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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000889812-99-001129
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	AW
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19990406

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MERRILL LYNCH GLOBAL UTILITY FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000868452
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1130

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		AW
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	033-37103
		FILM NUMBER:		99588276

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 9011
		CITY:			PRINCETON
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08543-9011
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6092823319

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 9066
		CITY:			PRINCETON
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08543-9011
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<DESCRIPTION>AMENDMENT WITHDRAWAL REQUEST
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           [Letterhead of Merrill Lynch Global Utility Fund, Inc.]


April 6, 1999

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

     Re: Merrill Lynch Global Utility Fund, Inc. - CIK No. 0000868452
         Request for Withdrawal of Amendment to Registration Statement on
         Form N-1A
         File No. 33-37103

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     On March 30, 1999, Merrill Lynch Global Utility Fund, Inc. (the "Fund")
filed post-effective amendment No. 12 to its registration statement on Form N-1A
(the "March 30, 1999 filing"). On April 1, 1999, the Fund made another filing
designated as post-effective amendment No. 12 to its registration statement on
Form N-1A (the "April 1, 1999 filing"). The April 1, 1999 filing was made in
error and was identical to the March 30, 1999 filing. As the April 1, 1999
filing was made in error and was identical to the March 30, 1999 filing, I
hereby request the withdrawal of the April 1, 1999 filing pursuant to Rule
477(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     Please do not hesitate to call me at (609) 282-1271 if you have any 
questions regarding this matter.


                                         Very truly yours,

                                         /s/ Thomas D. Jones, III

                                         Thomas D. Jones, III
                                         Secretary

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