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PAUL BUCUVALAS TITLE MANAGING DIRECTOR EX-99 2 REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS To the Board of Trustees of The George Putnam Fund of Boston: In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of The George Putnam Fund of Boston for the year ended July 31, 1999, we considered its internal control, including control activities for safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on internal control. The management of The George Putnam Fund of Boston is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. Generally, controls that are relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's objective of preparing financial statements for external purposes that are fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Those controls include the safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition. Because of inherent limitations in internal controls, errors or fraud may occur and may not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of internal control to future periods is subject to the risk that it may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of the design and operation may deteriorate. Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily disclose all matters in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A material weakness is a condition in which the design or operation of one or more of the internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that misstatements caused by errors or fraud in amounts that would be material in relation to the financial statements being audited may occur and not be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of performing their assigned functions. However, we noted no matters involving internal control and its operation, including controls for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of July 31, 1999. This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Boston, Massachusetts September 13, 1999 EX-27 3 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 The George Putnam Fund of Boston 5 CLASS A ANNUAL JUL-31-1998 Jul-31-1999 6,421,082,243 6,751,634,644 239,742,138 18,488 0 6,991,395,270 204,237,470 0 169,925,770 374,163,240 0 5,830,381,567 212,964,282 180,048,584 9,972,484 0 444,661,032 0 332,216,947 6,617,232,030 77,462,168 164,486,178 0 66,073,285 175,875,061 450,083,884 (152,022,435) 473,936,510 0 (109,146,841) (235,789,968) 0 71,350,723 (56,386,152) 17,951,127 1,175,576,511 0 387,335,567 (11,819,799) 0 28,883,413 0 67,502,877 3,717,728,611 18.82 .57 .90 (.55) (1.25) 0 18.49 .93 [AVG-DEBT-OUTSTANDING] 0 [AVG-DEBT-PER-SHARE] 0

EX-27 4 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 The George Putnam Fund of Boston 5 CLASS B ANNUAL JUL-31-1998 Jul-31-1999 6,421,082,243 6,751,634,644 239,742,138 18,488 0 6,991,395,270 204,237,470 0 169,925,770 374,163,240 0 5,830,381,567 89,577,909 69,962,275 9,972,484 0 444,661,032 0 332,216,947 6,617,232,030 77,462,168 164,486,178 0 66,073,285 175,875,061 450,083,884 (152,022,435) 473,936,510 0 (33,139,561) (93,908,591) 0 32,951,628 (20,061,741) 6,725,747 1,175,576,511 0 387,335,567 (11,819,799) 0 28,883,413 0 67,502,877 1,476,580,435 18.67 .43 .90 (.42) (1.25) 0 18.33 1.68 [AVG-DEBT-OUTSTANDING] 0 [AVG-DEBT-PER-SHARE] 0

EX-27 5 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 The George Putnam Fund of Boston 5 CLASS C ANNUAL JUL-31-1998 JUL-31-1999 6,421,082,243 6,751,634,644 239,742,138 18,488 0 6,991,395,270 204,237,470 0 169,925,770 374,163,240 0 5,830,381,567 30,583 0 9,972,484 0 444,661,032 0 332,216,947 6,617,232,030 77,462,168 164,486,178 0 66,073,285 175,875,061 450,083,884 (152,022,435) 473,936,510 0 0 0 0 30,583 0 0 1,175,576,511 0 387,335,567 (11,819,799) 0 28,883,413 0 67,502,877 236,712 18.76 0 (.27) 0 0 0 18.49 .03 [AVG-DEBT-OUTSTANDING] 0 [AVG-DEBT-PER-SHARE] 0

EX-27 6 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 The George Putnam Fund of Boston 5 CLASS M ANNUAL JUL-31-1998 JUL-31-1999 6,421,082,243 6,751,634,644 239,742,138 18,488 0 6,991,395,270 204,237,470 0 169,925,770 374,163,240 0 5,830,381,567 16,002,128 14,838,406 9,972,484 0 444,661,032 0 332,216,947 6,617,232,030 77,462,168 164,486,178 0 66,073,285 175,875,061 450,083,884 (152,022,435) 473,936,510 0 (7,053,301) (19,043,436) 0 5,924,357 (6,206,656) 1,446,021 1,175,576,511 0 387,335,567 (11,819,799) 0 28,883,413 0 67,502,877 286,166,343 18.67 .47 .90 (.46) (1.25) 0 18.33 1.43 [AVG-DEBT-OUTSTANDING] 0 [AVG-DEBT-PER-SHARE] 0

EX-27 7 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 The George Putnam Fund of Boston 5 CLASS Y ANNUAL JUL-31-1998 Jul-31-1999 6,421,082,243 6,751,634,644 239,742,138 18,488 0 6,991,395,270 204,237,470 0 169,925,770 374,163,240 0 5,830,381,567 40,187,143 25,000,359 9,972,484 0 444,661,032 0 332,216,947 6,617,232,030 77,462,168 164,486,178 0 66,073,285 175,875,061 450,083,884 (152,022,435) 473,936,510 0 (17,057,113) (31,362,904) 0 21,650,266 (9,159,570) 2,696,088 1,175,576,511 0 387,335,567 (11,819,799) 0 28,883,413 0 67,502,877 549,214,372 18.85 .62 .91 (.60) (1.25) 0 18.53 .68 [AVG-DEBT-OUTSTANDING] 0 [AVG-DEBT-PER-SHARE] 0

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