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6 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM Putnam Health Sciences Trust Class A AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS EN TIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. OTHER AUG-31-1996 FEB-29-1996 779,078,794 1,418,525,1 34 15,644,857 211 0 1,434,170,202 746,022 0 9,411,452 10,157,474 0 780,637,011 26,893,105 26,770,157 0 (1,423,495) 5,352,872 0 639,446,340 1,424,012,728 7,124,665 1,586,644 00 7,221,272 1,490,037 9,942,244 275,229,199 286,661,480 0 (6,941,343) (23,698,137) 0 6,579,426 (5,952,000) 595,522 380,878,491 4,339,409 22,667,343 0 0 3,871,528 0 7,268,834 1,074,001,664 36.21 .07 9.57 (.27) (.92) 0 44.66 .54 0 0 ??

EX-27.CLASSB 3 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM Putnam Health Sciences Trust Class B AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS EN TIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. OTHER AUG-31-1996 FEB-29-1996 779,078,794 1,418,525,1 34 15,644,857 211 0 1,434,170,202 746,022 0 9,411,452 10,157,474 0 780,637,011 4,956,650 3,172,817 0 (1,423,495) 5,352,872 0 639,446,340 1,424,012,728 7,124,665 1,586,644 00 7,221,272 1,490,037 9,942,244 275,229,199 286,661,480 0 (304,825) (3,515,513) 0 2,544,016 (9,437,527) 253,367 380,878,491 4,339,409 22,667,343 0 0 3,871,528 0 7,268,834 156,366,608 35.72 (.08) 9.45 (.08) (.92) 0 44.09 .91 0 0 ??

EX-27.CLASSM 4 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM Putnam Health Sciences Trust Class M AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS EN TIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. OTHER AUG-31-1996 FEB-29-1996 779,078,794 1,418,525,1 34 15,644,857 211 0 1,434,170,202 746,022 0 9,411,452 10,157,474 0 780,637,011 97,862 8,870 0 (1,423,495) 5,352,872 0 639,446,340 1,424,012,728 7,124,665 1,586,644 00 7,221,272 1,490,037 9,942,244 275,229,199 286,661,480 0 (6,773) (43,065) 0 125,718 (37,819) 1,093 380,878,491 4,339,409 22,667,343 0 0 3,871,528 0 7,268,834 1,921,920 36.17 (.03) 9.57 (.15) (.92) 0 44.64 .78 0 0 ??

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