MERRILL LYNCH NEW MEXICO MUNICIPAL BD FD OF MLMSMST, 497, 1997-06-16

MERRILL LYNCH NEW MEXICO MUNICIPAL BD FD OF MLMSMST
497, 1997-06-16

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                 MERRILL LYNCH NEW MEXICO MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
               MERRILL LYNCH MULTI-STATE MUNICIPAL SERIES TRUST

                    SUPPLEMENT DATED JUNE 16, 1997 TO THE 
         STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DATED NOVEMBER 15, 1996

    The name and biography of the portfolio manager of the Fund, which is
listed under "Management of the Trust -- Trustees and Officers," is revised
as follows:


    Robert Sneeden (44) - Portfolio Manager (1)(2) - Assistant Vice
President of MLAM since 1994; Vice President of Lehman Brothers, Inc. from
1990 to 1994.


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