It is proved that, for a complex minimal smooth projective surface S of gen
eral type with a pencil of genus g = 3 or 4, any Abelian automorphism group
of S is of order less than or equal to 12K(S)(2) + 96 (g-1), provided K-S(
2) > 8 (g-1)(2), where K-S is the canonical divisor of S.