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October 2, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Merrill Lynch Adjustable Rate Securities Fund, Inc.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to the Registration
Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 33-40332;
Investment Company Act File No. 811-6304)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Adjustable Rate Securities 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. 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 September 27, 1996.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH ADJUSTABLE RATE SECURITIES FUND, INC.
By: /s/ James W. Harshaw
____________________
Authorized Officer
