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April 24, 1998
VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Merrill Lynch Technology Leaders Fund, Inc.
File Nos. 333-48929, 811-08721
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Merrill Lynch Technology Leaders Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), we
hereby request that a delaying amendment be added to the Registration Statement
of the Fund.
The Registration Statement was filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act") on March 31, 1998. The accession number for that
filing was 0000905148-98-000595. Due to error, the Registration Statement was
filed under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (the "1940 Act") on
April 16, 1998. The accession number for that filing was 0000905148-98-000789.
In a separate correspondence, we have requested that the date of the 1940
Act filing be adjusted from April 16, 1998 to March 31, 1998.
As originally filed, the Registration Statement included the following
language on the facing sheet:
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such
date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date
until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which
specifically states that this Registration Statement shall
thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement
shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting
pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
Although the correct delaying language was included on the facing
sheet, the correct EDGAR tag requesting that the effectiveness be delayed
was inadvertently omitted from the submission header. We respectfully request
that this correspondence serve to correct that error, and that the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement be delayed.
Please direct any communications relating to this filing to the
undersigned at (212) 839-5671.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Elizabeth Keeley
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