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MERRILL LYNCH CONSULTS INTERNATIONAL PORTFOLIO
P.O. Box 9011
Princeton, New Jersey 08543-9011
February 26, 1997
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Merrill Lynch Consults International Portfolio
Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No.33-49354)
Investment Company Act File
No. 811-6725
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Consults International Portfolio (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 February 21, 1997.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH CONSULTS INTERNATIONAL PORTFOLIO
by: /s/ Gerald M. Richard, Treasurer
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Gerald M. Richard, Treasurer
