PE CORP
10-K/A, 1999-03-23
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             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                   WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                         FORM 10-K/A
                 AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM 10K
     [ X ] Annual Report Pursuant To Section 13 Or 15(d)
           Of The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934
           For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1998

                             OR
   [   ] Transition Report Pursuant To Section 13 Or 15(d)
           Of The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934
         For the transition period from           to

                Commission File Number 1-4389

                The Perkin-Elmer Corporation
   (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
   NEW YORK                                      06-0490270
   (State or other jurisdiction of              (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)               Identification No.)


   761 Main Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut         06859-0001
   (Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip Code)


    Registrant's   telephone   number, 203-762-1000
    including area code:


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

                                 Name of each exchange
        Title of class            on which registered

    Common Stock (par value     New York Stock Exchange
       $1.00 per share)         Pacific Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                         Title of class

                        Class G Warrants

      Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1)  has
filed  all  reports required to be filed by  Section  13  or
15(d)  of  the  Securities Exchange Act of 1934  during  the
preceding  12  months (or for such shorter period  that  the
Registrant was required to file such reports), and  (2)  has
been  subject to such filing requirements for  the  past  90
days.

                   X      Yes              No

      Indicate  by  check mark if disclosure  of  delinquent
filers  pursuant  to  Item  405 of  Regulation  S-K  is  not
contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best  of
Registrant's  knowledge, in definitive proxy or  information
statements  incorporated by reference in Part  III  of  this
Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [X]

       As  of  September  9,  1998,  49,395,010  shares   of
Registrant's   Common  Stock  were  outstanding,   and   the
aggregate market value of shares of such Common Stock (based
upon  the  average  sales price) held by non-affiliates  was
approximately $ 2,999,205,733.

             DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Annual Report to Shareholders for Fiscal Year ended June 30,
1998 - Parts I, II, and IV.

Proxy Statement for Annual Meeting of Shareholders dated
September 9, 1998 - Part III.


Item 6.                  SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

                                           The Perkin-Elmer Corporation

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Dollar amounts in thousands except per share amounts)
For the years ended June 30,                      1998          1997          1996         1995         1994
Financial Operations                          <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>          <C>
Net revenues                                 $ 1,531,165   $ 1,373,282   $ 1,248,967   $ 1,152,935  $ 1,070,522
Income (loss) from continuing operations          56,388       130,398       (36,523)       46,307       39,966
  Per share of common stock
    Basic                                           1.16          2.74          (.80)         1.04          .87
    Diluted                                         1.12          2.63          (.80)         1.02          .84
Discontinued operations                                                                                 (22,851)
Net income (loss)                                56,388        130,398       (36,523)       46,307       17,115
  Per share of common stock
    Basic                                           1.16          2.74          (.80)         1.04          .37
    Diluted                                         1.12          2.63          (.80)         1.02          .36
Dividends per share                                  .68           .68           .68           .68          .68
Other information
Cash and short-term investments              $    84,091   $   217,222   $    121,145  $   103,826  $    50,605
Working capital                                  287,991       354,741        229,639      256,607      171,068
Capital expenditures                             116,708        69,822         44,309       50,191       46,588
Total assets                                   1,334,474     1,238,749      1,062,979    1,027,051    1,021,746
Long-term debt                                    33,726        59,152         33,694       64,524       61,500
Total debt                                        45,825        89,068         89,801      123,224      145,052
Shareholders' equity                             564,248       504,270        373,727      369,807      364,123

</TABLE>

Results  for  fiscal  1998, 1997, 1996,  and 1995 included net before-
tax  restructuring  and  other merger costs of  $48.1  million,  $13.0
million, $89.1 million, and $38.5 million,  respectively,  and before-
tax  gains  related  to  investments  of $1.6 million, $64.9  million,
$11.7 million, and $20.8  million, respectively.  Other special  items
affecting  comparability  included acquired research  and  development
charges  of  $28.9  million, $26.8 million, $33.9  million, and  $14.7
million for fiscal 1998, 1997, 1996,and 1994, respectively; before-tax
charges  for the impairment of assets of $7.5 million and $9.9 million
for fiscal 1997 and 1996, respectively; and a $22.9 million charge for
discontinued operations in fiscal 1994.


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Item 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
        RESULTS OF OPERATIONS


Management's Discussion of Operations
The  following  discussion  should be read  in  conjunction  with  the
consolidated financial statements and related notes included on  pages
39  through  61.  Historical results and percentage relationships  are
not  necessarily  indicative  of  operating  results  for  any  future
periods.

Throughout  the following discussion of operations the Company  refers
to  the  impact  on  the reported results of the movement  in  foreign
currency  exchange  rates  from one reporting  period  to  another  as
"foreign currency translation."

Events Impacting Comparability
Acquisitions  and Investments.  On January 22, 1998, The  Perkin-Elmer
Corporation   (the  Company)  acquired  PerSeptive  Biosystems,   Inc.
(PerSeptive).  The acquisition has been accounted for as a pooling  of
interests and, accordingly, the Company's financial results have  been
restated to include the combined operations.
    The   Company  acquired  Molecular  Informatics,  Inc.  (Molecular
Informatics) and a 14.5% interest, and approximately 52% of the voting
rights, in Tecan AG (Tecan) during the second quarter of fiscal  1998,
and GenScope, Inc. (GenScope) during the third quarter of fiscal 1997.
The  results of operations for the above acquisitions, each  of  which
was   accounted  for  as  a  purchase,  have  been  included  in   the
consolidated  financial statements since the date of  each  respective
acquisition.   A discussion of the Company's significant  acquisitions
and investments is provided in Note 2.

Restructuring and Other Merger Costs.  During fiscal 1998, the Company
recorded  $48.1  million of before-tax charges, or  $.87  per  diluted
share after-tax, for restructuring and other merger costs to integrate
PerSeptive  into  the Company.  The charge included  $4.1  million  of
inventory-related  write-offs, recorded in cost of  sales,  associated
with the rationalization of certain product lines.  The objectives  of
the  integration  plan  are to lower PerSeptive's  cost  structure  by
reducing  excess  manufacturing capacity,  achieve  broader  worldwide
distribution  of PerSeptive's products, and combine sales,  marketing,
and administrative functions.
   In  fiscal  1997  and  1996, the Company implemented  restructuring
actions primarily targeted to improve the profitability and cash  flow
performance   of  the  Analytical  Instruments  Division   (Analytical
Instruments).  The fiscal 1997 plan focused on the transition  from  a
highly  vertical manufacturing operation to one that  relies  more  on
outsourcing  functions not considered core competencies.   The  fiscal
1996  plan  was a broad program designed to reduce administrative  and
manufacturing overhead and improve operating efficiency, primarily  in
Europe and the United States.  The before-tax charges associated  with
the  implementation of these actions were $24.2 million, or  $.31  per
diluted share after-tax, in fiscal 1997, and  $71.6 million, or  $1.35
per  diluted  share  after-tax,  in fiscal  1996.   Fiscal  1997  also
reflected an $11.2 million before-tax, or $.13 per diluted share after-
tax, reduction of charges associated with the fiscal 1996 plan.
   Also in fiscal 1996, a before-tax charge of $17.5 million, or  $.38
per   diluted   share  after-tax,  was  recorded  by  PerSeptive   for
restructuring actions and other related costs.  A complete  discussion
of the Company's restructuring programs is provided in Note 10.

Acquired  Research  and Development.  During fiscal  1998,  1997,  and
1996,  the Company recorded charges for purchased in-process  research
and  development in connection with certain acquisitions  for  the  PE
Biosystems Division (PE Biosystems).  The charges recorded  in  fiscal
1998,  1997,  and 1996 were $28.9 million,  $26.8 million,  and  $33.9
million,  or   $.57,  $.54,  and  $.72 per  diluted  share  after-tax,
respectively (see Note 2).
   In  the second  quarter of fiscal 1998, the Company expensed  $28.9
million  of  the Molecular Informatics acquisition cost as  in-process
research  and  development, representing 53.6% of the purchase  price.
This amount was attributed and supported by a discounted probable cash
flow analysis on a project-by-project basis.  At the acquisition date,
the technological feasibility of the acquired technology  had not been
established and the acquired technology had no future alternative uses.
   The Company attributed approximately 10% of the in-process research
and development value to BioLIMS, a software system that manages data,
initiates   analysis  programs,  and  captures  the   results   in   a
centralized, relational database for sequencing instruments; 6% to  GA
SFDB, a client-side add-on product to several existing gene sequencing
instruments;   38%  to  BioMERGE,  a  client-server   management   and
integration  system that organizes proprietary, public and third-party
results  in  a  single relational database for the drug discovery  and
genomic  research markets; 9% to BioCLINIC, a client-server management
and  integration system that organizes proprietary, public and  third-
party  results generated from DNA and protein sequence analysis  in  a
single database for the clinical trials phase of drug development; and
37%  to SDK, an open architecture software platform from which all  of
Molecular Informatics' future software applications are expected to be
derived.
   As   of  the  acquisition date, all of the major functionality  for
BioLIMS  2.0  had  been  completed and the  product  is expected to be
released  in  September 1998. As of the acquisition date, BioLIMS  3.0
was in the design and scoping phase and is expected to be released  in
June  1999.  As  of the acquisition date, GA SFDB was in  early  alpha
phase  and  had  been  completed concurrent with  the  development  of
BioLIMS 2.0 and is expected to be released in September 1998.   As  of
the  acquisition date,  BioMerge 3.0 functional scope was defined  and
the requirements assessment had been completed  and  is expected to be
released in November 1998.  As of the acquisition date, the  BioClinic
product requirements had been specified and discussions had begun with
two potential customers to begin the specific software  modifications.
Development  efforts were terminated in April 1998 due to unsuccessful
marketing  efforts. As of the acquisition date, the  SDK  requirements
assessment  had  been  completed and the  functional  scope  had  been
defined.   Currently, one successful prototype has been completed  and
additional development efforts continue in this area.
   At the date of the acquisition, management expected to complete the
majority   of  these  projects  and  commence  generating  significant
revenues in fiscal 1999 at an additional research and development cost
of  approximately $6.9 million.  The Company attributed $11.8  million
of  the  purchase  price  to core technology  and  existing  products,
primarily related to the BioMERGE product. The Company applied a risk-
adjusted  discount  to the projects' cash flows of  20%  for  existing
technology and 23% for in-process technology. The risk premium  of  3%
for  in-process technologies was determined by management based on the
associated risks of releasing these in-process technologies versus the
existing   technologies  for  the  emerging  bioinformatics   software
industry. The significant risks associated with these products include
the  limited operating history of Molecular Informatics, uncertainties
surrounding market acceptance of such in-process products, competitive
threats   from   other  bioinformatics  companies  and  other   risks.
Management is primarily responsible for estimating the fair  value  of
such existing and in-process technology.
   During   the  third  quarter of fiscal 1997, the  Company  acquired
GenScope,  Inc.,  for  $26.8  million.  GenScope,  founded  in   1995,
represented a development stage venture with no operating history  and
effectively  no  revenues.  At  the  acquisition  date,  technological
feasibility of the  acquired technology right had not been established
and  the  acquired  technology  right had  no  future alternative uses.
At the time of  the  acquisition, GenScope had limited  R&D   contract
services only. The Company acquired  the right to  utilize  AFLP-based
gene  expression  technology in the field of human health, but did not
obtain  any  core  technology  or  other  rights. GenScope's   limited
balance  sheet, consisting of  assets  of approximately  $.2  million,
had yet  to  deliver   commercial  value. Accordingly,   the   Company
recorded  a charge  of  $25.4   million attributable to the in-process
technology  purchased. The  Company based  this  amount  on the  early
development  stage  of  this  life   science  business  acquired,  the
technological hurdles to the  application  of  this  technology to the
field of human health and the underlying  cash flow  projections.  The
acquisition represented the purchase of development stage  technology,
not   at   the   time    considered commercially viable in the  health
care applications that the company intends  to  pursue.  The Company's
intent   was to  first  develop the technology into a set of molecular
screening tools for use in the enhancement  of pharmaceutical  product
development.  The Company allocated $1.4 million of the purchase price
to   technology  rights   attributable   to   GenScope's   AFLP   gene
expression  technology.  AFLP  is  an  enhancement  of  the polymerase
chain  reaction  ("PCR") process  that  allows  selective analysis  of
any  portion of genetic material without the specific, prior  sequence
information  normally required for PCR. Of the $25.4  million expensed
as  in-process research and  development, $5.5 million  represented  a
contingent  liability  due  on the issuance of  a  process  patent for
technology under development.
    Through  June  30,  1998, the Company incurred approximately  $4.9
million  in  additional  research and  development  costs  to  further
develop  the AFLP technology in the field of human health. The Company
anticipates  spending an additional $13.9 million in fiscal  1999  and
2000  to  substantially complete such project. Such costs  approximate
those anticipated at the date of acquisition.
   During  the  fourth  quarter of fiscal 1996, the  Company  acquired
Tropix, Inc., a world leader in the development, manufacture and  sale
of  chemiluminescent  detection  technology for life  sciences. At the
acquisition   date,   the  technological  feasibility  of the acquired
technology had not been established and the acquired technology had no
future alternative uses. The acquisition  cost,  net of cash acquired,
was $36.0  million  and  was accounted for as a purchase. The purchase
price was allocated  to  the net   assets  acquired  and  to purchased
in-process  research   and development.  Purchased in-process research
and  development  included the  value of  products  in the development
stage and not considered  to  have  reached technological feasibility.
The  Company  expensed  $22.3 million  of  the Tropix acquisition cost
as in-process  research  and  development, representing  60.3%  of the
purchase   price. This   amount   was  attributed  and  supported by a
discounted probable cash flow analysis on  a  project-by-project basis.
The remaining purchase price was allocated as  follows: $10.2  million
to proprietary patents and core technology, $1.4 million to trademarks
and  tradenames, $.2 million  to assembled  workforce and $1.9 million
to working capital and property, plant and equipment acquired.
   Approximately  56% of the in-process research and development value
was  attributed  to the pharmaceutical screening products  project,  a
project  designed to incorporate existing proprietary technologies  of
Tropix  into assay methods for pharmaceutical customers and to perform
the screening required by those customers on-site. Additionally, there
was  to  be  continued development of suitable assays to  improve  and
expand the technology covered by Tropix patents.  The intent was to be
a  one-stop  service where Tropix would develop and perform  screening
for  pharmaceutical customers. Assets in place for this  project  were
the  intellectual  property  of Tropix and  the  scientific  expertise
required to customize both the reagents and the methods necessary  for
the intended use of the customers. Approximately 44% of the in-process
research  and  development  value was attributed  to  the  diagnostics
products  project, a project related to the continued  development  of
the  reagent  product line. Derivatives of the proprietary  technology
and  expansion of the patents surrounding it were planned  to  exploit
the leadership that Tropix held in its core chemiluminescent products.
Also,  work was being performed on ancillary reagents to enhance  both
reactions and stability of existing Tropix dioxetanes. Development  of
new  kits  and  applications  based  on  the  Gal-Star  substrate,  in
particular, were in-process. All of these activities were  focused  on
expanding  the  existing  product line  in  consumables  in  order  to
maintain Tropix's leadership in chemiluminescence.
   Through   June  30,  1998, the Company incurred approximately  $2.8
million  in  additional  research and  development  costs  to  further
develop  these projects. The diagnostic products project was completed
in  fiscal  1997. The Company anticipates spending an  additional  $.8
million  in  fiscal  1999  to  complete the  pharmaceutical  screening
project.  Such  costs approximate those anticipated  at  the  date  of
acquisition.
   A risk-adjusted discount rate of 23% was employed to value the  in-
process projects. The significant risks associated with these products
include   the  limited  operating  history  of  Tropix,  uncertainties
surrounding  market acceptance of such in-process products  and  other
competitive risks. Management is primarily responsible for  estimating
the fair value of such existing and in-process technologies.
   In  fiscal  1996,  the  Company acquired Zoogen,  Inc.,  a  leading
provider  of  genetic analysis services for $2.1 million,  a  minority
equity  interest in Paracel, Inc., a provider of information filtering
technologies for $4.5 million and PerSeptive Technologies Corporation,
a  research and development company formed to fund the development  of
novel  tools  for  clinical diagnostics and  screening  of  biological
compounds  for  drug discovery, for $19.3 million. In connection  with
these life science acquisitions, $11.6 million of purchased in-process
research and development was expensed in fiscal 1996.

