24F-2NT

                     The George Putnam Fund of Boston
                          One Post Office Square
                       Boston, Massachusetts  02109


                            September 28, 1995



Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549-1004
Via EDGAR

RE: Rule 24f-2 Notice for The George Putnam Fund of Boston (Reg.
    No. 2-10816) (the "Fund")

Ladies and Gentlemen:

    Pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of
1940, you are hereby notified as follows:

    (a)  the fiscal year of the Fund for which this notice is
    filed is the year ended July 31, 1995.

    (b)  the number or amount of securities of the same class or 
    series of the Fund which had been registered under the
    Securities Act of 1933 other than pursuant to Rule 24f-2 but 
    which remained unsold at the beginning of the year was: 
    NONE.

    (c)  the number or amount of securities the Fund registered
    during such fiscal year other than pursuant to Rule 24f-2
    was:  NONE.  

    (d)  the number or amount of securities of the Fund sold
    during such fiscal year was: 24,936,114 shares. 

    (e)  the number or amount of securities of the Fund sold
    during such fiscal year in reliance upon registration
    pursuant to Rule 24f-2 was:  24,936,114 shares.*    

    We are including in this filing, as an exhibit, an opinion
of counsel for the Fund to the effect that the securities, the
registration of which this notice makes definite in number, were
legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.  The amount of the
filing fee required by Rule 24f-2(c) was wired on September 27,
1995, to the Commission's lockbox at the Mellon Bank, American
Bankers' Association number 043000261, SEC Account Number: 
910-8729.

Securities and Exchange Commission
September 28, 1995
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                   Very truly yours,

                   The George Putnam Fund of Boston


                        /s/John D. Hughes
                   By:  ------------------------- 
                        John D. Hughes
                        Vice President and Treasurer


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*Calculation of filing fee pursuant to Rule 24f-2(c):



(1)  Aggregate sales price of securities
     sold pursuant to Rule 24f-2 during the
     fiscal year (see Para. (e) above):

$                                                              
346,986,280



(2)  (a)  Aggregate redemption or repurchase
          price of securities redeemed or
          repurchased during fiscal year: 

$                                                              
254,093,109


     (b)  Amount previously applied during
          fiscal year:

NONE


     (c)  Available credit:
$                                                              
254,093,109


     (d)  Amount of available credit applied
          in this notice:

$                                                              
254,093,109



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(3)  Amount deemed sold for filing fee
     calculation:

$                                                               
92,893,171



(4)  Filing fee due:  (1/29 of 1% of #3):

$                                                                
32,032.13

         




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EX-99.1OPINION

                               ROPES & GRAY
                          ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE
                     BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02110-2624
                              (617) 951-7000

                            September 26, 1995

The George Putnam Fund of Boston
One Post Office Square
Boston, Massachusetts 02109

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We are furnishing this opinion in connection with the sale
during the fiscal year ended July 31, 1995 of 24,936,114    
shares of beneficial interest (the "Shares") of The George Putnam
Fund of Boston (the "Fund").

     We understand that on your books you record as sold Shares
for which orders have been accepted notwithstanding that on the
date of acceptance such Shares may not have been paid for, and
that for purposes of compliance with Rule 24f-2 (the "Rule")
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, you regard
such Shares as having been sold.

     We have examined copies of (i) your Agreement and
Declaration of Trust as on file at the office of the Secretary of
State of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which provides for an
unlimited number of authorized shares of beneficial interest, and
(ii) your Bylaws, which provide for the issue and sale by the   
Fund of such Shares.  We have also examined (i) a copy of the
notice (the "Notice") to be filed pursuant to the Rule by you
with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to your
registration of an indefinite number of shares of beneficial
interest of the Fund pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and making definite registration of the Shares pursuant
to the Rule, and (ii) a certificate of the Treasurer of the Fund
stating that 24,781,602 of the Shares had been recorded as issued
and that the appropriate consideration therefor as provided in
your Bylaws had been received at July 31, 1995, and that 154,512
of the Shares had been recorded as sold and issued on your books
at July 31, 1995, but that at that date payment had not been
received and was not then due in the ordinary course of business.

     We assume that appropriate action has been taken to register
or qualify the sale of the Shares under any applicable state and
federal laws regulating offerings and sales of securities, and
that the Notice will be timely filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.


ROPES & GRAY
                                    -2-
The George Putnam Fund of Boston                         September 26, 1995

     Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:


     1.  The Fund is a legally organized and validly existing
voluntary association with transferable shares of beneficial
interest under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and
is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of
beneficial interest.

     2.  The Shares were validly issued and, except for the  
154,512 Shares for which payment had not been received at July
31, 1995 and was not then due in the ordinary course of business,
were fully paid and nonassessable by the Fund at July 31, 1995.

     We consent to this opinion accompanying the Notice.

                              Very truly yours,



                              Ropes & Gray





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