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May 2, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Merrill Lynch Global Bond Fund for
Investment and Retirement
Post-Effective Amendment No. 14
under the Securities Act to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 33-6091;
Investment Company Act File No. 811-4684)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch Global Bond Fund for Investment and
Retirement (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. 14 to the Trust's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A, constituting the most recent amendment to
the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to the Trust's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 1996.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH GLOBAL BOND FUND
FOR INVESTMENT AND RETIREMENT
By: /s/ Mark B. Goldfus
Authorized Officer
