MERRILL LYNCH MARYLAND MUNICIPAL BOND FUND OF
MERRILL LYNCH MULTI-STATE MUNICIPAL SERIES TRUST
March 1, 1994
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 Maryland Municipal Bond
Fund of Merrill Lynch Multi-State
Municipal Series Trust
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 33-49873;
Investment Company Act File No. 811-4375)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Maryland Municipal Bond
Fund (the "Fund") of Merrill Lynch Multi-State Municipal Series
Trust hereby certifies that:
(1) the forms of prospectus and statement of additional
information that would have been filed pursuant to Rule
497(e) under the 1933 Act would not have differed from
that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the
"Amendment") to the Fund's Registration Statement on
Form N-1A (the "Registration Statement"), constituting
the most recent amendment to the Fund's Registration
Statement under the 1933 Act; and
(2) the text of the Amendment to the Fund's Registration
Statement was filed electronically with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on February 24, 1994.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH MARYLAND MUNICIPAL
BOND FUND OF MERRILL LYNCH
MULTI-STATE MUNICIPAL SERIES TRUST
By: /s/ Jerry Weiss
Jerry Weiss
Secretary