    The $11.6 million of purchased in-process research and development
primarily  related  to in-process projects at PerSeptive  Technologies
and  Zoogen  at the dates of acquisition.  For all of the fiscal  1996
acquisitions, the technological feasibility of the acquired technology
had  not  been  established at the acquisition dates and the  acquired
technology had no future alternative uses.

    Four projects  were in-process  at PerSeptive Technologies  at the
date of acquisition.  Three of these projects  were  abandoned  by the
Company upon  acquisition and, therefore, were not assigned any  value.
The remaining in-process project  was  the  drug-screening  program, a
program designed  to develop  new methodologies  for  the screening of
libraries of biological and chemical compounds to enhance the discovery
of drugs.  Such  project was subsequently  transferred  to  ChemGenics
Pharmaceuticals  in  exchange for a 34% equity  interest.   In  fiscal
1997, after additional research and development efforts by ChemGenics,
the  Company  received a 6% interest in Millennium Pharmaceuticals  in
exchange  for  its  ownership in ChemGenics  and  recognized  a  $25.9
million gain upon such transaction.

    The  in-process  projects at  Zoogen included  the  flea   allergy
dermatitis,  green iguana sexing, bird sexing method  conversion,  and
the feline genotyping projects.  All projects were completed in fiscal
1997, except for the flea allergy dermatitis project, at an additional
cost  of  approximately  $.3  million.  The  flea  allergy  dermatitis
project was abandoned in fiscal 1997.  All costs incurred approximated
those anticipated at the date of acquisition.

Impairment  of  Assets.  Cost of sales for fiscal 1997  included  $7.5
million,  or  $.13 per diluted share after-tax, for the write-down  of
goodwill  and other assets.  The fiscal 1997 charge, as  a  result  of
adopting  Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No.  121,
"Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived
Assets  to  Be  Disposed  Of,"  included $5.6  million  to  write-down
goodwill associated with the fiscal 1995 acquisition of Photovac  Inc.
and  $1.9 million of other assets associated primarily with Analytical
Instruments.   In fiscal 1996, the Company recorded a before-tax  cost
of sales charge of $9.9 million, or $.21 per diluted share after-tax,
for the impairment of certain production assets associated  with  the
realignment of the product offerings of PerSeptive (see Note 1).

Gain  on Investments.  Fiscal 1998, 1997, and 1996 included before-tax
gains of $1.6 million, $64.9 million, and $11.7 million, respectively,
related  to  the sale and release of contingencies on minority  equity
investments.   The  fiscal 1998, 1997, and 1996 after-tax  gains  per
diluted share were $.03, $1.15, and $.19, respectively (see Note 2).

Results of Operations - 1998 Compared with 1997
The Company reported net income of $56.4 million, or $1.12 per diluted
share, for fiscal 1998, compared with net income of $130.4 million, or
$2.63  per  diluted  share, for fiscal 1997.  On a  comparable  basis,
excluding the special items previously described, net income increased
9.0%  to  $127.1 million for fiscal 1998 compared with $116.6  million
for  fiscal  1997,  and earnings per diluted share increased  8.6%  to
$2.53  for  fiscal  1998 from $2.33 for fiscal  1997.   Excluding  the
effects  of  currency  translation and  special  items,  earnings  per
diluted share would have increased approximately 25% compared with the
prior year.
   Net  revenues were $1,531.2 million for fiscal 1998, compared  with
$1,373.3  million  for fiscal 1997, an increase of  11.5%.   Excluding
Tecan,  revenues  increased 7.8% compared with the  prior  year.   The
effects   of   currency   translation  decreased   net   revenues   by
approximately $68 million, or 5%, compared with the prior year, as the
U.S.  dollar  strengthened  against  most  European  and  Far  Eastern
currencies.   Geographically,  the Company reported revenue  growth in
all  regions   compared  with  the  prior  year.   The  United  States
reported  the  strongest   growth  with  revenues   increasing  22.3%,
or  18.6%   excluding  Tecan, benefiting  from  growth  in  both   the
PE  Biosystems  and   Analytical   Instruments    business   segments.
Revenues   increased  5.4%  in  Europe,  1% in the Far East, and 14.9%
in other markets,  specifically  Latin  America,  where  revenues

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increased 36% compared with the prior year.  Excluding Tecan, revenues
remained essentially  unchanged in Europe  and  the  Far East compared
with the prior year.  Before the effects  of  currency translation and
excluding Tecan, revenues  would have  increased approximately  8%  in
Europe, 9% in the Far East, and 19% in  other  markets.  Growth in the
Far  East  market  was  adversely affected  by the economic turmoil in
the Pacific Rim and the weakening of the Japanese Yen.

Net revenues by business segment

(Dollar amounts in millions)       1998        1997
PE Biosystems                  $   921.8   $   749.2
Analytical Instruments             609.4       624.1
                               $ 1,531.2   $ 1,373.3

   On  a  business  segment basis, net revenues of PE Biosystems,  the
Company's life science division, which includes PE Applied Biosystems,
PerSeptive,  Molecular  Informatics,  Tropix,  GenScope,  and   Tecan,
increased 23.0% to $921.8 million for fiscal 1998 compared with $749.2
million for the prior year.  Excluding Tecan, revenues increased 16.3%
over  the  prior  year. The negative effects of a strong  U.S.  dollar
reduced the division's revenues by approximately $33 million,  or  4%.
On  a  worldwide  basis, excluding Tecan and the effects  of  currency
translation, revenues would have increased approximately 21%  compared
with  the  prior year.  Increased demand for genetic analysis,  liquid
chromatography/mass   spectrometry  (LC/MS),  and   polymerase   chain
reaction  (PCR)  product  lines  was  the  primary  contributor.   All
geographic  markets reported increased revenues over the  prior  year.
Excluding  Tecan, net revenues in the United States, Europe,  and  the
Far  East increased 25.3%, 10.2%, and 4.5%, respectively.  Before  the
effects  of  currency translation, and excluding  Tecan,  revenues  in
Europe  and  the Far East would have increased approximately  18%  and
14%, respectively, compared with the prior year.  The Company believes
slower  Japanese government funding in the second half of fiscal  1998
and  the  lack  of a supplemental budget, which added to  fiscal  1997
revenues,  contributed  to a lower growth  rate  of  only  3%  in  the
Japanese market.
   Net  revenues  for Analytical Instruments were $609.4  million  for
fiscal  1998  compared  with $624.1 million  for  the  prior  year,  a
decrease  of 2.4%.  The effects of currency translation decreased  net
revenues  by  approximately $35 million, or  6%.   Excluding  currency
effects,  revenues would have increased approximately  3%.   Increased
revenues of chromatography products, primarily data handling and  LIMS
(Laboratory Information Management Systems), were more than offset  by
lower  demand  for  organic  and inorganic products.   Geographically,
revenues  in  the United States and other markets increased  6.5%  and
10.1%,  respectively.  Revenues in Latin America,  included  in  other
markets,  increased  25% compared with the prior  year.   Revenues  in
Europe  and  the  Far  East  decreased 7.5%  and  9.6%,  respectively;
however,  excluding the effects of currency translation,  revenues  in
the  Europe  and the Far East remained essentially unchanged  compared
with fiscal 1997.
   Gross  margin as a percentage of net revenues was 50.9% for  fiscal
1998  compared with 49.5% for fiscal 1997.  Fiscal 1998  gross  margin
included $4.1 million of inventory-related write-offs associated  with
the  rationalization of certain product lines in connection  with  the
acquisition of PerSeptive, and fiscal 1997 included a charge  of  $7.5
million  for  the  impairment  of  assets  associated  primarily  with
Analytical  Instruments.   Excluding the special  items,  fiscal  1998
gross  margin increased to 51.2% of revenues compared with  50.1%  for
fiscal  1997.   Benefits realized by PE Biosystems from  the  sale  of
higher-margin genetic analysis products, increased royalty revenues in
the   United  States,  and  cost  savings  resulting  from  Analytical
Instruments'  restructuring  actions more  than  offset  the  negative
effects of currency translation.
   Selling,  general, and administrative (SG&A) expenses  were  $459.6
million  for  fiscal 1998 compared with $416.3 million for  the  prior
year.   The  10.4% increase in expenses, or 6.7% excluding Tecan,  was
due to higher planned worldwide selling and marketing expenses for  PE
Biosystems,  commensurate with the substantially  higher  revenue  and
order  growth.  Before the effects of currency translation and  Tecan,
SG&A  expenses  increased 10.6% compared with the  prior  year.   SG&A
expenses for Analytical Instruments  decreased 3.3% compared with  the
prior year, primarily because of lower expenses in Europe resulting in
part  from  the restructuring plans.  As a percentage of net revenues,
SG&A expenses for the Company remained essentially unchanged from  the
prior year at 30%.
   Research,  development, and engineering (R&D)  expenses  of  $152.2
million increased 25.9% over the prior year, or 21.2% excluding Tecan.
R&D  spending  in  PE Biosystems increased 37.0%, or  29.8%  excluding
Tecan,  over  the  prior  year as the Company  continued  its  product
development efforts and preparation for new product launches  in  this
segment.   The division's spending accounted for 71% of the  Company's
R&D  expenses.   R&D  expenses  for  Analytical  Instruments  remained
essentially  unchanged compared with the prior year.  As a  percentage
of net revenues, the Company's R&D expenses increased to 9.9% compared
with 8.8% for the prior year.
   During  fiscal 1998, the Company recorded $48.1 million of  charges
for  restructuring and other merger costs to integrate PerSeptive into
the  Company following the acquisition (see Note 10).  The  objectives
of  the  integration plan are to lower PerSeptive's cost structure  by
reducing  excess  manufacturing capacity,  achieve  broader  worldwide
distribution  of PerSeptive's products, and combine sales,  marketing,
and  administrative functions.  The charge included: $33.9 million for
restructuring  the combined operations; $8.6 million  for  transaction
costs;  and $4.1 million of inventory-related write-offs, recorded  in
cost  of sales, associated with the rationalization of certain product
lines.  Additional  non-recurring  acquisition  costs  of $1.5 million
for training,  relocation,  and  communication  costs  were recognized
as   period  expenses in  the  third  and  fourth  quarters  and  were
classified   as   other   merger-related   costs.   The

