MERRILL LYNCH NEW JERSEY MUNICIPAL BOND FUND OF MERRILL LYNCH
MULTI-STATE MUNICIPAL SERIES TRUST
November 07, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Merrill Lynch New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund of
Merrill Lynch Multi-State Municipal Series Trust
Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 33-35441;
Investment Company Act File No. 811-4375)
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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 New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund of Merrill
Lynch Multi-State 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. 7 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. 7 to the Fund's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 1996.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH NEW JERSEY MUNICIPAL BOND FUND OF
MERRILL LYNCH MULTI-STATE MUNICIPAL SERIES TRUST
By:
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Jerry Weiss
Secretary
