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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 SEMI MAY-31-1998 NOV-30-1998 387,164,174 416,008,215 10,298,255 484,186 0 426,790,656 3,051,848 0 2,005,469 5,057,317 0 400,002,924 12,114,350 10,967,593 0 (164,004) 0 (6,590,556) 28,484,975 421,733,339 0 12,229,847 0 2,333,277 9,896,570 (913,713) 1,987,444 10,980,301 0 (2,518,288) 0 0 1,641,878 (655,936) 160,815 19,834,576 242,032 0 0 (5,676,843) 1,237,285 0 2,367,077 111,036,641 9.61 .21 .02 (.22) 0 0 9.62 .82 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 SEMI MAY-31-1998 NOV-30-1998 387,164,174 416,008,215 10,298,255 484,186 0 426,790,656 3,051,848 0 2,005,469 5,057,317 0 400,002,924 352,600 267,492 0 (164,004) 0 (6,590,556) 28,484,975 421,733,339 0 12,229,847 0 2,333,277 9,896,570 (913,713) 1,987,444 10,980,301 0 (70,374) 0 0 97,879 (17,774) 5,003 19,834,576 242,032 0 0 (5,676,843) 1,237,285 0 2,367,077 2,874,683 9.61 .22 .03 (.24) 0 0 9.62 .64 0 0

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