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Company expects to  incur  an additional  $6.5 million to $8.5 million
of   acquisition-related    costs  for    training,   relocation,  and
communication in fiscal 1999. These costs will be recognized as period
expenses when incurred and will be classified as other merger costs.
   The  $33.9  million  restructuring charge  includes  $13.8  million
severance-related costs and workforce reductions of approximately  170
employees,  consisting  of 114 employees in production  labor  and  56
employees  in  sales and administrative support.  The remaining  $20.1
million represents facility consolidation and asset-related write-offs
and  includes:  $11.7 million for contract and lease terminations  and
facility  related expenses in connection with the reduction of  excess
manufacturing capacity; $3.2 million for dealer termination  payments,
sales   office   consolidations,  and  consolidation  of   sales   and
administrative support functions; and $5.2 million for  the  write-off
of  certain  tangible  and intangible assets and  the  termination  of
certain  contractual  obligations.  These  restructuring  actions  are
expected  to  be  substantially completed by the end of  fiscal  1999.
Transaction   costs   of  $8.6  million  include   acquisition-related
investment  banking  and professional fees.   As  of  June  30,  1998,
approximately  12  employees were separated under  the  plan  and  the
actions are proceeding as planned.
   The  restructuring plan actions announced in the fourth quarter  of
fiscal 1997 have been proceeding as planned.  These actions focused on
the  transition  of  Analytical Instruments  from  a  highly  vertical
manufacturing  operation  to  one  that  relies  more  on  outsourcing
functions  not  considered core competencies.  The plan also  included
actions to finalize consolidation of sales and administrative support,
primarily  in Europe (see Note 10). For the year ended June 30,  1998,
the  Company  achieved approximately $9 million in before-tax  savings
attributable  to  this plan, and expects to achieve approximately  $19
million in succeeding fiscal years.
   Fiscal 1998 included $28.9 million of purchased in-process research
and   development  associated  with  the  acquisition   of   Molecular
Informatics.  In fiscal 1997, the Company recorded a charge  of  $26.8
million  primarily for in-process research and development related  to
the acquisition of GenScope.
  Operating income decreased to $94.5 million for fiscal 1998 compared
with  $103.0  million for the prior year.   Excluding  special  items,
operating  income increased 14.1% to $171.4 million  for  fiscal  1998
compared  with  $150.3 million for fiscal 1997.  Excluding  Tecan  and
special  items,  operating income increased by 9%  compared  with  the
prior year.  On a comparable basis excluding special items, Tecan, and
the  effects  of  currency translation, operating  income  would  have
increased  26% compared with the prior year. The effects  of  currency
translation  decreased operating income by approximately  $25  million
compared with the prior year.  A combination of revenue growth  in  PE
Biosystems and reduced expense levels, contributed to the improvement.

Operating income by business segment
                                          PE         Analytical
(Dollar amounts in millions)          Biosystems    Instruments

1998
Segment income                        $  150.8       $   57.4
Restructuring and other merger costs     (48.1)
Acquired R&D                             (28.9)
  Operating income                    $   73.8       $   57.4

1997
Segment income                        $  125.4       $   56.1
Restructuring                                           (13.0)
Acquired R&D                             (26.8)
Impairment of assets                       (.7)          (6.8)
  Operating income                    $   97.9       $   36.3

   Operating  income for PE Biosystems decreased to $73.8 million  for
fiscal  1998  compared with $97.9 million for fiscal 1997.   Excluding
the special charges for restructuring and other merger costs, acquired
research  and  development, and the impairment  of  assets,  operating
income  increased $25.4 million, or 20.3%, primarily as  a  result  of
increased  volume  and improved margins.   Excluding Tecan,  operating
income  increased  14.5%  compared with the prior  year.   Before  the
effects  of  currency  translation and excluding  Tecan,  fiscal  1998
operating  income  increased  28.1%  compared  with  the  prior  year.
Geographically, fiscal 1998 segment income increased 39% in the United
States,  20%  in the Far East, and 17% in Europe compared with  fiscal
1997.   A  23.5%  increase  in  operating  income  from  higher-margin
sequencing and mapping systems was the primary contributor.  Excluding
the  effects  of  currency  translation,  segment  income  would  have
increased approximately 34%.  As a percentage of net revenues, segment
income,  before special items, remained essentially unchanged compared
with the prior year.
   Operating  income  for Analytical Instruments  increased  to  $57.4
million  for fiscal 1998 compared with $36.3 million for fiscal  1997.
Operating  income for the division, excluding the fiscal 1997  charges
for  restructuring costs and impairment of assets, increased  by  2.3%
compared  with  the prior year.  Lower expense levels  resulting  from
cost  control  and  the  actions of the  restructuring  programs  were
essentially offset by lower sales volume.  Excluding currency effects,
segment  income  would  have  increased  approximately  17%.    As   a
percentage  of  net  revenues,  segment income  before  special  items
increased to 9.4% for fiscal 1998 from 9.0% for fiscal 1997.
   In fiscal 1998 and 1997, the Company recorded gains of $1.6 million
and   $64.9  million,  respectively,  on  the  sale  and  release   of
contingencies on minority equity investments (see Note 2).
  Interest expense was $4.9 million for fiscal 1998 compared with $5.9
million   for  the  prior  year.  This  decrease was primarily due  to
the refinancing  of  PerSeptive's 8 - 1/4%  Convertible   Subordinated

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Notes (the PerSeptive Notes) together with slightly lower  outstanding
debt balances  and lower  average interest rates.  Interest income was
$5.9 million for fiscal 1998  compared with $8.8 million for the prior
year, primarily  because of lower cash balances resulting from the use
of  cash to fund the Company's continued  investments and acquisitions
in the life sciences segment, as well as from lower interest rates.
  Other income, net for fiscal 1998 of $3.5 million, primarily related
to  the  sale of certain operating and non-operating assets,  compared
with other income, net of $1.8 million for the prior year.
  The Company's effective tax rate was 38.4% for fiscal 1998 and 24.5%
for fiscal 1997.  Excluding Tecan in fiscal 1998, and special items in
fiscal 1998 and fiscal 1997, the effective income tax rate was 25% for
fiscal  1998 compared with 21% for fiscal 1997.  The rate  for  fiscal
1997  was  favorably  impacted  by PerSeptive's  utilization  of  loss
carryforwards.   An  analysis of the differences between  the  federal
statutory income tax rate and the effective rate is provided  in  Note
4.
   Minority interest expense of $5.6 million was recognized in  fiscal
1998  relating to the Company's 14.5% financial interest in Tecan (see
Note 2).

Results of Operations - 1997 Compared with 1996
The  Company  reported  net income of $130.4  million,  or  $2.63  per
diluted  share,  for fiscal 1997 compared with a  net  loss  of  $36.5
million,  or $.80 per diluted share, for fiscal 1996.  On a comparable
basis,  excluding the special items previously described,  net  income
and   earnings   per   diluted  share  increased  49.5%   and   39.5%,
respectively.
   Net revenues for fiscal 1997 were $1,373.3 million, an increase  of
10%  over the $1,249.0 million reported for fiscal 1996.  The  effects
of currency rate movements decreased net revenues by approximately $45
million,  or 4%, as the U.S. dollar strengthened against the  Japanese
Yen and certain European currencies.
   All  geographic markets experienced revenue growth for fiscal 1997.
Net revenues in the United States increased 13.4% over the prior year,
benefiting   from  growth  in  both  PE  Biosystems   and   Analytical
Instruments.   Net revenues in Europe and the Far East increased  8.6%
and  8.2%,  respectively, as higher revenues from PE  Biosystems  were
partially offset by decreases in Analytical Instruments revenues.   In
Europe,  a 26.3% increase in revenues from PE Biosystems was partially
offset by a 2.3% decline in Analytical Instruments' revenues.  In  the
Far  East,  a  16.3% increase in PE Biosystems revenues was  partially
offset  by  a  2.3%  decrease  in  Analytical  Instruments'  revenues.
Excluding currency effects, total revenues in Europe and the Far  East
would have increased approximately 13% and 18%, respectively.

Net revenues by business segment

(Dollar amounts in millions)       1997        1996
PE Biosystems                  $   749.2   $   618.4
Analytical Instruments             624.1       630.6
                               $ 1,373.3   $ 1,249.0

   Including  currency  effects, which reduced  reported  revenues  by
approximately  $25  million,  or 4%, net  revenues  of  PE  Biosystems
increased 21.2% over fiscal 1996.  Net revenues in the United  States,
Europe,   and  the  Far  East  increased  20.7%,  26.3%,  and   16.3%,
respectively.  Increased demand for genetic analysis, LC/MS,  and  the
PCR product lines was the primary contributor.
   Analytical  Instruments experienced a 1% decline  in  net  revenues
compared  with  the  prior  year.   Currency  rate  movements  reduced
revenues by approximately $20 million, or 3%.  While revenues  in  the
United States increased 2.5%, this was offset by a decrease of 2.3% in
both  Europe  and  the  Far East.  Excluding the effects  of  currency
translation, revenues in Europe and the Far East would have  increased
approximately 2% and 4%, respectively.
   Gross  margin as a percentage of net revenues was 49.5% for  fiscal
1997 compared with 47.7% for fiscal 1996.   Excluding the $7.5 million
and  $9.9  million charges for impaired assets, recorded  in  cost  of
sales, for fiscal 1997 and 1996, respectively, gross margin was  50.1%
compared with 48.5%.  Both divisions experienced improved gross margin
for  fiscal 1997.   PE Biosystems' improvement  was the result of  the
overall unit volume increase and  product mix.  The benefits  realized
from  the  fiscal 1996  restructuring  plan,   combined  with  a  more
favorable  product mix,  contributed  to  an improved gross margin for
Analytical Instruments.
   SG&A  expenses  were $416.3 million for fiscal 1997  compared  with
$380.4  million for fiscal 1996, an increase of 9.4%.   Lower  expense
levels   resulting  from  cost  controls  and  the  actions   of   the
restructuring  programs  in  Analytical Instruments   were  more  than
offset by increased expenses of 20.5% in  PE Biosystems and costs  for
the  Company's  restricted  stock  and performance-based  compensation
programs, including a long-term divisional plan that was effective for
fiscal 1997.  The total expense for the restricted stock, performance-
based  programs,  and long-term division plan was  $26.3  million  and
$11.8 million for fiscal 1997 and 1996, respectively.  As a percentage
of  net  revenues, SG&A expenses for the Company remained  essentially
unchanged at approximately 30% for both fiscal 1997 and fiscal 1996.
   R&D  expenses  were  $120.9 million for fiscal 1997  compared  with
$113.7  million  for  fiscal  1996.  R&D  spending  in  PE  Biosystems
increased  29.2%  over  the prior year as the  Company  continued  its
product  development efforts for the bioresearch markets.   In  fiscal
1997,  Analytical  Instruments  recorded  a  20.9%  decrease  in   R&D

