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UNITED STATES 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549


SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 2 )*

BankAmerica Corporation (formerly Continental Bank Corporation*)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
(Name of Issuer)


Common Stock**
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
(Title of Class of Securities)


06605010
- --------------
(CUSIP NUMBER)

Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement.[ ]  (A
fee is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous statement 
on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the 
class of securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment 
subsequent thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less 
of such class.)  (See Rule 13d-7).

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of 
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which 
would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be 
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that 
section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act 
(however, see the Notes).

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*Acquired by BankAmerica Corporation in September of 1994.

**The amount reflect in Item 9 of the cover pages may include common stock
issuable upon conversion of 8% Series G Preferred Stock ("Preferred Stock")
(CUSIP 06605070).  In the aggregate, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. may be 
deemed to beneficially own 1,316 shares of such Common Stock and 1,200 shares
of Preferred Stock.

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CUSIP NO. 06605010                  13G

1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
   S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* Joint Filing 

(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]

3. SEC USE ONLY

4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
     
Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH

5. SOLE VOTING POWER

NONE

6. SHARED VOTING POWER

1,542,223

7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

NONE

8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

1,542,223

9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

1,542,223

10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

0.4%

12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

HC, CO

    *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILING OUT!

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CUSIP NO.    06605010               13G

1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
   S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

Merrill Lynch Group, Inc.

2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* Joint Filing

(a) [ ]                                       
(b) [ ]

3. SEC USE ONLY

4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
     
Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH

5. SOLE VOTING POWER

NONE

6. SHARED VOTING POWER

1,393,694

7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

NONE

8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

1,393,694

9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

1,393,694

10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

0.4%

12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

HC, CO

    *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILING OUT!

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CUSIP NO.    06605010               13G

1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
   S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

Princeton Services, Inc.

2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* Joint Filing

(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]

3. SEC USE ONLY

4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
     
Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH

5. SOLE VOTING POWER

NONE

6. SHARED VOTING POWER

1,200,715

7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

NONE

8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

1,200,715

9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

1,200,715

10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

0.3%

12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

HC, CO

    *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILING OUT!

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CUSIP NO.    06605010               13G

1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
   S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

Merrill Lynch Asset Management, L.P. 

2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* Joint Filing 

(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]

3. SEC USE ONLY

4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
     
Maryland

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH

5. SOLE VOTING POWER

NONE

6. SHARED VOTING POWER

1,200,715

7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

NONE

8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

1,200,715

9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

1,200,715

10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

0.3%

12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

IV

    *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILING OUT!

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                    SCHEDULE 13G


ITEM 1 (a)  Name of Issuer:
            --------------

            BankAmerica Corporation

ITEM 1 (b)  Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
            -----------------------------------------------

            Bank of America Center
            Corporate Secretary's Office 3018
            P.O. Box 37000
            San Francisco, CA  94137
                                    
ITEM 2 (a)  Name of Persons Filing:
            ---------------------

            Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
            Merrill Lynch Group, Inc..
            Princeton Services, Inc.
            Merrill Lynch Asset Management, L.P.
            

ITEM 2 (b)  Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence:
            -----------------------------------------------------------
                
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
World Financial Center, North Tower
250 Vesey Street
New York, New York  10281

Merrill Lynch Group, Inc.
World Financial Center, North Tower
250 Vesey Street
New York, New York  10281

Princeton Services, Inc.
800 Scudders Mill Road
Plainsboro, New Jersey  08536

Merrill Lynch Asset Management, L.P.
800 Scudders Mill Road
Plainsboro, New Jersey  08536

 
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ITEM 2 (c)  Citizenship:
            -----------

See Item 4 of Cover Pages

ITEM 2 (d)  Title of Class of Securities:
            ----------------------------

Common Stock

ITEM 2 (e)  CUSIP NUMBER:
                
06605010

ITEM 3          
   
   Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. ("ML&Co."), Merrill Lynch Group, Inc. ("ML
Group") and Princeton Services, Inc. ("PSI") are parent holding companies, in
accordance with (S) 240.13d-1(b) (ii) (G).  Merrill Lynch Asset Management, L.P.
(d/b/a) Merrill Lynch Asset Management ("MLAM") is an investment adviser 
registered under (S) 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.  

 
ITEM 4  Ownership
        --------- 

(a)  Amount Beneficially Owned:
             
   See Item 9 of Cover Pages.  Pursuant to (S) 240.13d-4, ML&Co., ML Group, 
PSI and MLAM  (the "Reporting Persons") disclaim beneficial ownership
of the securities of BankAmerica Corporation (the "Company") referred 
to herein, and the filing of this Schedule 13G shall not be construed as an 
admission that the Reporting Persons are, for the purposes of Section 13(d) 
or 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the beneficial owner of any 
securities of the Company covered by this statement.

(b)  Percent of Class:

     See Item 11 of Cover Pages

(c)  Number of shares as to which such person has:

     (i)  sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
                 
          See Item 5 of Cover Pages
                 
    (ii)  shared power to vote or to direct the vote:

          See Item 6 of the Cover Pages

   (iii)  sole power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of:
                            
          See Item 7 of Cover Pages

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    (iv)  share power to dispose of or direct the disposition of:

          See Item 8 of Cover Pages
                        
ITEM 5  Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
        --------------------------------------------

   If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date 
hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more 
than five percent of the class of securities, check the following: [X].

