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MERRILL LYNCH MUNICIPAL BOND FUND, INC.
November 6, 1995
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Merrill Lynch Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 2-57354;
Investment Company Act File No. 811-26880
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (the "Fund")
hereby certifies that:
(1) The form of the prospectus and the form of the 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. 20 to the Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, constituting
the most recent amendment to the Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A; and
(2) The text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to the
Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 1995.
Very truly yours,
Merrill Lynch Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
By: /s/ Mark B. Goldfus
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Mark B. Goldfus, Secretary
