MERRILL LYNCH INSTITUTIONAL INTERMEDIATE FUND, 497J, 1997-02-25

MERRILL LYNCH INSTITUTIONAL INTERMEDIATE FUND
497J, 1997-02-25

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         MERRILL LYNCH INTERMEDIATE GOVERNMENT BOND FUND






                                    February 24, 1997

VIA EDGAR
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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 Intermediate Government Bond Fund
            Securities Act File No. 33-8708
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Ladies and Gentlemen:

            Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), The Merrill Lynch Intermediate
Government Bond Fund (the "Fund") hereby certifies that:

            (1)   the form of the prospectus and statement of
additional information that would have been filed pursuant to Rule
497(b) 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 14, 1997.

                              
                              Very truly yours,

                              Merrill Lynch Intermediate
                                Government Bond Fund
                              
                              /s/ Jerry Weiss
                              Secretary