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expenditures, which reflected the objectives of restructuring  actions
and product line reviews.
  Operating income for fiscal 1997 was $103.0 million compared with an
operating loss of $21.5 million for fiscal 1996.  Fiscal 1997 and 1996
included charges of $26.8 million and $33.9 million, respectively, for
acquired  research  and  development related to  acquisitions  for  PE
Biosystems.    Fiscal  1997  and  1996  also  included   charges   for
restructuring  of $13.0 million and $89.1 million, respectively.  On a
comparable  basis,  excluding special items in both  years,  operating
income increased 34.9% compared with the prior year.
   During  the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997, the Company announced  a
follow-on phase to Analytical Instruments' profit improvement program.
The  restructuring cost for this action was $24.2 million and included
$19.4  million  for costs focused on further improving  the  operating
efficiency of manufacturing facilities in the United States,  Germany,
and  the  United Kingdom.  These actions were designed  to  transition
Analytical Instruments  from a highly vertical manufacturing operation
to  one that relies more on outsourcing functions not considered  core
competencies.  The restructuring charge also included $4.8 million  to
finalize  the  consolidation  of  sales  and  administrative  support,
primarily in Europe, where seventeen facilities were closed.
  The workforce reductions under this action totaled approximately 285
employees   in  production  labor  and  25  employees  in  sales   and
administrative  support.   The  charge  included  $11.9  million   for
severance - related  costs.  The $12.3 million provided  for  facility
consolidation and asset-related write-offs included $1.2  million  for
lease  termination  payments and $11.1 million for  the  write-off  of
machinery,  equipment, and tooling associated with the functions to be
outsourced.
  The  fiscal 1996 restructuring charge included $71.6 million for the
first  phase of Analytical Instruments' profit improvement  plan.   In
connection  with the program, the division was reorganized into  three
vertically  integrated,  fiscally  accountable  operating   units,   a
distribution  center  in  Holland was established  to  centralize  the
European  infrastructure  for  shipping, administration,  and  related
functions,   and  a  program  was  implemented  to  eliminate   excess
production capacity in Germany.  The charge included $37.8 million for
worldwide  workforce  reductions  of approximately  390  positions  in
manufacturing,  sales and support, and administrative functions.   The
charge  also  included $33.8 million for facility consolidation  costs
and  asset-related  write-offs associated with the discontinuation  of
various  product  lines.   In the fourth quarter of fiscal  1997,  the
Company finalized the actions associated with this program.  The costs
to  implement  the  program were $11.2 million  less  than  the  $71.6
million  charge  recorded in fiscal 1996.  As  a  result,  during  the
fourth  quarter of fiscal 1997, the Company recorded an $11.2  million
reduction of charges required to implement the fiscal 1996 program.
  Fiscal  1996  also included a restructuring charge of $17.5  million
for  restructuring  actions and other related  costs  associated  with
PerSeptive.

Operating income (loss) by business segment

                                          PE         Analytical
(Dollar amounts in millions)          Biosystems    Instruments

1997
Segment income                        $  125.4       $   56.1
Restructuring                                           (13.0)
Acquired R&D                             (26.8)
Impairment of assets                       (.7)          (6.8)
  Operating income                    $   97.9       $   36.3

1996
Segment income                        $  107.2       $   28.7
Restructuring                            (17.5)         (71.6)
Acquired R&D                             (33.9)
Impairment of assets                      (9.9)
  Operating income (loss)             $   45.9       $  (42.9)

   Operating  income  for  PE  Biosystems,  excluding  special  items,
increased $18.2 million, or 17.0%, as a result of increased volume and
improved  margin.  All geographic markets contributed to the  improved
segment  income.   An  increase in operating income  from  high-margin
sequencing systems was the primary contributor.  The strongest  growth
was in Europe, where fiscal 1997 segment income increased 33% compared
with  fiscal  1996.  Excluding currency translation  effects,  segment
income would have increased approximately 27%.  As a percentage of net
revenues, segment income decreased to 16.7% for fiscal 1997 from 17.3%
for fiscal 1996.
   Operating income for Analytical Instruments, excluding the  charges
for restructuring and impairment of assets, increased to $56.1 million
for  fiscal  1997 from $28.7 million for fiscal 1996.  As a percentage
of net revenues, segment income increased to 9.0% for fiscal 1997 from
4.6%   for   fiscal  1996.   The  cost  savings  realized   from   the
restructuring actions and cost controls were the primary  reasons  for
the  improvement.  Compared with the prior year, operating  income  in
Europe  decreased  2.9%  resulting primarily from  the  effects  of  a
stronger U.S. dollar and was more than offset by improvements in other
geographic areas, primarily the United States.
   In  fiscal 1997 and 1996, the Company recorded before-tax gains  of
$64.9 million and $11.7 million, respectively, on the sale and release
of contingencies on minority equity investments.
  Interest expense was $5.9 million for fiscal 1997 compared with $8.4
million  for fiscal 1996.  Lower average borrowing levels  for  fiscal
1997  and  lower  weighted average interest rates on  short-term  debt
accounted  for  the  reduction in interest  costs.   As  a  result  of
maintaining higher cash and cash equivalent balances, interest  income
increased by $3.5 million to $8.8 million for fiscal 1997.
   Other  income, net was $1.8 million for fiscal 1997  compared  with
other  expense, net of $2.1 million for fiscal 1996.  The fiscal  1997
amount  consisted primarily of a fourth quarter gain on  the  sale  of
real estate.
   The  effective income tax rate for fiscal 1997 was  24.5%.   Fiscal
1996  incurred  a provision of $21.6 million on a before-tax

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loss of $15.0 million. Both years were impacted by special items.  The
charges for acquired research and development were not deductible  for
tax  purposes.  Additionally, the fiscal 1996 charge for restructuring
and  the  fiscal  1997  charge  for impairment  of  assets  were  only
partially   deductible,  and  no  tax  benefit  was   recognized   for
PerSeptive's  fiscal  1996 net operating loss,  which  resulted  in  a
significant increase in the tax rate for the fiscal year.
   In  the  fourth  quarter of fiscal 1997, the  Company  reduced  its
deferred  tax valuation allowance, resulting in the recognition  of  a
$50.0  million deferred tax benefit.  The benefit resulting  from  the
valuation  allowance  release was substantially  offset  by  a  fourth
quarter   accrual   for  tax  costs  related  to  gains   on   foreign
reorganizations.

Market Risk
The   Company   operates  internationally,  with   manufacturing   and
distribution  facilities in various countries  throughout  the  world.
The  Company derived approximately 57% of its revenues from  countries
outside of the United States for fiscal 1998.  Results continue to  be
affected  by  market risk, including fluctuations in foreign  currency
exchange rates and changes in economic conditions in foreign markets.
  The Company's risk management strategy utilizes derivative financial
instruments,   including  forwards,  swaps,  purchased  options,   and
synthetic  forward  contracts to hedge certain  foreign  currency  and
interest  rate  exposures, with the intent of  offsetting  losses  and
gains that occur on the underlying exposures with gains and losses  on
the  derivatives.   The  Company  does not  use  derivative  financial
instruments  for  trading or other speculative purposes,  nor  is  the
Company  a  party  to  leveraged  derivatives.   At  June  30,   1998,
outstanding hedge contracts covered approximately 80% of the estimated
foreign currency exposures related to cross-currency cash flows to  be
realized in fiscal 1999.  The outstanding hedges were a combination of
forward,  option, and synthetic forward contracts maturing  in  fiscal
1999.

   The Company performed a sensitivity  analysis as  of June 30, 1998.
Assuming a  hypothetical  adverse  change of  10% in  foreign exchange
rates  (i.e.,  a weakening of the  U.S. Dollar)  at June 30, 1998, the
Company  calculated  a  hypothetical  loss  in  future  cash  flows of
$4.1  million.   The  Company  calculated  the  hypothetical  loss  by
comparing  the difference between the change in market value  of  both
the   foreign  currency  contracts  outstanding  and  the   underlying
exposures   being  hedged at June 30, 1998,  assuming the 10%  adverse
change in exchange rates. Actual gains and losses in the future could,
however,   differ materially  from  this analysis, based on changes in
the timing  and amount of foreign currency exchange rate movements and
the actual exposures and hedges.

   Interest  rate swaps are used to hedge underlying debt obligations.
In  fiscal  1997,  the  Company executed  an  interest  rate  swap  in
conjunction  with  its  entering into a five-year  Japanese  Yen  debt
obligation.  Under the terms of the swap agreement, the Company pays a
fixed  rate of interest at 2.1% and receives a floating LIBOR interest
rate.   At June 30, 1998, the notional amount of indebtedness  covered
by  the  interest rate swap was Yen 3.8 billion ($27.0 million).   The
maturity date of the swap coincides with the maturity of the Yen  loan
in March 2002.

A  change  in  interest  rates would have no impact  on  the  reported
interest  expense and related cash payments because the floating  rate
debt and fixed rate swap contract have the same maturity and are based
on the same rate index.

Further discussion  of  the  Company's foreign  currency and interest
rate management activities is  provided in Note 12.


Management's Discussion of Financial Resources and Liquidity
The  following discussion of financial resources and liquidity focuses
on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position (page 40) and the
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (page 41).
   The  Company's financial position at June 30, 1998 was strong, with
cash  and cash equivalents totaling $82.9 million compared with $213.0
million at June 30, 1997, and total debt of $45.8 million at June  30,
1998  compared  with $89.1 million at June 30 1997.  The  decrease  in
cash  was  primarily a result of expenditures related to  acquisitions
for PE Biosystems, cash outlays associated with restructuring actions,
and  expenditures for the Company's strategic program to  improve  its
information  technology infrastructure.  Working  capital  was  $288.0
million  at  June 30, 1998 compared with $354.7 million  at  June  30,
1997.   Debt to total capitalization decreased to 8% at June 30,  1998
from  15%  at  June  30, 1997.  The decrease was attributable  to  the
prepayment of long-term debt.

Significant Changes in the Consolidated Statements of Financial
Position
Accounts  receivable  and  inventory  balances increased from June 30,
1997 to June 30, 1998 by $41.0 million and $25.4 million,respectively.
Excluding  Tecan, accounts receivable and inventory balances increased
by $19.5 million and $15.6 million,  respectively, from  June 30, 1997
to June 30, 1998,  reflecting  the  growth  in  PE Biosystems.
   The Company  reduced  the  total  deferred  tax  asset  and related
valuation allowance  from $155.7 million and $78.6 million at June 30,
1997  to  $138.8  million  and  $71.7  million  at  June 30, 1998. The
valuation allowance relates primarily to foreign and domestic tax loss
carryforwards,  domestic tax credit carryforwards and  other  domestic
deferred  tax  assets.  A  portion  of  the  valuation  allowance   is
attributable  to tax loss and credit carryforwards and other  deferred
tax  assets  which  the Company acquired as part of  the  purchase  of
PerSeptive  in  fiscal 1998. In evaluating the need  for  a  valuation
allowance, the Company considered all available positive and  negative
evidence, including historical information supplemented by information
about future years. The following factors significantly influenced the
conclusion regarding the need for a valuation allowance including: (1)
the  historical  profitability of the domestic Analytical  Instruments
operations, (2) the limitation under the Internal Revenue Code on  the
amount  of  annual  utilization  of domestic  loss  carryforwards  and
credits  of  PerSeptive,  (3) the long-term nature  of  a  significant
portion  of  the  remaining domestic tax asset, and  (4)  the  various
expiration  dates  of  the  foreign loss  carryforwards.  The  Company
evaluates the need for the valuation allowance periodically  for  each
taxpaying component in each tax jurisdiction.
   Other long-term assets increased to $279.5 million at June 30, 1998
from  $192.1  million  at June 30, 1997.  The  change  included  $70.9
million of intangible assets associated with the acquisition of  Tecan
and   Molecular   Informatics,  $11.5  million  of   minority   equity
investments for PE Biosystems, and a $10.2 million increase in prepaid
pension  asset, partially offset by the sale of certain  non-operating
assets.
  Total short-term and long-term borrowings were $45.8 million at June
30,  1998  compared with $89.1 million at June 30, 1997.  The decrease
was due in part to the redemption of PerSeptive's 8 - 1/4% Convertible
Subordinated  Notes Due 2001 on March 23, 1998.  The redemption  price
was  $1,055.81  per  $1,000 principal amount of the PerSeptive  Notes,
which represented the redemption premium and aggregate principal  plus
accrued  and  unpaid interest to the redemption date.   The  aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the PerSeptive Notes was $27.2 million
at  March  23,  1998.   A  total of $26.1 million  was  paid  in cash,
representing  $24.7 million of principal and $1.4 million  of  accrued
interest   and   premium   relating   to    the   PerSeptive    Notes.
Additionally,  $2.5   million   of   the

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principal amount of the PerSeptive Notes was converted  by the holders
thereof into 35,557 shares of the  Company's common stock.
  Accounts payable increased $33.9 million to $165.3 million  at  June
30,  1998 from $131.4 million at June 30, 1997.  The increase resulted
from   higher   purchases   to   support  production   and   operating
requirements.
  At  June 30, 1998, $43.8 million of minority interest was recognized
in connection with Tecan.

