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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT   REGISTRATION NO.  333-43142
(To Prospectus dated August 15, 2007   Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
 

1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts
Wireless HOLDRS (SM) Trust

This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated August 15, 2007 relating to the sale of up to 1,000,000,000 depositary receipts by the Wireless HOLDRS (SM) Trust.
 
The share amounts specified in the table in the “Highlights of Wireless HOLDRS” section of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
 
Name of Company
 
Ticker
 
Share
Amounts
 
Primary
Trading
Market
Crown Castle International Corp.
 
CCI
 
4
 
NYSE
Deutsche Telekom AG *
 
DT
 
18.4841
 
NYSE
LM Ericsson Telephone Company *(2)
 
ERIC
 
14.8
 
NASDAQ
Embarq Corporation
 
EQ
 
1.5390
 
NYSE
FairPoint Communications, Inc.(1)
 
FRP
 
0.3206
 
NYSE
Motorola, Inc.
 
MOT
 
41
 
NYSE
NexCen Brands Inc.
 
NEXC
 
1
 
NASDAQ
Nokia Corp. *
 
NOK
 
23
 
NYSE
Qualcomm Incorporated
 
QCOM
 
26
 
NASDAQ
Research In Motion Limited
 
RIMM
 
12
 
NASDAQ
RF Micro Devices, Inc.
 
RFMD
 
4
 
NASDAQ
SK Telecom Co., Ltd. *
 
SKM
 
17
 
NYSE
Sprint Nextel Corporation
 
S
 
30.7800
 
NYSE
United States Cellular Corporation
 
USM
 
1
 
AMEX
Verizon Communications Inc.(1)
 
VZ
 
17
 
NYSE
Vivo Participações
 
VIV
 
3
 
NYSE
Vodafone Group p.l.c. *
 
VOD
 
18.375
 
NYSE
Windstream Corporation
 
WIN
 
1.1063
 
NYSE

 
           
 
(1)           As a result of a distribution of FairPoint Communications, Inc. (NYSE ticker “FRP”) to its shareholders by Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE ticker “VZ”), an underlying constituent of the Wireless HOLDRS Trust, effective April 1, 2008, each shareholder of VZ received 0.0189 shares of FRP.  The new price of VZ equaled 0.0189 times the closing price of FRP, then subtracted from the closing price of VZ.  FRP was added to the index effective April 1, 2008.  The quantity of shares of Verizon Communications Inc. represented by each 100 share round lot of Wireless HOLDRS and the consideration for the respective transaction is as follows: for the 17 shares of Verizon Communications Inc. per 100 share round lot of Wireless HOLDRS, The Bank of New York will receive 0.3206 shares of FairPoint Communications Inc.
 
(2)           The quantity of shares of Ericsson (NASDAQ ticker “ERIC”) represented by each 100 share round lot of Wireless HOLDRS increased to 14.8 shares (from 7.4) due to the 2 for 1 stock split of Ericsson.  Effective June 13, 2008, the deposits of Ericsson Common Stock for creation of Wireless HOLDRS also increased to 14.8 “ERIC” per round lot of 100 Wireless HOLDRS due to the 2 for 1 stock split.
 
*  The securities of these non-U.S. companies trade in the United States as American Depositary Receipts.  Please see “Risk Factors” and “United States Federal Income Tax Consequences--Special considerations with respect to underlying securities of foreign issuers” for additional information relating to an investment in a non-U.S. company.
 
The share amounts listed in the table above reflect all previous stock splits, dividends and business combination transactions.
 
The date of this prospectus supplement is June 30, 2008.