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EX-27 3 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 Putnam Massachusetts Tax Exempt Income Fund 3 CLASS B YEAR MAY-31-1997 NOVEMBER -30-1997 351,252,717 376,075,966 11,275,389 890,779 0 388,242,134 0 0 1,713,966 1,713,966 0 368,308,973 10,262,346 9,156,193 63,022 0 0 (6,286,201) 24,442,374 386,528,168 0 11,967,698 0 2,037,097 9,930,601 368,153 8,755,030 19,053,784 0 (2,155,402) 0 0 1,577,224 (610,520) 139,449 19,053,784 28,496 0 0 (6,654,354) 1,138,612 0 2,086,613 91,392,980 9.30 .23 .22 (.22) 0 0 9.53 .80 0 0

EX-27 4 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 Putnam Massachusetts Tax Exempt Income Fund 3 CLASS M YEAR MAY-31-1997 NOVEMBER -30-1997 351,252,717 376,075,966 11,275,389 890,779 0 388,242,1348 0 0 1,713,966 1,713,966 0 368,308,973 245,579 305,076 63,022 0 0 (6,286,201) 24,442,374 386,528,168 0 11,967,698 0 2,037,097 9,930,601 368,153 8,755,030 19,053,784 0 (66,111) 0 0 58,670 (123,203) 5,036 19,053,784 28,496 0 0 (6,654,354) 1,138,612 0 2,086,613 91,392,980 9.31 .24 .23 (.24) 0 0 9.54 .62 0 0

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