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6 Financial Data Schedule for Putnam Health Sciences Trust 3 CLASS A OTHER AUG-31-1996 FEB-28-1997 1,047,680,818 1,846,816,824 13,265,290 861 0 1,860,082,975 3,431,121 0 6,887,725 10,318,846 0 1,032,091,511 28,952,239 26,720,028 0 (374,246) 18,910,858 0 799,136,006 1,849,764,129 8,286,121 2,344,744 0 10,049,551 581,314 39,821,865 225,143,778 265,546,957 0 (2,287,254) (43,054,189) 0 7,984,112 (6,535,872) 783,971 399,995,686 1,331,694 33,738,886 0 0 4,914,586 0 10,206,685 1,294,819,698 43.67 .05 7.71 (.09) (1.60) 0 49.74 .55 0 0

EX-27 3 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 Financial Data Schedule for Putnam Health Sciences Trust 3 CLASS B OTHER AUG-31-1996 FEB-28-1997 1,047,680,818 1,846,816,824 13,265,290 861 0 1,860,082,975 3,431,121 0 6,887,725 10,318,846 0 1,032,091,511 8,116,009 6,363,760 0 (374,246) 18,910,858 0 799,136,006 1,849,764,129 8,286,121 2,344,744 0 10,049,551 581,314 39,821,865 225,143,778 265,546,957 0 0 (11,235,464) 0 2,776,779 (1,211,428) 196,898 399,995,686 1,331,694 33,738,886 0 0 4,914,586 0 10,206,685 326,292,856 42.94 (.12) 7.56 17.57 (1.60) 0 48.78 .93 0 0

EX-27 4
6 Financial Data Schedule for Putnam Health Sciences Trust 3 CLASS M OTHER AUG-31-1996 FEB-28-1997 1,047,680,818 1,846,816,824 13,265,290 861 0 1,860,082,975 3,431,121 0 6,887,725 10,318,846 0 1,032,091,511 279,915 223,543 0 (374,246) 18,910,858 0 799,136,006 1,849,764,129 8,286,121 2,344,744 0 10,049,551 581,314 39,821,865 225,143,778 265,546,957 0 0 (360,240) 0 130,288 (80,547) 6,631 399,995,686 1,331,694 33,738,886 0 0 4,914,586 0 10,206,685 10,811,181 43,54 (.06) 7.67 0 (1.60) 0 49.55 .80 0 0

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