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MERRILL LYNCH FEDERAL SECURITIES TRUST
October 27, 1994
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 Federal Securities Trust
Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 2-92366;
Investment Company Act File No. 811-4077)
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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 Federal Securities Trust (the "Fund") hereby
certifies that:
(1) the form of prospectus 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. 11 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. 11 to the Fund's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on October 12, 1994.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH FEDERAL
SECURITIES TRUST
By: /s/Michael J. Hennewinkel
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Michael J. Hennewinkel
Secretary
