October 30, 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 Developing Capital Markets Fund, Inc.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 under the
Securities Act to the Registration Statement on
Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-28248 and 811-5723)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Developing Capital Markets Fund, Inc. (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. 10 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. 10 to the Fund's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 28, 1996.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH DEVELOPING CAPITAL MARKETS
FUND, INC.
By: /s/Mark B. Goldfus
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Mark B. Goldfus
Authorized Officer
