MUNIHOLDINGS NEW JERSEY INSURED FUND, INC.
800 Scudders Mill Road
P.O. Box 9011
Princeton, New Jersey 08543-9011
January 2, 2001
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: MuniHoldings New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc.-- CIK 0001053988
Request for Amendment Withdrawal
File No. 333-87083
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
On September 14, 1999, a Registration Statement on Form N-14 (the
"Registration Statement") was filed on behalf of MuniHoldings New Jersey
Insured Fund, Inc. under the wrong form type, N-14. The Registration Statement
was re-filed and accepted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") on August 21, 2000 under the correct form type, N-14/8C. The
accession number for the re-filing was 0000905148-00-001695. We hereby request
the withdrawal of the original filing made on September 14, 1999 pursuant to
Rule 477(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 477(a)").
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (the
"Pre-Effective Amendment") was filed on November 4, 1999 under form type
N-14/A. Following the filing of that Pre-Effective Amendment, the Commission
issued an order declaring the Registration Statement effective as of November
4, 1999. The Pre-Effective Amendment was also re-filed and accepted by the
Commission on August 21, 2000 to correct the form type from N-14/A to
N-14/8C/A. The accession number for that filing was 0000905148-00-001711.
Pursuant to Rule 477(a), we hereby request the withdrawal of the Pre-Effective
Amendment filed on November 4, 1999.
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Please direct any communications relating to this filing to the
undersigned or to the Fund's counsel, Ellen W. Harris of Brown & Wood LLP at
(212) 839-5583.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Jodi Pinedo
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Jodi Pinedo
Fund Secretary
cc: John Ganley
