Q1E Q2E Q3E Q4E Year /31/99 6/30/99 9/30/99 12/31/ E 3/31/00 6/30/00 9/30/00 12/31/ E Highlights Tax credit ($mm) Per unit Distributable Income ($mm) Per unit Units (millions) Natural Gas (bcf) Natural Gas (mmcfd) Days Oil (mb) Oil (mbd) Days Total (bcf) Natural Gas Henry Hub ($/mmbtu) CRT ($/mcf) Oil ($/bbl) WTI Cushing CRT Total ($/mcf) Revenue ($mm) Natural Gas Oil Total Cost ($mm) Tax, transport & other Production Total Cash flow ($mm) Development Excess (0.52) (0.30) (0.06) (0.07) (0.43) - Recovery of excess Net proceeds ($mm) Royalty income ($mm) Royalty/Net proceeds 89% 90% 90% 76% 89% 86% 86% 86% 86% 86% 86% Administration Distributable income ($mm) Modeling ratios Tax and other/oil revenue Production exp ($/bbl) Accounting items Interest on excess costs Cumulative excess costs

4 Table DHULZ-1 Dorchester Hugoton, Ltd. Present Value Decline (%/yr): 11 Escalation Post 2002 (%/yr): 2.8 Enhancement (%/yr): 8 Discount rate (%/yr): 7.6 Capex/Cash Flow (%): 13 U.S. TIPS Inflation (%/yr): 2.0 Variable Cost (%): 15 U.S. 10 Year Yield (%/yr): 6.2 Fixed Var Cap Present Basic Enhanced Total Revenue Cost Cost Ex Free Cash Flow Disc Value Year (bcf) (bcf) (bcf) ($/mcf) ($mm) ($mm) ($mm) ($mm) ($mm) ($/unit) Factor ($/unit) Total 2000 through Other assets, net

5 Table DHULZ-2 Dorchester Hugoton, Ltd. Income Model Year Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4E Year Q1E Q2E Q3E Q4E Year /31/99 6/30/99 9/30/99 12/31/ E 3/31/00 6/30/00 9/30/00 12/31/ E Highlights Revenue ($mm) Cash flow ($mm) Per unit Earnings ($mm) Per unit Distribution ($mm) Per unit Units (millions) Natural gas (bcf) Oklahoma Kansas Total Natural Gas (mmcfd) Days Natural gas Henry Hub ($/mmbtu) Oklahoma ($/mcf) Kansas ($/mcf) Total ($/mcf) Revenue ($mm) Natural Gas Oklahoma Kansas Other Production payment (ORRI) (0.73) (0.14) (0.17) (0.22) (0.23) (0.8) (0.22) (0.24) (0.24) (0.25) (1.0) Total Cost ($mm) Operating General and administrative Management Other (0.22) (0.06) (0.05) (0.08) (0.10) (0.3) (0.08) (0.08) (0.08) (0.08) (0.3) Total Cash flow ($mm) Depletion, deprec. & amort Earnings ($mm) Capital expenditures ($mm) Modeling ratios Prod pay/revenue 4.6% 4.3% 4.5% 4.9% 5.0% 4.7% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% Operating cost ($/mcf) Depletion ($/mcf)

6 Table HGT-1 Hugoton Royalty Trust Present Value Decline (%/yr): 11 Escalation (%/yr): 2.8 Enhancement (%/yr): 9 Discount rate (%/yr): 7.6 Capex/Cash Flow (%): 24 U.S. TIPS Inflation (%/yr): 2.0 Variable Cost (%): 14 U.S. 10 Year Yield (%/yr): 6.2 Fixed Var Cap Tax Present Basic Enhanced Total Revenue Cost Cost Ex Distribution Credit Disc Value Year (bcf) (bcf) (bcf) ($/mcf) ($mm) ($mm) ($mm) ($mm) ($mm) ($/unit) ($/unit) Factor ($/unit) Total 2000 through

7 Table HGT-2 Hugoton Royalty Trust Distributable Income Model Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4E Year Q1E Q2E Q3E Q4E Year 3/31/99 6/30/99 9/30/99 12/31/ E 3/31/00 6/30/00 9/30/00 12/31/ E Highlights Revenue ($mm) (80%) Cash flow ($mm) (80%) Per unit Tax credit ($mm) Per unit Distributable Income ($mm) Per unit Units (millions) Natural Gas (bcf) Natural Gas (mmcfd) Days Oil (mb) Oil (mbd) Days Total (bcf) Natural Gas (HH lagged two months) Henry Hub ($/mmbtu) HGT ($/mcf) Oil ($/bbl) (WTI Cushing lagged two months) WTI Cushing HGT Total ($/mcf) Revenue ($mm) Natural Gas Oil Total Cost ($mm) Tax, transport & other Production Overhead Total Cash flow ($mm) Development Net proceeds ($mm) Royalty income ($mm) Royalty/Net proceeds 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% Administration Distributable income ($mm) Modeling ratios Tax and other/revenue 12% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% Production cost ($/mcf) Overhead cost ($/mcf) Note: The trust was formed on December 1, Also there is a two month lag between actual and reported production. As a result, the first quarter of operations includes only the two months of December 1998 and January 1999.

8 Table SJT-1 San Juan Basin Royalty Trust Present Value Decline (%/yr): 9 Escalation Post 2002 (%/yr): 2.8 Enhancement (%/yr): 7 Discount rate (%/yr): 7.6 Capex/Cash Flow (%): 24 U.S. TIPS Inflation (%/yr): 2.0 Variable Cost (%): 12 U.S. 10 Year Yield (%/yr): 6.2 Fixed Var Cap Tax Present Basic Enhanced Total Revenue Cost Cost Ex Distribution Credit Disc Value Year (bcf) (bcf) (bcf) ($/mcf) ($mm) ($mm) ($mm) ($mm) ($mm) ($/unit) ($/unit) Factor ($/unit) Total 2000 through

9 Table SJT-2 San Juan Basin Royalty Trust Distributable Income Model Year Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4E Year Q1E Q2E Q3E Q4E Year /31/99 6/30/99 9/30/99 12/31/ E 3/31/00 6/30/00 9/30/00 12/31/ E Highlights Revenue ($mm) (75%) Cash flow ($mm) (75%) Per unit Tax credit ($mm) Per unit Distributable Income ($mm) Per unit Units (millions) Natural gas (mmbtu) Conventional Coal Seam Total Conventional (btu/cf) 1,194 1,196 1,006 1,159 1,142 1,142 1,142 1,142 1,142 1,142 Coal Seam (btu/cf) Natural gas (bcf) Conventional Coal Seam Total Natural Gas (mmcfd) Days Oil (mb) Oil (mbd) Days Total gas & oil (bcf) Natural gas ($/mmbtu) (Hubs lagged two months) Henry Hub ($/mmbtu) Blanco Hub ($/mmbtu) SJT Conventional SJT Coal Seam Total Natural gas ($/mcf) Conventional Coal Seam Total Oil ($/bbl) (WTI Cushing lagged two months) WTI Cushing SJT Total gas & oil ($/mcf) Revenue ($mm) Natural Gas - Conventional Coal Seam Total Oil Total Cost ($mm) Severance tax Operating Total Cash flow ($mm) Development Net proceeds ($mm) Royalty income ($mm) Royalty/Net proceeds 75% 75% 75% 75% 75% 75% 75% 75% 75% 75% 75% Administration One-time Distributable income ($mm) Modeling ratios Severance tax/revenue 10.3% 10.3% 10.2% 10.4% 10.3% 10.3% 10.3% 10.3% 10.3% 10.3% 10.3% Operating cost ($/mcf)

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