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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT Exhibit 10
Merrill Lynch Mid Cap Growth Fund, Inc.:
We consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form N-1A of our report
dated September 11, 2000, to the Board of Directors and Shareholder of Merrill
Lynch Mid Cap Growth Fund, Inc., of our report dated September 11, 2000 to the
Board of Trustees and Investors of Master Mid Cap Growth Trust, and to the
reference to us under the caption "Independent Auditors", in the Statement of
Additional Information, all of which appear in the Statement of Additional
Information, which is a part of such Registration Statement.
/s/ Deloitte & Touch LLP
Princeton, New Jersey
September 11, 2000
