MERRILL LYNCH SERIES FUND, INC.
May 3, 1996
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 Series Fund, Inc.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 2-69062)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Series Fund, Inc. (the "Fund")
hereby certifies that:
(1) the form of the prospectus and statement of additional
information that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(b) under the
1933 Act would not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective
Amendment No. 18 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. 18 to the Fund's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 1996.
Very truly yours,
Merrill Lynch Series Fund, Inc.
/s/ Ira P. Shapiro
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Ira P. Shapiro
Secretary
