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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000905148-96-000378
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	497
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19960614
SROS:			NONE

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000110055
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		IRS NUMBER:				132757134
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		497
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	002-49007
		FILM NUMBER:		96581489

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 9066
		CITY:			PRINCETON
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08543
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6092823319

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX 9066
		CITY:			PRINCETON
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08543-9011

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LIONEL D EDIE CAPITAL FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19760810
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                MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL FUND, INC.

              Supplement dated June 14, 1996 to the
                 Prospectus dated July 27, 1995


     Kurt Schansinger is the portfolio manager and a Vice
President of the Fund.  Mr. Schansinger has been an associate
portfolio manager of the Fund and a Vice President of Merrill
Lynch Asset Management, L.P. since January 1996.  From 1983 to
1995, he was a portfolio manager at Oppenheimer Capital.


Code# 10044-0795ALL-1R

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