FILE NO. 33-38879
                                                                  RULE 424(B)(3)
 
                             PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
                    (TO PROSPECTUS DATED SEPTEMBER 1, 1995)
               (TO PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 1, 1995)
 
                                     PROSPECTUS NUMBER: 1308
                                     DATED: JANUARY 16, 1996
 
 
                           MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
                          MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES B
                   DUE NINE MONTHS OR MORE FROM DATE OF ISSUE
                              VARIABLE RATE NOTES
 
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BASE RATE:                LIBOR
 
 
INDEX MATURITY:           Three Months
 
 
TRADE DATE:               January 16, 1996
 
 
SETTLEMENT DATE:          January 22, 1996
 
 
MATURITY DATE:            January 22, 1999
 
 
REDEMPTION DATE:          N/A
 
 
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATES: N/A
 
 
SPREAD:                   0.200%
                          (plus twenty bps)
 
 
SPREAD MULTIPLIER:        N/A
 
 
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE:
 
 
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE:    N/A
 
 
INTEREST RESET DATES:     Quarterly, using two business days prior.
 
 
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:   Pays quarterly, on the 22nd day of each January, April, July, and October,
                          commencing April 22, 1996 through the Maturity Date, subject to modified
                          following business day convention.
 
 
INITIAL INTEREST RATE:    5.74688%
 
 
FORM:                     Book-entry
 
 
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     On April 24, 1995, the Company increased to $11,150,000,000 the aggregate
principal amount of Medium- Term Notes, Series B authorized to be issued
pursuant to the attached Prospectus Supplement and supplements related thereto.
Such amount represents an increased authorization of $2,500,000,000. As of March
31, 1995, the Company had issued and outstanding Notes in an aggregate principal
amount of approximately $5,566,708,000.