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MERRILL LYNCH GLOBAL UTILITY FUND, INC.
P.O. BOX 9011
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY 08543-9011
April 1, 1996
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Merrill Lynch Global Utility Fund, Inc.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 33-37103
Investment Company Act File No. 811-6180)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Global Utility 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. 8 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. 8 to the Fund's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 1996.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH GLOBAL UTILITY FUND, INC.
by: /s/ Patrick D. Sweeney
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Patrick D. Sweeney, Secretary
