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SIGNATURE   DONALD C. BURKE
TITLE       TREASURER

EX-99.77BACCTLTTR

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

The Board of Directors and Shareholders,
Merrill Lynch Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc.:

In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of Merrill Lynch Utilities and
Telecommunications Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), (formerly
Merrill Lynch Global Utility Fund, Inc.) for the year ended
November 30, 2000 (on which we have issued our report
dated January 12, 2001), we considered its internal control,
including control activities for safeguarding securities, in
order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose
of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to
comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, and not to
provide assurance on the Fund's internal control.

The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing
and maintaining internal control.  In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are
required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of
controls.  Generally, controls that are relevant to an audit
pertain to the entity's objective of preparing financial
statements for external purposes that are fairly presented in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America.  Those controls include the
safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition,
use, or disposition.

Because of inherent limitations in any internal control,
misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be
detected.  Also, projections of any evaluation of internal
control to future periods are subject to the risk that the
internal control may become inadequate because of changes
in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with policies
or procedures may deteriorate.

Our consideration of the Fund's internal control would not
necessarily disclose all matters in the internal control that
might be material weaknesses under standards established
by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
A material weakness is a condition in which the design or
operation of one or more of the internal control components
does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that
misstatements caused by error or fraud in amounts that
would be material in relation to the financial statements
being audited may occur and not be detected within a
timely period by employees in the normal course of
performing their assigned functions.  However, we noted
no matters involving the Fund's internal control and its
operation, including controls for safeguarding securities,
that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined
above as of November 30, 2000.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management, the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
the Fund, 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

January 12, 2001

EX-99.77CVOTES

Sheet1

	as of July 25, 2000 - REVISED
PASSED	FUNDS	2. Indep Auditors	% of Voted	% of Total	3. Trustees to Reg the fund Master/Feeder Structure	% of Voted	% of Total
7/25	ML Global Utility Fund *
	For All	16,268,611	94.21	91.99	14,980,607	86.75	84.7
	Withhold All	159,348	0.92	0.9	815,949	4.72	4.61
	For All Except	839,558	4.86	4.74	1,470,961	8.51	8.31
	Broker Non Vote
	* Acquired by ML Utilities & Telecommunications Fund, Inc.

Last Updated on 01/29/2001
By MLMAG

EX-99.77MMERGERS

Merrill Lynch Utilities and Telecommunications Fund,
Inc.

File No. 811-6180

Item No. 77M (Mergers) -- Attachment

During the fiscal semi-annual period ending November 30,
2000, Merrill Lynch Utilities and Telecommunications
Fund, Inc. (the "Registrant") acquired substantially all of
the assets and assumed substantially all of the liabilities of
Merrill Lynch Utility Income Fund, Inc. ("Utility Income
Fund"), File No. 811-7071.

At meetings of the Boards of Directors of the Registrant
and Utility Income Fund, the Boards of Directors approved
an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the
"Reorganization").  The Reorganization referred
collectively to (i) the acquisition of substantially all of the
assets, and assumption of substantially all of the liabilities,
of Utility Income Fund by the Registrant solely in
exchange for an equal aggregate value of corresponding
shares and the subsequent distribution of such
corresponding shares to the shareholders of Utility Income
Fund; and (ii) the subsequent liquidation of Utility Income
Fund, its dissolution as a Maryland corporation and its
deregistration as an investment company.

On April 14, 2000, in connection with the Reorganization,
the Registrant filed a Registration Statement on Form N-14
(File Nos. 333-34838 and 811-6180) (the "N-14
Registration Statement").  The N-14 Registration Statement
ontained the proxy materials soliciting the approval of the
Reorganization by the shareholders of Utility Income Fund.
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the N-14 Registration
Statement was filed on May 24, 2000.  The N-14
Registration Statement as so amended was declared
effective by the Commission on May 24, 2000.

On March 31, 2000, the shareholders of the Registrant and
Utility Income Fund approved the Reorganization at a
special meeting of shareholders held for that purpose.  On
_August 18, 2000 (the "Reorganization Date"), pursuant to
the Agreement, Utility Income Fund transferred assets
valued at $40,863,113 to the Registrant and received in
exchange 3,321,926 newly-issued Class A, Class B, Class
C, and Class D shares of the Registrant comprised of
231,662 Class A shares, 2,575,743 Class B shares, 272,412
Class C shares and 242,109 Class D shares.  Such shares
were then distributed to the shareholders of Utility Income
Fund on that date in proportion to each shareholder's
interest (by Class) in the assets transferred.

An Application for Deregistration on Form N-8F will be
filed by Utility Income Fund with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.