MERRILL LYNCH GLOBAL UTILITY FUND, INC.


                                           March 30, 1995



   VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
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   Securities and Exchange Commission
   450 Fifth Street, N.W.
   Judiciary Plaza
   Washington, DC  20549

   Attention:  Division of Investment Management

             Re:  Merrill Lynch Global Utility Fund, Inc.
                  Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to the
                  Registration Statement on Form N-1A
                  (Securities Act File No. 33-37103;
                  Investment Company Act File No. 811-6180)
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   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. 7 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. 7 to the Fund's
                  Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically
                  with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 1995.

                                           Very truly yours,

                                      MERRILL LYNCH GLOBAL UTILITY 
                                       FUND, INC.



                                      By:  /s/ Patrick D. Sweeney, Esq.
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                                           Patrick D. Sweeney, Esq.
                                           Secretary