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MERRILL LYNCH CORPORATE BOND FUND, INC.
October 25, 1994
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Merrill Lynch Corporate Bond Fund, Inc.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(File No. 2-62329)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Corporate Bond Fund, Inc. (the "Fund")
hereby certifies that:
(1) the forms 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
those 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 13,
1994.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH CORPORATE BOND FUND, INC.
By: /s/ MICHAEL J. HENNEWINKEL
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Michael J. Hennewinkel
Secretary
