MERRILL LYNCH ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL BOND FUND OF MLMSMST
497J, 1997-10-31
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					October 31, 1997

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention:  Division of Investment Management
	       
       Re:  Merrill Lynch Arkansas 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. 33-54341
	    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 Arkansas
Municipal Bond Fund of Merrill Lynch Multi-State Municipal
Series Trust (the "Trust") 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 Trust's Registration Statement
       on Form N-1A, constituting the most recent amendment 
       to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A; 
       and
	
   (2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the 
       Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed 
       electronically with the Securities and Exchange 
       Commission on October 30, 1997.

				 Very truly yours,
					
	     Merrill Lynch Arkansas Municipal Bond Fund of
	     Merrill Lynch Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

		By:   Robert E. Putney, III /s/
		      _________________________
			Robert E. Putney, III                 
			    Secretary



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