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EX-27

WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.

 

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EX-27

WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.

 

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EX-27

WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.

 

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Putnam Voyager Fund


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EX-27

WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.

 

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<LEGEND>
Putnam Voyager Fund


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EX-27

WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.

 

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<LEGEND>
Putnam Voyager Fund


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EX-99

2





September 6, 2000

To the Board of Trustees of Putnam Voyager Fund:

In planning and performing our audits of the financial
statements of Putnam Voyager Fund for the year ended July 31,
2000, 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 Putnam Voyager Fund 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 control, errors
or fraud may occur and not be detected.  Also, projection of
any evaluation of internal control to future periods is
subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of
their 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 error 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 September 6, 2000.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of
the 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.