March 19, 1998

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

Attention:  Division of Investment Management
	       
       Re:  Merrill Lynch Global Utility Fund, Inc.
	    Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to 
	    the Registration Statement on Form
	    N-1A(Securities Act File No. 33-37103
	    Investment Company Act File 
	    No. 811-6180)
	   
Ladies and Gentlemen:

   Pursuant to Rule 497 (j) under the Securities Act        
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch 
Global Utility Fund, Inc.(the "Fund") 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.10 to the Fund's 
       Registration Statement on Form N-1A, constituting
       the most recent amendment to the Fund's Registration 
       Statement on Form N-1A; and
	
   (2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No.10 to the 
       Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed 
       electronically with the Securities and Exchange 
       Commission on March 3, 1998.

	    Very truly yours,
					
	    Merrill Lynch Global Utility Fund, Inc.
	    

		By:   /s/ Thomas D. Jones
		      _________________________
			  Thomas D. Jones                
			    Secretary