Statements of Cash Flows
Operating  activities generated $78.2 million of cash in  fiscal  1998
compared  with  $113.2  million in fiscal 1997 and  $90.9  million  in
fiscal 1996.  In fiscal 1998, higher income-related cash flow was more
than  offset  by  a net increase in operating assets and  liabilities.
The  increase  related  primarily to  PE  Biosystems,  reflecting  the
division's continued growth.
   Net  cash used by investing activities was $169.9 million in fiscal
1998  compared with net cash provided by investing activities of $13.4
million  in  fiscal  1997.  During fiscal 1998, the Company  generated
$19.5  million in net cash proceeds from the sale of assets  and  $9.7
million  from the collection of a note receivable.  The proceeds  were
more  than offset by $116.7 million of capital expenditures and  $98.0
million   for  acquisitions  and  investments,  primarily  Tecan   and
Molecular  Informatics  (see Note 2).  For fiscal  1997,  the  Company
generated  $99.7  million in net cash proceeds from the  sale  of  its
equity interests in Etec Systems, Inc. and Millennium Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.  and from the sale of certain other non-operating assets.   These
proceeds  were  partially  offset  by  the  $27.7  million  used   for
acquisitions, primarily GenScope (see Note 2), and $69.8  million  for
capital expenditures.  In fiscal 1996, $119.2 million of cash was used
for  acquisitions and $44.3 million was used for capital expenditures.
This was partially offset by $102.3 million of cash proceeds generated
from the sale of minority equity investments and non-operating assets.
   Fiscal 1998 capital expenditures were $116.7 million: $72.6 million
for  PE Biosystems, $42.9 million for Analytical Instruments, and $1.2
million  for  corporate.   The Company's expenditures  included  $65.9
million  as  part of the strategic program to improve its  information
technology  infrastructure.   Capital  expenditures  for  fiscal  1997
totaled  $69.8 million: $42.1 million for PE Biosystems, $14.1 million
for  Analytical Instruments, and $13.6 million for corporate.   Fiscal
1997  expenditures  included $11.1 million for information  technology
infrastructure improvements and $12.1 million for the acquisition of a
corporate airplane.
   Net  cash used by financing activities was $37.7 million for fiscal
1998,  $15.9  million for fiscal 1997, and $22.2  million  for  fiscal
1996.  During fiscal 1998, proceeds from employee stock plan exercises
were  $33.6  million.   This  was  more  than  offset  by  shareholder
dividend payments and the redemption of the PerSeptive Notes.   During
fiscal  1997,  the  Company generated $1.8 million from  the  sale  of
equity  put  warrants (see Note 7) and $33.6 million in proceeds  from
employee  stock  plan  exercises, compared  with  $65.0  million  from
employee  stock  plan exercises in fiscal 1996.  This  was  more  than
offset by shareholder dividends of approximately $29 million for  both
fiscal  1997  and  1996,  and  for  the  purchase  of common stock for
treasury. During fiscal 1997, .4 million shares  were repurchased at a
cost of $25.1 million, compared with .8 million  shares  at  a cost of
$41.0 million in fiscal 1996.   Common  stock  purchases  for treasury
were made in support of  the Company's various stock plans.  No shares
were repurchased during fiscal 1998.
    As   previously   mentioned,  the  Company   recorded   before-tax
restructuring  charges and other merger costs of $48.1 million,  $24.2
million,   and  $89.1  million  in  fiscal  1998,  1997,   and   1996,
respectively.   Fiscal 1997 also included an $11.2 million  before-tax
reduction  of  charges associated  with the fiscal 1996  restructuring
plan. During fiscal  1998,  the  Company  made cash payments of  $39.5
million  for obligations  related  to  restructuring  plans  and other
merger  costs.  Liabilities  remaining  at  June 30, 1998  were  $26.9
million  and  $4.4 million   for  the  fiscal  1998  and  1997  plans,
respectively    (see  Note 10).    The   funding   for  the  remaining
restructuring  liabilities  will  be  from   current   cash  balances,
including realized benefits from the restructuring activities.
   The  Company  believes its cash and short-term  investments,  funds
generated   from   operating  activities,  and   available   borrowing
facilities  are  sufficient to provide for its  anticipated  financing
needs  over the next two years.   At  June  30, 1998,  the Company had
unused credit  facilities totaling $343 million.

Impact of Inflation and Changing Prices
Inflation and changing prices are continually monitored.  The  Company
attempts to minimize the impact of inflation by improving productivity
and efficiency through continual review of both manufacturing capacity
and  operating expense levels.  When operating costs and manufacturing
costs  increase,  the  Company  attempts  to  recover  such  costs  by
increasing, over time, the selling price of its products and services.
The  Company believes the effects of inflation have been appropriately
managed  and therefore have not had a material impact on its  historic
operations and resulting financial position.

Year 2000
In  fiscal  1997, the Company initiated a worldwide program to  assess
the expected impact of the Year 2000 date  recognition problem on  its
existing internal computer systems; non-information technology systems,
including  embedded  and  process-control  systems; product offerings;
and significant suppliers.  The purpose of this program  is  to ensure
the  event  does  not  have a material adverse effect on the Company's
business operations.
   Regarding  the  Company's existing internal computer  systems,  the
program  involves  a  mix  of  purchasing new  systems  and  modifying
existing  systems,  with the emphasis on replacement  of  applications
developed in-house.  Replacement projects are currently underway,  and
are  anticipated  to  be  substantially completed  for  all  business-
critical  systems  in  the United States by  December  31,  1998,  and
worldwide  by  December  31,  1999.  The program  focuses  largely  on
replacement  of  applications that, for reasons other than  Year  2000
noncompliance,  had  been previously selected  for  replacement.   The
replacement projects, which began in fiscal 1997,are expected to offer
improved functionality and commonality over current systems, while  at
the same time addressing the Year 2000 problem.

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  With respect to the Company's current product offerings, the program
involves performing an inventory of current products, assessing  their
compliance   status,  and  constructing  a  remediation   plan   where
appropriate.  Progress has been made in each of these three phases and
the Company expects its product offerings to be Year 2000 compliant by
December 31, 1999.
   The program also addresses the Year 2000 compliance efforts of  the
Company's  significant  suppliers, vendors, and third-party  interface
systems.   As  part of this analysis, the Company  is seeking  written
assurances from these suppliers, vendors, and third parties that  they
will  be  Year  2000  compliant.  While the  Company  has  begun  such
efforts, there can be no assurance that the systems of other companies
with  which the Company deals, or on which the Company's systems  rely
will  be  timely  converted, or that any such failure  to  convert  by
another  company  could  not have a material  adverse  effect  on  the
Company.  The Company has not fully determined the extent to which the
Company's interface systems may be impacted by third parties' systems,
which may not be Year 2000 compliant.
  The Company's preliminary estimate of the total cost for this multi-
year  program covering 3-4 years is approximately $150 million.   This
includes   amounts  previously  budgeted  for  information  technology
infrastructure  improvements and estimates  of  remediation  costs  on
components not yet fully assessed.  Incremental spending has not  been
and  is  not expected to be material because most Year 2000 compliance
costs  will  be  met  with  amounts that  are  normally  budgeted  for
procurement  and  maintenance  of the Company's  information  systems,
production  and facilities equipment.  The redirection of spending  to
implement  Year  2000  compliance plans may in  some  instances  delay
productivity improvements.
   The  Company has also engaged a consulting firm to provide periodic
assessments  of  the Company's Year 2000 project plans  and  progress.
Because  of  the importance of addressing the Year 2000  problem,  the
Company  has created a Year 2000 business continuity planning team  to
review  and  develop,  by April 1999, business  contingency  plans  to
address any issues that may not be corrected by implementation of  the
Company's  Year  2000  compliance plan in a  timely  manner.   If  the
Company  is  not  successful in implementing its Year 2000  compliance
plan,  or  there are delays in and/or increased costs associated  with
implementing such changes, the Year 2000 problem could have a material
adverse impact on the Company's consolidated results of operations and
financial condition.


Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In  June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)  issued
Statement   of   Financial  Accounting  Standards  (SFAS)   No.   133,
"Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities."    The
provisions of the statement require the recognition of all derivatives
as either assets or liabilities in the statement of financial position
and   the  measurement  of  those  instruments  at  fair  value.   The
accounting  for changes in the fair value of a derivative  depends  on
the intended use of the derivative and the resulting designation.  The
Company is required to implement the statement in the first quarter of
fiscal  2000.   The  Company is currently analyzing the  statement  to
determine   the   impact,  if  any,  on  the  consolidated   financial
statements.
   The  FASB  issued  the following Statement of Financial  Accounting
Standards, which will become effective for the Company's  fiscal  1999
financial  statements:  SFAS No. 132,  "Employers'  Disclosures  about
Pensions and other Postretirement Benefits," which requires additional
disclosures relating to a company's pension and postretirement benefit
plans;  SFAS No. 131, "Disclosure about Segments of an Enterprise  and
Related Information," which requires certain financial and descriptive
information  about  a company's reportable operating  statements;  and
SFAS   No.  130,  "Reporting  Comprehensive  Income,"  which  requires
disclosure  of  comprehensive income and its components,  as  defined.
The  adoption of these new accounting standards may require additional
disclosures  but should not have a material effect,  if  any,  on  the
consolidated financial statements of the Company.
   The Company continues to apply APB No. 25  in  accounting  for  the
stock based compensation  plans. Accordingly, no compensation  expense
has been  recognized for these plans, as all options have been  issued
at fair value. The effect of accounting for such plans at  fair value,
under  SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock Based Compensation,"  would
be  to  decrease  fiscal 1998 net income by $31  million  and  diluted
earnings  per  share  by $.61. The method used to determine  the  fair
value is the Black-Scholes options pricing model. Accordingly, changes
in  dividend yield, volatility, interest risks and option  life  could
have  a  material  effect  on  the fair  value.  See  Note  8  to  the
consolidated  financial  statements for  a  more  detailed  discussion
regarding the accounting for stock-based compensation at fair value.

Outlook
As  the underlying demand for life science products continues to grow,
PE   Biosystems  is  expected  to  continue  to  grow   and   maintain
profitability  on  the  strength  of robust  demand  and  several  new
products  to  be  introduced, primarily during the  second  and  third
quarters of fiscal 1999.  New products planned for fiscal 1999 include
the ultra-high-throughput model 3700 genetic analysis system; the next
generation  LC/MS instruments, which should reach full  production  in
fiscal 1999; and several applied genetic kits, including one for  HIV.
The  Company  continues  to  expand this  business  through  increased
internal development efforts as well as acquisitions, strategic equity
investments, and other collaborations.  The acquisitions, investments,
and collaborations in PerSeptive, Tecan, Molecular Informatics, Hyseq,
Inc.,  Biometric  Imaging, Inc., and GenScope are  indicators  of  the
Company's continued focus on this business segment.  While the Company
expects  to  realize benefits from these acquisitions, integration  is
complex.
   For  Analytical Instruments, revenue growth is expected in the  low
single  digits for fiscal 1999.  The fiscal 1997 restructuring actions
are  expected to continue to increase the profitability and cash  flow
of the division.
   Adverse  currency  effects remain a concern for the Company because
approximately 57% of its revenues are derived from markets outside the
United   States.   These  adverse  effects  could  continue   if   the
relationship  of  the U.S. dollar to certain major  European  and  Far
Eastern currencies is maintained at current levels, or could worsen if
the  U.S.  dollar continues to strengthen.  The Company  has  absorbed
negative  currency impacts of approximately $.38, $.19, and  $.04  per
diluted  share  for  fiscal 1998, 1997, and 1996,  respectively.   The
Company expects its currency and economic exposures in Southeast  Asia
to  be  reduced  from fiscal 1998 levels.  However, the  Japanese  Yen
remains  weak,  and  further  U.S. dollar strengthening  could  impact
future results.
      On  May  9,  1998,  the Company, Dr. J. Craig  Venter,  and  The
Institute  for Genomic Research (TIGR) announced that they had  signed
letters  of  intent relating to the formation by the Company  and  Dr.
Venter  of  a  new   genomics    company.  The  strategy  of  the  new
company,  Celera Genomics Corporation,  will be centered on a plan  to
substantially complete the sequencing  of the  human genome  in  three
years.  The Company is currently  reviewing several structural  alter-

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natives   for   the  new company  and  has  not   yet  determined  the
financial impact on the Company.

