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BURKE TITLE TREASURER EX-99.77B ACCT LTTR 2 munib77b.htm REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of

Merrill Lynch Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.:


In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of Short-Term Portfolio, Insured Portfolio, and National Portfolio, three of the portfolios constituting Merrill Lynch Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) as of and for the year ended June 30, 2006, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered its internal control over financial reporting, including control activities for safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no such opinion.


The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting.  In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls.  A fund’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  Such internal control includes policies and procedures that provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of a fund’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.


Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.  Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate.


A control deficiency exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, that adversely affects the fund’s ability to initiate, authorize, record, process, or report external financial data reliably in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles such that there is more than a remote likelihood that a misstatement of the fund’s annual or interim financial statements that is more than inconsequential will not be prevented or detected. A material weakness is a significant deficiency, or combination of significant deficiencies, that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annua l or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected.  


Our consideration of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be significant deficiencies or material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  However, we noted no deficiencies in the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness, as defined above, as of June 30, 2006.


This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Directors of Merrill Lynch Municipal Bond Fund, Inc., and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP


Princeton, New Jersey

August 23, 2006

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MERRILL LYNCH MUNICIPAL BOND FUND, INC.

NATIONAL PORTFOLIO

SERIES NO. 1

FILE # 811-2688

ATTACHMENT 77O







TRADE DATE




DESCRIPTION OF SECURITY





ISSUE SIZE




AMOUNT PURCHASED




LIST OF UNDERWRITERS

2/3/2006

Los Angeles Calif. Wastewater System 5% 7/1/40

 241,080,000

4,000,000

Merrill Lynch

Lehman Brothers

Siebert Brandford Shank

E.J. De La Rosa

Goldman Sachs

JP Morgan

3/3/2006

Massachusetts St Wtr Res

486,320,000

12,650,000

Citigroup Global

Bear Stearns

Goldman Sachs

JP Morgan

UBS Securities

First Albany Capital

Lehman Brothers

Merrill Lynch

Morgan Stanley

Raymond James

                      

                                                             

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