EX-99

77E

Regulatory matters and litigation.  Putnam Management has entered
into agreements with the SEC and the Massachusetts Securities
Division settling charges connected with excessive short term
trading by Putnam employees and, in the case of the charges
brought by the Massachusetts Securities Division, by participants
in some Putnam administered 401(k) plans. Pursuant to these
settlement agreements, Putnam Management will pay a total of
$193.5 million in penalties and restitution, with $153.5 million
being paid to certain open end funds and their shareholders. The
amount will be allocated to shareholders and funds pursuant to a
plan developed by an independent consultant, and will be paid
following approval of the plan by the SEC and the Massachusetts
Securities Division.

The SECs and Massachusetts Securities Divisions allegations and
related matters also serve as the general basis for numerous
lawsuits, including purported class action lawsuits filed against
Putnam Management and certain related parties, including certain
Putnam funds. Putnam Management will bear any costs incurred by
Putnam funds in connection with these lawsuits.  Putnam
Management believes that the likelihood that the pending private
lawsuits and purported class action lawsuits will have a material
adverse financial impact on the fund is remote, and the pending
actions are not likely to materially affect its ability to
provide investment management services to its clients, including
the Putnam funds.

EX-99

New Accounting Pronouncement

In June 2006, FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes (the Interpretation).  The
Interpretation prescribes a minimum threshold for financial
statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or
expected to be taken by a filer in the filers tax return.  The
Interpretation will become effective for fiscal years beginning
after December 15, 2006 but will also apply to tax positions
reflected in the funds financial statements as of that date. No
determination has been made whether the adoption of the
Interpretation will require the fund to make any adjustments to
its net assets or have any other effect on the funds financial
statements.

EX-99

The George Putnam Fund of Boston, Annual Report, 8/31/06


Because the electronic format for filing Form NSAR does not
provide adequate space for responding to certain items correctly,
the correct answers are as follows:

53A	For the period ended August 31, 2006 Putnam Management has
assumed $70,722 of legal, shareholder servicing and
communication, audit and Trustee fees incurred by the fund in
connection with certain legal and regulatory matters (including
those described in Note 6).


72DD1 (000s omitted)		Class A	90,592
					Class B	15,899
					Class C	 1,499

72DD2 (000s omitted)		Class M	 4,676
					Class R	    25
					Class Y	17,913


73A1					Class A	0.501
					Class B	0.358
					Class C	0.364

73A2					Class M	0.409
					Class R	0.464
					Class Y	0.548

74U1	(000s omitted)		Class A	173,328
					Class B	 34,631
					Class C	  3,879

74U2	(000s omitted)		Class M	 10,395
					Class R	     84
					Class Y	 27,057

74V1					Class A	18.21
					Class B	18.02
					Class C	18.09

74V2					Class M	18.02
					Class R	18.15
					Class Y	18.26






Item 61

Additional Information About Minimum Required Investment

Shareholders can open a fund account with as little as $500 and
make subsequent investments in any amount. The minimum investment
is waived if you make regular investments weekly, semi monthly,
or monthly through automatic deductions through your bank
checking or savings account. Currently, Putnam is waiving the
minimum, but reserves the right to reject initial investments
under the minimum.


Item 85B

Additional Information About Errors and Omissions Policy

While no claims with respect to the Registrant/Series were filed
under such policy during the period, requests under such policy
for reimbursement of legal expenses and costs arising out of
claims of market timing activity in the Putnam Funds have been
submitted by the investment manager of the Registrant/Series.

EX-99

PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP
125 High Street
Boston, MA 02110 1707
Telephone (617) 530 5000
Facsimile (617) 530 5001
www.pwc.com


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees and Shareholders of The George Putnam Fund of
Boston:

In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of The George Putnam Fund of Boston (the Fund)
as of and for the year ended July 31, 2006, in accordance with
the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States), we considered the Funds internal control over
financial reporting, including control activities for
safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing
procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the
financial statements and to comply with the requirements of
Form NSAR, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on
the effectiveness of the Funds internal control over financial
reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and
maintaining effective internal control over financial
reporting.  In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and
judgments by management are required to assess the expected
benefits and related costs of controls.  A funds internal
control over financial reporting is a process designed to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles.  Such internal control over financial
reporting includes policies and procedures that provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection
of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a funds
assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future
periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree
of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

A control deficiency exists when the design or operation of a
control does not allow management or employees, in the normal
course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or
detect misstatements on a timely basis. A significant
deficiency is a control deficiency, or combination of control
deficiencies, that adversely affects the funds ability to
initiate, authorize, record, process or report external
financial data reliably in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles such that there is more than a remote
likelihood that a misstatement of the funds annual or interim
financial statements that is more than inconsequential will not
be prevented or detected.  A material weakness is a control
deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, that
results in more than a remote likelihood that a material
misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will
not be prevented or detected.

Our consideration of the Funds internal control over financial
reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first
paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies
in internal control over financial reporting that might be
significant deficiencies or material weaknesses under standards
established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States).  However, we noted no deficiencies in the
Funds internal control over financial reporting and its
operation, including controls for safeguarding securities, that
we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
July 31, 2006.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Board of Trustees of The George Putnam Fund
of Boston and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not
intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than
these specified parties.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
September 18, 2006







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