November 21, 1994
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Rule 24f-2 Notice for
MERRILL LYNCH NEW YORK MUNICIPAL
BOND FUND OF
MERRILL LYNCH MULTI-STATE MUNICIPAL
SERIES TRUST
File No. 2-99473
Dear Sirs:
In accordance with the provisions of Rule 24f-2
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, Merrill
Lynch New York Municipal Bond Fund (the "Fund") of
Merrill Lynch Multi-State Municipal Series Trust
(the "Trust") hereby files its Rule 24f-2 Notice
(the "Notice").
The Notice is being filed for the fiscal year of
the Fund ended September 30, 1994 (the "Fiscal
Year"). In addition to the Fund, the Trust
consists of the following portfolios: Merrill
Lynch New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund (File No. 33-
35441), Merrill Lynch Florida Municipal Bond Fund
(File No. 33-39555), Merrill Lynch Texas
Municipal Bond Fund (File No. 33-40480),
Merrill Lynch Arizona Municipal Bond Fund
(File No. 33-41311), Merrill Lynch Pennsylvania
Municipal Bond Fund (File No.33-35442),
Merrill Lynch Ohio Municipal Bond Fund
(File No. 33-44500), Merrill Lynch Minnesota
Municipal Bond Fund (File No. 33-16200), Merrill
Lynch Massachusetts Municipal Bond Fund
(File No. 33-35987), Merrill Lynch North Carolina
Municipal Bond Fund (File No. 33-48692),
Merrill Lynch Connecticut Municipal Bond Fund
(File No. 33-48693), Merrill Lynch Oregon Municipal
Bond Fund (File No. 33-64502), Merrill Lynch
New Mexico Municipal Bond Fund (File No. 33-52303),
Merrill Lynch Michigan Municipal Bond Fund
(File No. 33- 55576), Merrill Lynch Maryland Municipal
Bond Fund (File No. 33-49873), Merrill Lynch Arkansas
Municipal Bond Fund (File No. 33-54341) and
Merrill Lynch Colorado Municipal Bond Fund (File
No. 33-50051) each of which has a Fiscal Year end
of July 31 and files its Rule 24f-2 Notice
accordingly. Set forth below is the information
required by Rule 24f-2 for the Fund.
1. 9,564,919 shares of beneficial interest of the
Fund which had been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act")
other than pursuant to Rule 24f-2 remained
unsold at the beginning of the Fiscal Year.
2. No shares of beneficial interest were
registered under the Securities Act during
the Fiscal Year other than pursuant to
Rule 24f-2.
3. 8,102,606 shares of beneficial interest were
sold during the Fiscal Year.*
4. No shares of beneficial interest were sold
during the Fiscal Year in reliance upon
registration pursuant to Rule 24f-2.
Please direct any questions relating to this
filing to Jerry Weiss, Merrill Lynch Asset
Management, P.O. Box 9011, Princeton, NJ 08543,
(609)282-1727 or to Laurin Blumenthal Kleiman at
Brown & Wood, 1 World Trade Center, New York, New
York 10048, (212) 839-5525.
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
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*Of this amount, 857,494 Class A shares were sold at an
aggregate price of $10,149,290 and 7,245,112 Class B shares
were sold at an aggregate price of $85,135,787. The
aggregate price of all shares of beneficial interest sold
during the Fiscal Year was $95,285,077.
