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April 29, 1997
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 Ready Assets Trust
Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No, 2-52711
Investment Company Act No. 811-2556)
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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 Ready Assets Trust (the "Trust") 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. 30 to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-lA;
and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to the Trust's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 1997.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH READY ASSETS TRUST
By: /s/ ARTHUR ZEIKEL
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Arthur Zeikel
President