Forward Looking Statements
Certain  statements  contained in this annual  report,  including  the
Outlook  section, are forward looking and are subject to a variety  of
risks  and uncertainties.  These statements may be identified  by  the
use  of  forward looking words or phrases such as "believe," "expect,"
"anticipate,"  "should,"   "planned,"  "estimated,"  and  "potential,"
among  others.   These forward looking statements are based  upon  the
Company's  current  expectations.  The Private  Securities  Litigation
Reform  Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" for such forward  looking
statements.  In order to comply with the terms of the safe harbor, the
Company  notes  that  a variety of factors could cause  the  Company's
actual   results  and  experience  to  differ  materially   from   the
anticipated  results or other expectations expressed in  such  forward
looking  statements.  The risks and uncertainties that may affect  the
operations,  performance, development, and results  of  the  Company's
business include, but are not limited to:

Dependence on New Products and Rapid Technological Change.   The  life
sciences  and analytical instrumentation markets are characterized  by
rapid technological change, complexity, and uncertainty regarding  the
development  of  new high technology products.  The  Company's  future
success will depend on its ability to enhance its current products and
to  develop  and introduce, on a timely and cost effective basis,  new
products  that  address  the  evolving needs  of  its  customers.   In
addition, the transition from existing products to new products  could
adversely affect the Company's future operating results.

Substantial  Competition.  The Company expects substantial competition
in  the  future  with  respect  to existing  and planned  products and
especially  with respect  to efforts to develop and introduce products
in new markets.  New product announcements, pricing changes, strategic
alliances, and other actions by competitors could adversely affect the
Company's  market  share  or  render its  products  obsolete  or  non-
competitive.

Customers' Capital Spending Policies.  The Company's customers include
pharmaceutical, environmental, research, and chemical companies.   Any
decrease  in capital spending or change in spending policies of  these
companies  could  have  a significant effect on  the  demand  for  the
Company's products.

Patents,  Proprietary  Technology, and Trade Secrets.   The  Company's
ability  to  compete  may  be  affected  by  its  ability  to  protect
proprietary technology and intellectual property rights, and to obtain
necessary  licenses on commercially reasonable terms. Changes  in  the
interpretation of copyright or patent law could expand or  reduce  the
extent  to  which the Company and its competitors are able to  protect
their  intellectual  property or require changes  in  the  designs  of
products, which could have an adverse effect on the Company.

Government Sponsored Research.  A substantial portion of the Company's
sales  are  to universities or research laboratories whose funding  is
dependent  upon  both the level and timing of funding from  government
sources. The timing and amount of revenues from these sources may vary
significantly due to budgetary pressures, particularly in  the  United
States and Japan, that may result in reduced allocations to government
agencies that fund research and development activities.

Key  Employees.   The  Company is highly dependent  on  the  principal
members  of its management and scientific staff. The Company  believes
that its future success will depend in large part upon its ability  to
attract and retain highly skilled personnel.

Currency  Exchange  Risks; International Sales  and  Operations.   The
Company's  reported and anticipated operating results and  cash  flows
are  subject  to  fluctuations  due to  material  changes  in  foreign
currency  exchange  rates  that  are  beyond  the  Company's  control.
International sales and operations may also be adversely  affected  by
the  imposition of governmental controls, export license requirements,
restrictions  on  the  export of critical  technology,  political  and
economic  instability,  trade restrictions,  changes  in  tariffs  and
taxes, difficulties in staffing and managing international operations,
and general economic conditions.

Potential   Difficulties  in  Implementing  Business   Strategy.   The
Company's  strategy  to integrate and develop acquired  businesses  or
strategic  investments involves a number of elements  that  management
may  not  be able to implement as expected.  For example, The  Company
may   encounter   operational  difficulties  in  the  integration   of
manufacturing  or  other facilities, and advances resulting  from  the
integration of technologies may not be achieved as successfully or  as
rapidly anticipated, if at all.

Other  Risks.   Other  risks and uncertainties  that  may  affect  the
operations,  performance, development, and  results  of  the  business
include:  (1)   the development of new sequencing strategies  and  the
commercialization  of information derived from sequencing  operations;
(2)  the  impact  of earthquakes on the Company, since  a  significant
portion  of  the  Company's life science operations are  located  near
major California earthquake faults; and (3) other factors which may be
described  from  time  to  time  in the  Company's  filings  with  the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

Future  Performance.  Although the Company believes it has the product
offerings and resources needed for continuing success, future  revenue
and  margin  trends  cannot be reliably predicted and  may  cause  the
Company to adjust its operations.  Factors external to the Company can
result in volatility of the Company's common stock price.  Because  of
the foregoing factors, recent trends should not be considered reliable
indicators of future stock prices or financial results.

Item 7A.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Registrant hereby incorporates by reference Page 35 of Item 7 and Note
12 on Pages 58-60 of Item 8 of this Report on Form 10-K/A.

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Item 8.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS     The Perkin-Elmer Corporation

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Dollar amounts in thousands except per share amounts)
For the years ended June 30,               1998         1997       1996
<S>                                    <C>          <C>          <C>
Net revenues                          $ 1,531,165  $ 1,373,282  $ 1,248,967
Cost of sales                             752,045      693,343      653,427
Gross margin                              779,120      679,939      595,540
Selling, general and administrative       459,635      416,305      380,390
Research, development and engineering     152,202      120,875      113,680
Restructuring and other merger costs       43,980       13,000       89,054
Acquired research and development          28,850       26,801       33,878
Operating income (loss)                    94,453      102,958      (21,462)
Gain on investments                         1,605       64,850       11,704
Interest expense                            4,905        5,859        8,444
Interest income                             5,938        8,826        5,376
Other income (expense), net                 3,511        1,846       (2,140)
Income (loss) before income taxes         100,602      172,621      (14,966)
Provision for income taxes                 38,617       42,223       21,557
Minority interest                           5,597
Net income (loss)                     $    56,388  $   130,398  $   (36,523)

Net income (loss) per share:
Basic                                 $      1.16  $      2.74  $     (0.80)
Diluted                               $      1.12  $      2.63  $     (0.80)

</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION      The Perkin-Elmer Corporation

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
At June 30,                                                                                 1998          1997
<S>                                                                                     <C>           <C>
Assets
Current assets
  Cash and cash equivalents                                                            $    82,865  $    213,028
  Short-term investments                                                                     1,226         4,194
  Accounts receivable, less allowances for doubtful accounts of $9,277 ($7,407 - 1997)     374,898       333,915
  Inventories                                                                              240,031       214,618
  Prepaid expenses and other current assets                                                 97,116        83,576
Total current assets                                                                       796,136       849,331
Property, plant and equipment, net                                                         258,800       197,367
Other long-term assets                                                                     279,538       192,051
Total assets                                                                           $ 1,334,474   $ 1,238,749

Liabilities and shareholders' equity
Current liabilities
  Loans payable                                                                        $    12,099   $    29,916
  Accounts payable                                                                         165,289       131,413
  Accrued salaries and wages                                                                48,999        48,183
  Accrued taxes on income                                                                   79,860        98,307
  Other accrued expenses                                                                   201,898       186,771
Total current liabilities                                                                  508,145       494,590
Long-term debt                                                                              33,726        59,152
Other long-term liabilities                                                                184,598       180,737
Total liabilities                                                                          726,469       734,479
Minority interest                                                                           43,757
Commitments and contingencies (see Note 11)
Shareholders' equity
  Capital stock
    Preferred stock $1 par value: 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued
    Common stock $1 par value: 180,000,000 shares authorized; shares issued
    1998 - 50,148,384 and 1997 - 50,122,390                                                 50,148        50,122
  Capital in excess of par value                                                           379,974       374,423
  Retained earnings                                                                        190,966       167,482
  Foreign currency translation adjustments                                                  (7,799)       (5,052)
  Unrealized (loss) gain on investments                                                     (1,363)        3,086
  Minimum pension liability adjustment                                                        (351)         (705)
  Treasury stock, at cost (shares: 1998 - 831,213; 1997 - 1,795,563)                       (47,327)      (85,086)
Total shareholders' equity                                                                 564,248       504,270
Total Liabilities and shareholders' equity                                             $ 1,334,474   $ 1,238,749

</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS     The Perkin-Elmer Corporation

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
For the years ended June 30,                                         1998        1997       1996
<S>                                                              <C>           <C>       <C>
Operating activities
Net income (loss)                                                $  56,388    $ 130,398  $ (36,523)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash
  provided by operating activities:
    Depreciation and amortization                                   53,126       43,879     51,770
    Long-term compensation programs                                  8,062       11,678      5,072
    Deferred income taxes                                           12,892      (37,799)   (13,110)
    Gains from the sale of assets                                   (3,052)     (66,636)   (11,704)
    Provision for restructured operations and other merger costs    48,080       13,000     89,054
    Acquired research and development                               28,850       26,801     33,878
    Impairment of assets                                                          7,500      9,906
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
    Increase in accounts receivable                                (26,637)     (68,313)   (33,141)
    (Increase) decrease in inventories                             (24,975)       5,198    (11,225)
    Increase in prepaid expenses and other assets                  (48,298)      (3,662)    (8,959)
    Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and other liabilities  (26,277)      51,151     15,890
Net cash provided by operating activities                           78,159      113,195     90,908
Investing activities
Additions to property, plant and equipment
  (net of disposals of $15,588, $6,188 and $4,927, respectively)  (101,120)     (63,634)   (39,382)
Acquisitions and investments, net                                  (97,998)     (27,676)  (119,189)
Proceeds from the sale of assets, net                               19,496       99,710    102,318
Proceeds from the collection of notes receivable                     9,673        4,978
Proceeds from short-term investments                                                         5,773
Net cash (used) provided by investing activities                  (169,949)      13,378    (50,480)
Financing activities
Net change in loans payable                                         (6,797)      (4,914)   (17,040)
Proceeds from long-term debt                                                     31,033
Principal payments on long-term debt                               (25,449)     (22,908)
Dividends                                                          (39,072)     (29,459)   (29,095)
Purchases of common stock for treasury                                          (25,126)   (41,028)
Proceeds from issuance of equity put warrants                                     1,846
Proceeds from stock issued for stock plans                          33,629       33,637     64,954
Net cash used by financing activities                              (37,689)     (15,891)   (22,209)
Elimination of PerSeptive results from
  July 1, 1997 to September 30, 1997 (see Note 1)                    2,590
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash                             (3,274)       1,601     (2,699)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents                           (130,163)     112,283     15,520
Cash and cash equivalents beginning of year                        213,028      100,745     85,225
Cash and cash equivalents end of year                            $  82,865    $ 213,028  $ 100,745

</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY    The Perkin-Elmer Corporation

