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MERRILL LYNCH WORLD INCOME FUND, INC.
April 29, 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 World Income Fund, Inc.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 33-42681;
Investment Company Act File No. 811-5603)
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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 World Income Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") hereby
certifies that:
(1) the form of prospectus 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. 3 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. 3 to the Fund's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 1994.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH WORLD INCOME FUND, INC.
By: /s/ Mark B. Goldfus
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Mark B. Goldfus
Secretary
