April 6, 2000
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 Global Utility Fund, Inc.
Post-Effective Amendment No.12 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
AdditionalInformation 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. 12 to the Fund's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A and constituting the most
recent amendment to the Fund's Registration Statement
on Form N-1A; and:
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No.12 to the
Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed
electronically with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 28, 2000.
Very truly yours,
/s/______________
Ira P. Shapiro
Secretary
