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6 The George Putnam Fund of Boston 4 CLASS A YEAR JUL-31-1998 JUL-31-1998 4,980,167,143 5,463,079,603 136,054,025 364,965 0 5,599,498,593 99,046,366 0 58,796,708 157,843,074 0 4,581,900,369 180,048,584 137,611,000 0 11,819,799 387,335,567 0 484,239,382 5,441,655,519 68,706,582 126,755,620 0 54,585,553 140,876,649 454,484,734 (174,363,842) 420,997,541 0 (93,857,434) (174,044,314) 0 68,382,912 (39,574,947) 13,629,619 1,401,701,389 4,134,739 192,561,000 0 0 23,461,272 0 56,402,263 3,029,395,583 18.95 .60 1.08 (.60) (1.21) 0 18.82 1.00 0 0

EX-27 3 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 The George Putnam Fund of Boston 4 CLASS B YEAR JUL-31-1998 JUL-31-1998 4,980,167,143 5,463,079,603 136,054,025 364,965 0 5,599,498,593 99,046,366 0 58,796,708 157,843,074 0 4,581,900,369 69,962,275 47,221,035 0 11,819,799 387,335,567 0 484,239,382 5,441,655,519 68,706,582 126,755,620 0 54,585,553 140,876,649 454,484,734 (174,363,842) 420,997,541 0 (26,582,497) (63,051,883) 0 27,640,494 (9,601,746) 4,702,492 1,401,701,389 4,134,739 192,561,000 0 0 23,461,272 0 56,402,263 1,098,306,733 18.82 .46 1.07 (.47) (1.21) 0 18.67 1.75 0 0

EX-27 4 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 The George Putnam Fund of Boston 4 CLASS M YEAR JUL-31-1998 JUL-31-1998 4,980,167,143 5,463,079,603 136,054,025 364,965 0 5,599,498,593 99,046,366 0 58,796,708 157,843,074 0 4,581,900,369 14,838,406 9,963,033 0 11,819,799 387,335,567 0 484,239,382 5,441,655,519 68,706,582 126,755,620 0 54,585,553 140,876,649 454,484,734 (174,363,842) 420,997,541 0 (6,420,081) (14,653,375) 0 7,042,764 (3,276,702) 1,109,311 1,401,701,389 4,134,739 192,561,000 0 0 23,461,272 0 56,402,263 240,340,384 18.82 .51 1.06 (.51) (1.21) 0 18.67 1.50 0 0

EX-27 5
6 The George Putnam Fund of Boston 4 CLASS Y YEAR JUL-31-1998 JUL-31-1998 4,980,167,143 5,463,079,603 136,054,025 364,965 0 5,599,498,593 99,046,366 0 58,796,708 157,843,074 0 4,581,900,369 25,000,359 18,772,462 0 11,819,799 387,335,567 0 484,239,382 5,441,655,519 68,706,582 126,755,620 0 54,585,553 140,876,649 454,484,734 (174,363,842) 420,997,541 0 (14,256,392) (25,075,114) 0 9,280,297 (5,233,650) 2,181,250 1,401,701,389 4,134,739 192,561,000 0 0 23,461,272 0 56,402,263 426,294,508 18.98 .64 1.09 (.65) (1.21) 0 18.85 .75 0 0

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