ITEM 6  Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
        ---------------------------------------------------------------

Not Applicable

ITEM 7   Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which 
         ---------------------------------------------------------
  Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company.
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See Exhibit A

ITEM 8   Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
         ----------------------------------------------------------

Not Applicable

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ITEM 9  Notice of Dissolution of Group.
        ------------------------------

Not Applicable

ITEM 10  Certification
         -------------

    By signing below each of the undersigned certifies that, to the best of
their knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in
the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do
not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such
securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any
transaction having such purpose or effect.

Signature.
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    After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, each 
of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is
true, complete and correct.


Date:  February 10, 1995

Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc.

/s/ David L. Dick
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Name: David L. Dick
Title:  Assistant Secretary


Merrill Lynch Group, Inc.

/s/ David L. Dick
- -----------------------------
Name: David L. Dick
Title:  Secretary


Princeton Services, Inc.  

/s/ David L. Dick
- -----------------------------
Name:  David L. Dick
Title:  Attorney-In-Fact*


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* Signed pursuant to a power of attorney, dated February 10, 1994, included as 
an Exhibit to Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
by Merrill Lynch Group, Inc. et. al. on February 14, 1994 with respect to Dial 
REIT Inc.

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Merrill Lynch Asset Management, L.P.
By: Princeton Services, Inc. (General Partner)

/s/ David L. Dick
- -------------------------
Name:   David L. Dick
Title Attorney-In-Fact*


 
* Signed pursuant to a power of attorney, dated February 10, 1994, included 
as an Exhibit to Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
by Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc. et. al. on February 14, 1994 with respect 
to Dial REIT Inc.


  

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                        EXHIBIT A TO SCHEDULE 13G
                        -------------------------

                    ITEM 7 DISCLOSURE RESPECTING SUBSIDIARIES
                    -----------------------------------------

   Three of the persons filing this report, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., a
Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at World Financial
Center, North Tower,  250 Vesey Street, New York, New York ("ML&Co."), Merrill
Lynch Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business
at World Financial Center, North Tower, 250 Vesey Street, New York, New York 
("ML Group"), and Princeton Services, Inc. a Delaware corporation with its 
principal place of business at 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, New Jersey,
("PSI") are parent holding companies pursuant to (S)240 13d-1(b) (1) (ii) (G).
The relevant subsidiaries of Merrill  Lynch & Co. are Merrill Lynch Pierce, 
Fenner and Smith Incorporated ("MLPF&S"), ML Group and PSI, which 
is the general partner of Merrill Lynch Asset Management, L.P. (d/b/a) Merrill
Lynch Asset Management ("MLAM").  The relevant subsidiary of Merrill Lynch 
Group is PSI.
 
    MLPF&S is a direct wholly-owned subisdiary of ML&Co. and a broker-dealer 
with its principal place of businees at 250 Vesey Street, New York, New York,
registered pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  MLPF&S may be
deemed the beneficial owner of certain securities of BankAmerica Corporation
(the "Company") held in customer accounts over which MLPF&S has discretionary
power, or as a result of its proprietary trading activity in addition to 
shares held by unit investment trusts for which MLPF&S is the sponsor. 

   ML Group, a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of ML&Co., may be deemed to be 
the beneficial owner of 0.4% of the common stock of the Company by virtue of 
its control of its wholly-owned subsidiary, PSI and one or more Merrill Lynch
trust companies and Merrill Lynch Bank Suisse, S.A. (Bank Suisse).  The trust
companies, each of which is a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of ML Group and 
a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act, own less than 5% of the 
common stock of the Company.

    Merrill Lynch Bank Suisse, S.A., a bank organized and existing under the
laws of Switzerland, is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of ML Group and is
treated, pursuant to a "no action" letter issued to ML&Co. dated November 24,
1993 from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, as an institutional investor within the meaning of 
(S) 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(A)(G) for purposes of Schedule 13G reporting.  Bank
Suisse may be deemed to beneficially own certain of the securities reported
herein.
    
    PSI, a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of ML Group, may be deemed to be the
beneficial owner of 0.3% of the common stock of the Company by virtue
of its being the general partner of MLAM.
 
    MLAM, a Delaware limited partnership with its principal place of business
at 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, New Jersey, is an investment adviser
registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.  MLAM may
be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 0.3% of the common stock of the
Company by virtue of its acting as investment adviser to investment companies 
registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940.  No one
investment company advised by MLAM owns more than 5% of the securities
of the Company.
    
    Pursuant to (S)240.13d-4, ML & Co., ML Group, MLPF&S, Merrill Lynch trust
companies, Bank Suisse, PSI and MLAM  disclaim beneficial ownership of the 
securities of the Company, and the filing of this Schedule 13G shall not be 
construed as an admission that any such entity is, for the purposes of Section 
13(d) or 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the beneficial owner of 
any securities of the Company, other than, in the case of ML&Co. and MLPF&S, 
securities of the Company held by MLPF&S in proprietary accounts.




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