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MERRILL LYNCH NEW YORK MUNICIPAL BOND FUND OF
MERRILL LYNCH MULTI-STATE MUNICIPAL SERIES TRUST
February 3, 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 New York Municipal Bond
Fund of Merrill Lynch Multi-State
Municipal Series Trust
Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 2-99473;
Investment Company Act File No. 811-4375)
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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 New York Municipal Bond Fund (the "Fund") of Merrill
Lynch Multi-State Municipal Series Trust hereby certifies that:
(1) the forms of prospectus and statement of additional information that
would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(e) under the 1933 Act would
not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No.
10 (the "Amendment") to the Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(the "Registration Statement"), constituting the most recent amendment
to the Fund's Registration Statement under the 1933 Act; and
(2) the text of the Amendment to the Fund's Registration Statement was
filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
January 28, 1994.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH NEW YORK MUNICIPAL
BOND FUND OF MERRILL LYNCH
MULTI-STATE MUNICIPAL SERIES TRUST
By: /s/ Jerry Weiss
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Jerry Weiss
Secretary
