April 3, 2000
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
RE: Merrill Lynch Pacific Fund, Inc.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 32
to the Registration Statement on
Form N-1A (Securities Act File No.
2-56978, Investment Company
Act No. 811-2661)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch
Pacific Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") hereby certifies
that:
(1) the form of Prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information that would have been filed
pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the 1933 Act would
not have differed from that contained in Post-
Effective Amendment No. 32 to the Fund's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment
No. 32 to the Fund's Registration Statement on
Form N-1A was filed electronically with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on
March 31, 2000.
Very truly yours,
Merrill Lynch Pacific Fund, Inc.
/s/ Lori Martin
Lori Martin
Secretary