MERRILL LYNCH MINNESOTA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND OF MERRILL LYNCH
MULTI-STATE MUNICIPAL SERIES TRUST
November 1, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Merrill Lynch Minnesota Municipal Bond Fund of
Merrill Lynch Multi-State Municipal Series Trust
Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 33-44734;
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 Minnesota 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. 5 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. 5 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 MINNESOTA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND OF
MERRILL LYNCH MULTI-STATE MUNICIPAL SERIES TRUST
By: /s/ Jerry Weiss
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Jerry Weiss
Secretary