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 Foreign   Unrealized    Minimum
                                                Common  Capital In              Currency         Gain    Pension
                                           Stock $1.00   Excess Of  Retained Translation    (Loss) on  Liability  Treasury Stock
(Dollar amounts and shares in thousands)     Par Value   Par Value  Earnings Adjustments  Investments Adjustment  At Cost   Shares
<S>                                            <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>          <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>
Balance at June 30, 1995                     $  48,760   $ 311,043  $ 142,741   $ 10,030     $     -   $(34,445) $(108,322) (3,490)
Net loss                                                              (36,523)
Cash dividends declared                                               (29,095)
Share repurchases                                                                                                  (41,028)   (800)
Shares issued under stock plans                     45       1,336     (5,627)                                      51,202   1,559
Tax benefit related to employee stock options                5,280
Minimum pension liability adjustment                                                                      5,080
Restricted stock plan                                        4,079                                                     993      30
Unrealized gain on investments, net                                                            23,175
Foreign currency translation adjustments                                         (10,957)
Common stock issuances for acquisitions          1,077      34,796
Other                                              144       1,920     (1,977)
Balance at June 30, 1996                        50,026     358,454     69,519       (927)      23,175   (29,365)   (97,155) (2,701)
Net income                                                            130,398
Cash dividends declared                                               (29,536)
Share repurchases                                                                                                  (25,126)   (428)
Shares issued under stock plans                     61       2,065     (1,459)                                      31,615   1,146
Tax benefit related to employee stock options                4,568
Minimum pension liability adjustment                                                                      28,660
Restricted stock plan                                        6,098                                                   5,580     187
Sale of equity investment                                                                     (23,245)
Unrealized gain on investments, net                                                             3,156
Sale of equity put warrants                                  1,846
Foreign currency translation adjustments                                          (4,125)
Other                                               35       1,392     (1,440)
Balance at June 30, 1997                        50,122     374,423    167,482     (5,052)       3,086      (705)   (85,086) (1,796)
Net income                                                             56,388
Cash dividends declared                                               (31,604)
Shares issued under stock plans                     26       1,358     (3,468)                                      37,759     965
Tax benefit related to employee stock options                2,335
Minimum pension liability adjustment                                                                        354
Restricted stock plan                                        1,858       (136)
Unrealized loss on investments, net                                                            (4,449)
Foreign currency translation adjustments                                          (2,747)
Elimination of PerSeptive results from
  July 1, 1997 to September 30, 1997 (see Note 1)                       2,590
Other                                                                    (286)
Balance at June 30, 1998                     $  50,148   $ 379,974  $ 190,966   $ (7,799)    $ (1,363) $   (351) $ (47,327)   (831)

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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 1 Accounting Policies and Practices
Principles  of  Consolidation.  The consolidated financial  statements
include the accounts of all majority-owned subsidiaries of The Perkin-
Elmer  Corporation (PE or the Company).  The preparation of  financial
statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect  the
reported  amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of  contingent
assets  and  liabilities at the date of the financial statements,  and
the  reported  amounts of revenues and expenses during  the  reporting
periods.  Actual  results could differ from those estimates.   Certain
amounts  in the consolidated financial statements and notes have  been
reclassified for comparative purposes.
      On January 22, 1998, the Company acquired PerSeptive Biosystems,
Inc.  (PerSeptive).   The  acquisition has been  accounted  for  as  a
pooling of interests and, accordingly, the Company's financial results
have  been restated to include the combined operations (see  Note  2).
The  Company's fiscal year ended June 30 and PerSeptive's fiscal  year
ended  September  30.   The  fiscal 1998  Consolidated  Statements  of
Operations combined the Company's operating results for the year ended
June  30, 1998 with PerSeptive's operating results for the nine months
ended  June  30,  1998 and the three months ended September  30,  1997
(PerSeptive's fiscal 1997 fourth quarter).  The fiscal 1997  and  1996
Consolidated  Statements of Operations combined the Company's  results
of  operations  for  the  years ended June  30,  1997  and  1996  with
PerSeptive's  results  of  operations  for  the  fiscal  years   ended
September  30,  1997  and 1996, respectively.   In  order  to  conform
PerSeptive  to a June 30 fiscal year-end in fiscal 1998,  PerSeptive's
results  of operations for the three months ended September  30,  1997
have been included in the Company's Consolidated Statements of
Operations for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1998 and 1997.

Recently  Issued  Accounting Standards.  In June 1998,  the  Financial
Accounting  Standards  Board  (FASB)  issued  Statement  of  Financial
Accounting  Standards  (SFAS)  No.  133,  "Accounting  for  Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities."   The provisions of the statement
require  the  recognition  of  all derivatives  as  either  assets  or
liabilities in the statement of financial position and the measurement
of those instruments at fair value.  The accounting for changes in the
fair  value  of  a  derivative depends on  the  intended  use  of  the
derivative and the resulting designation.  The Company is required  to
implement  the  statement in the first quarter of  fiscal  2000.   The
Company  is currently analyzing the statement to determine the impact,
if any, on the consolidated financial statements.

Earnings  per Share.   During the second quarter of fiscal  1998,  the
Company  adopted  SFAS No. 128, "Earnings per Share."   The  statement
establishes  new standards for computing and presenting  earnings  per
share  and  requires  presentation of basic and diluted  earnings  per
share  on the face of the income statement.  Basic earnings per  share
is  computed  by  dividing net income for the period by  the  weighted
average  number  of common shares outstanding.  Diluted  earnings  per
share  is  computed  similarly to the Company's  previously  disclosed
amounts  by dividing net income for the period by the weighted average
number  of common shares outstanding including the dilutive effect  of
common  stock  equivalents. Earnings per share amounts for  all  prior
periods  have  been  restated to conform with the provisions  of  this
statement.
      The  table below presents a reconciliation of basic and  diluted
earnings (loss) per share for the following fiscal years:

(Amounts in thousands
   except per share amounts)    1998        1997        1996

Weighted average number
 of common shares used
 in the calculation of basic
 earnings (loss) per share     48,560      47,517      45,859

Common stock equivalents        1,592       1,996

Shares used in the
 calculation of diluted
 earnings (loss) per share     50,152      49,513       45,859

Net income (loss) used in
 the calculation of basic
 and diluted earnings
 (loss) per share            $ 56,388   $ 130,398    $ (36,523)

Net income (loss) per share
Basic                        $   1.16   $    2.74    $    (.80)
Diluted                      $   1.12   $    2.63    $    (.80)

     Options and warrants to purchase 1.4 million, .2 million, and 2.1
million shares of the Company's common stock were outstanding at  June
30,  1998, 1997, and 1996, respectively, but were not included in  the
computation  of  diluted  earnings per share because  the  effect  was
antidilutive.

Foreign Currency.  Assets and liabilities of foreign operations, where
the  functional  currency is the local currency, are  translated  into
U.S.  dollars  at  the fiscal year-end exchange  rates.   The  related
translation  adjustments  are recorded  as  a  separate  component  of
shareholders'  equity.   Foreign currency revenues  and  expenses  are
translated using monthly average exchange rates prevailing during  the
year.   Foreign  currency transaction gains and  losses,  as  well  as
translation  adjustments of foreign operations  where  the  functional
currency is the U.S. dollar, are included in  net  income. Transaction
gains and losses for the periods ended June  30,  1998, 1997, and 1996
were  a  loss  of  $2.5  million, and  gains  of $1.5 million and $4.8
million, respectively.

Derivative   Financial  Instruments.   The  Company  uses   derivative
financial instruments to offset exposure to market risks arising  from
changes  in  foreign  currency  exchange  rates  and  interest  rates.
Derivative   financial   instruments   currently   utilized   by   the

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Company include foreign currency forward contracts, synthetic  forward
contracts,  foreign currency options, and an interest rate  swap  (see
Note 12).

Cash,   Short-Term  Investments,  and  Marketable  Securities.    Cash
equivalents consist of highly liquid debt instruments, time  deposits,
and  certificates of deposit with original maturities of three  months
or  less.   Time  deposits and certificates of deposit  with  original
maturities  of  three months to one year are classified as  short-term
investments.    Short-term  investments,  which   include   marketable
securities, are recorded at cost, which generally approximates  market
value.

Accounts   Receivable.   The  Company  periodically   sells   accounts
receivable  arising from business conducted in Japan.   During  fiscal
1998,  1997,  and 1996, the Company received cash proceeds  of  $111.9
million, $82.9 million, and $83.0 million, respectively, from the sale
of such receivables. The Company accounts for such sales in accordance
with SFAS 125,  "Accounting  for Transfers  and Servicing of Financial
Assets and   Extinguishment  of  Liabilities"  and  believes  it   has
adequately  provided  for  any risk of loss that may occur under these
arrangements.

Investments.  The equity method of accounting is used for  investments
in  joint  ventures  that are  50%  owned  or  less.   Minority equity
investments are classified as available-for-sale and carried at market
value  in  accordance  with  SFAS No.  115,  "Accounting  for  Certain
Investments in Debt and Equity Securities."

Inventories.  Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (on a first-
in, first-out basis) or market.  Inventories at June 30, 1998 and 1997
included the following components:

(Dollar amounts in millions)              1998       1997

Raw materials and supplies              $  62.6    $  40.3
Work-in-process                            16.9       18.0
Finished products                         160.5      156.3

Total inventories                       $ 240.0    $ 214.6

Property,  Plant, and Equipment and Depreciation.  Property, plant and
equipment are recorded at cost and consisted of the following at  June
30, 1998 and 1997:

(Dollar amounts in millions)              1998       1997
Land                                    $  21.8    $  23.1
Buildings and leasehold improvements      171.9      156.2
Machinery and equipment                   316.7      266.9
Property, plant and equipment, at cost    510.4      446.2
Accumulated depreciation
 and amortization                         251.6      248.8
Property, plant and equipment, net      $ 258.8    $ 197.4

  Major renewals and improvements that significantly add to productive
capacity  or  extend  the life of an asset are capitalized.   Repairs,
maintenance  and  minor renewals, and improvements are  expensed  when
incurred.   Machinery and equipment included capitalized  internal-use
software,  primarily  related  to the  Company's  worldwide  strategic
program to improve its information technology infrastructure, of $77.0
million and $11.1 million at June 30, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
   Provisions for depreciation of owned property, plant and  equipment
are  based  upon the expected useful lives of the assets and  computed
primarily  by  the  straight-line method.  Leasehold improvements  are
amortized  over  their  estimated useful lives  or  the  term  of  the
applicable  lease, whichever is less, using the straight-line  method.
Internal-use software costs are amortized primarily over the  expected
useful lives, not to exceed seven years.

Capitalized  Software.  Internal software development  costs  incurred
from the time technological feasibility of the software is established
until  the software is ready for its intended use are capitalized  and
included  in  other long-term assets.  Research and development  costs
and  other  computer  software maintenance costs related  to  software
development  are expensed as incurred.  The costs are amortized  using
the straight-line method over a maximum of three years or the expected
life of the product, whichever is less.  At June 30, 1998, capitalized
software  costs, net of accumulated amortization, were  $9.0  million.
Amounts were not material at June 30, 1997.

Intangible  Assets.  The excess of purchase price over the  net  asset
value  of  companies  acquired is amortized on a straight-line  method
over  periods  not  exceeding 40 years.  Patents  and  trademarks  are
amortized  using  the straight-line method over their expected  useful
lives.   At  June  30, 1998 and 1997, other long-term assets  included
goodwill, net of accumulated amortization, of $84.5 million and  $32.7
million, respectively.  Accumulated amortization of goodwill was $17.4
million and $14.0 million at June 30, 1998 and 1997, respectively.

Asset  Impairment.   The Company periodically reviews  all  long-lived
assets for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 121, "Accounting for
the  Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets  to  Be
Disposed  Of."   Assets are  written  down  to  fair  value  when  the
carrying  costs  exceed  this amount.  In  fiscal  1997,  the  Company
recorded  a $7.5 million  cost  of  sales  charge  to  write-down $5.6
million of goodwill associated with  the  fiscal  1995  acquisition of
Photovac Inc. and $1.9 million of  other  assets  primarily associated
with  the Analytical Instruments Division. In fiscal 1996, the Company
recorded a cost of sales charge of $9.9 million for the impairment  of
certain  production  assets associated with  the  realignment  of  the
product   offerings  of  PerSeptive.   The  impairment   losses   were
determined based upon estimated future cash flows and fair values.

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Revenues.   Revenues are recorded at the time of shipment of  products
or  performance  of  services.  Revenues from  service  contracts  are
recorded  as deferred service contract revenues and reflected  in  net
revenues over the term of the contract, generally one year.

Research,  Development  and  Engineering.  Research,  development  and
engineering costs are expensed when incurred.

Income  Taxes.   The Company accounts for certain income  and  expense
items  differently  for financial reporting and income  tax  purposes.
Deferred   tax  assets  and  liabilities  are  determined   based   on
differences  between  the financial reporting and  the  tax  basis  of
assets and liabilities, and are measured by applying enacted tax rates
to taxable years in which the differences are expected to reverse.

