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Merrill Lynch Municipal Intermediate Term Fund
of Merrill Lynch Municipal Series Trust
February 29, 1996
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 Municipal Intermediate Term Fund
of Merrill Lynch Municipal Series Trust
Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 under the
Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 14
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 to
the Registration Statement on Form N-2
(File Nos. 33-8058 and 811-4802)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Municipal Intermediate Term Fund of Merrill
Lynch Municipal Series Trust (the "Fund") 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. 13 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. 13 to the Fund's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26,
1996.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH MUNICIPAL
INTERMEDIATE TERM FUND OF MERRILL
LYNCH MUNICIPAL SERIES TRUST
By: /s/ SUSAN B. BAKER
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Susan B. Baker
Secretary