Supplemental Cash Flow Information.  Cash paid for interest and income
taxes and significant non-cash investing and  financing activities for
the fiscal years ended June 30, 1998, 1997, and 1996 were as follows:


(Dollar amounts in millions)                  1998    1997    1996
Interest                                   $   5.7  $  6.0  $  8.9
Income taxes                               $  60.5  $ 31.3  $ 15.0
Significant non-cash investing and
  financing activities:
    Unrealized gain (loss) on investments  $ (4.4)  $  3.1  $ 23.2
    Dividends declared not paid                     $  7.5  $  7.4
    Common shares issued in PerSeptive
      pooling                                 4.6
    Minority interest assumed              $ 41.3

Note 2 Acquisitions and Dispositions
PerSeptive  Biosystems,  Inc.   The  merger  (the  Merger)  of   Seven
Acquisition  Corp.,  a wholly-owned subsidiary  of  the  Company,  and
PerSeptive was consummated on January 22, 1998.  PerSeptive  develops,
manufactures, and markets an integrated line of proprietary consumable
products  and  advanced instrumentation systems for the  purification,
analysis,  and synthesis of biomolecules.  As a result of the  Merger,
PerSeptive, which was the surviving corporation of the Merger,  became
a   wholly-owned  subsidiary  of  the  Company  on  that  date.   Each
outstanding share of PerSeptive common stock was converted into shares
of  the  Company's common stock at an exchange ratio equal to  0.1926.
Accordingly, the Company issued 4.6 million shares of its common stock
for   all  outstanding  shares  of  PerSeptive  common  stock.    Each
outstanding  option and warrant for shares of PerSeptive common  stock
was  converted into options and warrants for the number of  shares  of
the  Company's  common  stock that would have been  received  if  such
options  and  warrants  had been exercised immediately  prior  to  the
effective  time  of  the Merger.  All shares of  Series  A  Redeemable
Convertible  Preferred  Stock  of PerSeptive  outstanding  immediately
prior to the effective time of the Merger were converted in accordance
with  their  terms into shares of PerSeptive common stock  which  were
then converted into shares of the Company's common stock.  As a result
of  the Merger, PerSeptive's 8-1/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due
2001  (the  PerSeptive Notes) became convertible into  shares  of  the
Company's  common stock.  On March 23, 1998, the Company redeemed  the
PerSeptive  Notes  for  a  total of $26.1 million  representing  $24.7
million  of principal and $1.4 million of accrued interest and premium
relating to the PerSeptive Notes.  Additionally, $2.5 million  of  the
principal amount of the PerSeptive Notes was converted by the  holders
thereof into 35,557 shares of the Company's common stock.
  The  Merger  qualified  as a tax-free reorganization  and  has  been
accounted  for  as a pooling of interests. Accordingly, the  Company's
financial   results  have  been  restated  to  include  the   combined
operations.   Combined  and  separate  results  of  the  Company   and
PerSeptive during the periods preceding the Merger were as follows:

(Dollar amounts
  in millions)     Perkin-Elmer    PerSeptive    Adjustment   Combined
Six months ended
December 31,1997
(unaudited)
Net revenues       $   639.3      $    52.6                 $  691.9
Net income (loss)  $    32.2      $    (5.4)       $  .6    $   27.4

Fiscal year ended
June 30, 1997
Net revenues       $   1,276.8    $    96.5                 $ 1,373.3
Net income         $     115.2    $    15.2                 $   130.4

Fiscal year ended
June 30, 1996
Net revenues       $    1,162.9   $    86.1                 $ 1,249.0
Net income (loss)  $       13.9   $   (50.4)                $   (36.5)

  The  adjustment for the six months ended December 31, 1997  reflects
the  inclusion of PerSeptive's operating results within the  Company's
consolidated  tax  provision.   There were  no  material  intercompany
transactions  between  the Company and PerSeptive  during  any  period
presented.

Tecan AG.  The Company acquired a 14.5% interest and approximately 52%
of the voting rights in Tecan AG (Tecan) in December 1997.  Tecan is a
world  leader in the development and manufacturing of automated sample
processors, liquid handling systems, and microplate photometry.   Used
in  research, industrial, and clinical markets, these products provide
automated  solutions  for  pharmaceutical  drug  discovery,  molecular
biology,  genomic testing, and clinical diagnostics.  The  acquisition
cost  was  $53.2 million in cash and was accounted for as  a  purchase
with  a minority interest of $41.3 million.  The excess purchase price
over  the fair market value of the underlying assets was $46.2 million
and is being amortized over fifteen years.

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Molecular Informatics, Inc. During the second quarter of fiscal  1998,
the   Company   acquired  Molecular  Informatics,   Inc.   ("Molecular
Informatics"), a leader in the development of infrastructure  software
for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and agrochemical industries  as
well   as   for   applied   markets  such  as  forensics   and   human
identification.  The  acquisition  cost  was  $53.9  million  and  was
accounted for as a purchase. In connection with the acquisition, $28.9
million  was expensed as purchased in-process research and development
and  $24.7  million  was allocated to goodwill  and  other  intangible
assets.  Goodwill of $9.0 million is being amortized over  ten  years,
and  other intangible assets of $15.7 million are being amortized over
periods of four to seven years.
    The  $28.9 million expensed as in-process research and development
represented  53.6%  of  the  purchase price  and  was  attributed  and
supported by a discounted probable cash flow analysis on a project-by-
project basis. At the acquisition  date, the technological feasibility
of the acquired technology had not been  established  and the acquired
technology had no future alternative uses.
    Approximately 10% of the in-process research and development value
was  attributed  to  BioLIMS, a software  system  that  manages  data,
initiates   analysis  programs,  and  captures  the   results   in   a
centralized,  relational database for sequencing instruments;  6%  was
attributed  to  GA  SFDB,  a  client-side add-on  product  to  several
existing  gene sequencing instruments; 38% was attributed to BioMERGE,
a  client-server  management  and integration  system  that  organizes
proprietary,  public, and third-party results in a  single  relational
database for the drug discovery and genomic research markets;  9%  was
attributed  to  BioCLINIC, a client-server management and  integration
system  that  organizes proprietary, public, and  third-party  results
generated from DNA and protein sequence analysis in a single  database
for  the  clinical  trials  phase of drug  development;  and  37%  was
attributed  to SDK, an open architecture software platform from  which
all  of  Molecular  Informatics'   future  software  applications  are
expected to be derived.
    As  of  the  acquisition date, all of the major functionality  for
BioLIMS  2.0  had  been  completed and the  product  is expected to be
released  in September 1998.  As of the acquisition date, BioLIMS  3.0
was in the design and scoping phase and is expected to be released  in
June  1999.  As  of the acquisition date, GA SFDB was in  early  alpha
phase  and  had  been  completed concurrent with  the  development  of
BioLIMS  2.0 and is expected to be released  in  September 1998. As of
the  acquisition date,  BioMerge 3.0 functional scope was defined  and
the requirements assessment had  been completed  and is expected to be
released in November 1998.  As of the acquisition date, the  BioClinic
product requirements had been specified and discussions had begun with
two potential customers to begin the specific software  modifications.
Development  efforts were terminated in April 1998 due to unsuccessful
marketing  efforts. As of the acquisition date, the  SDK  requirements
assessment  had  been  completed and the  functional  scope  had  been
defined.   Currently, one successful prototype has been completed  and
additional development efforts continue in this area.
   At the date of the acquisition, management expected to complete the
majority   of  these  projects  and  commence  generating  significant
revenues  in 1999. A total of $11.8 million of the purchase price  was
attributed to core technology and existing products, primarily related
to  the  BioMERGE product. The risk-adjusted discount rate applied  to
the projects cash flows was 20% for existing technology and 23% for in-
process technology. The risk premium of 3% for in-process technologies
was  determined  by  management based upon  the  associated  risks  of
rolling   out  these  in-process  technologies  versus  the   existing
technologies  for  the  emerging  bioinformatics  software   industry.
Management's cash flow and other assumptions utilized at the  time  of
acquisition  had  not  materially changed at June   30,   1998.    The
significant  risks associated with these products include the  limited
operating  history of Molecular Informatics, uncertainties surrounding
market  acceptance  of such in-process products,  competitive  threats
from  other  bioinformatics companies, and other risks. Management  is
primarily  responsible for estimating the fair value of such  existing
and in-process technology.

Biometric  Imaging, Inc.  During fiscal 1998, the Company  acquired  a
minority  equity interest in Biometric Imaging, Inc. for $4.0 million.
The Company  and  Biometric  Imaging,  Inc. are  collaborating  on the
development  and  manufacturing of a high-throughput screening  system
for use by pharmaceutical  research companies to accelerate  the  drug
discovery process.  The Company received exclusive worldwide marketing
rights  for  products  developed  for  that market.  Biometric Imaging
products  are  designed  to  help  ensure the integrity  of transfused
products,  optimize  cell  therapy  procedures,  and  monitor  disease
progression  and the efficacy of therapy.

GenScope, Inc.    During the third quarter of fiscal 1997, the Company
acquired GenScope, Inc., for $26.8 million. GenScope, founded in 1995,
represented a development stage venture with no operating history  and
effectively  no  revenues  (limited R&D  contract  services  only). At
the  acquisition  date, technological   feasibility  of  the  acquired
technology right had not been established  and the acquired technology
right had  no  future  alternative  uses.  The  Company  obtained  the
right to utilize AFLP-based  gene  expression technology  in the field
of  human  health, but did not obtain  any  core technology  or  other
rights. GenScope's limited balance sheet, with assets of approximately
$.2  million, had  yet to deliver  commercial  value. Accordingly, the
Company  recorded a  charge  of  $25.4   million  attributable  to the
in-process technology  purchased. The Company based this  amount  upon
the early development stage of this life science  business   acquired,
the  technological hurdles to the  application  of this  technology to
the field of human health and the underlying cash  flow   projections.
The  acquisition  represented  the  purchase   of   development  stage
technology,  not  at  the time  considered  commercially viable in the
health  care  applications  that the  Company  intends  to pursue. The
Company's intent was to first  develop the technology  into a  set  of
molecular screening tools for use in the enhancement of pharmaceutical
product   development. The  Company  allocated  $1.4  million  of  the
purchase price to technology rights  attributable  to GenScope's  AFLP
gene expression technology. AFLP is an enhancement  of  the polymerase
chain  reaction  ("PCR") process  that  allows  selective analysis  of
any  portion of genetic material without the specific, prior  sequence
information  normally  required for PCR. Of the $25.4 million expensed
as in-process  research  and  development, $5.5 million represented  a
contingent  liability due  on the  issuance of  a  process  patent for
technology under development.
    Through  June  30,  1998, the Company incurred approximately  $4.9
million  in  additional  research and  development  costs  to  further
develop  the AFLP technology in the field of human health. The Company
anticipates  spending an additional $13.9 million in fiscal  1999  and
2000  to  substantially complete such project. Such costs  approximate
those anticipated at the date of acquisition.

Tropix,  Inc.  During the fourth quarter of fiscal 1996,  the  Company
acquired  Tropix, Inc., a world leader in the development, manufacture
and  sale  of chemiluminescent detection technology for life sciences.
At the acquisition date, the technological feasibility of the acquired
technology had not been established and the acquired technology had no
future alternative uses. The  acquisition cost, net of  cash  acquired,
was $36.0 million and was accounted for as  a  purchase. The  purchase
price was allocated  to  the net  assets  acquired  and  to  purchased
in-process  research   and development.  Purchased in-process research
and  development  included  the  value of  products in the development
stage and not considered  to  have  reached  technological feasibility.
The Company  expensed  $22.3 million  of  the  Tropix acquisition cost
as in-process  research  and  development, representing  60.3% of  the
purchase   price.  This  amount  was attributed  and  supported  by  a
discounted probable cash flow analysis on a  project-by-project  basis.
The remaining purchase price  was allocated  as follows: $10.2 million
to proprietary patents and core technology, $1.4 million to trademarks
and tradenames, $.2 million  to assembled  workforce  and $1.9 million
to working capital and property, plant and equipment acquired.
    Approximately 56% of the in-process research and development value
was  attributed  to the pharmaceutical screening products  project,  a
project  designed to incorporate existing proprietary technologies  of
Tropix  into assay methods for pharmaceutical customers and to perform
the screening required by those customers on-site. Additionally, there
was  to  be  continued development of suitable assays to  improve  and
expand the technology covered by Tropix patents. The intent was to  be
a  one-stop  service where Tropix would develop and perform  screening
for  pharmaceutical customers. Assets in place for this  project  were
the  intellectual  property of Tropix  and  the  scientific  expertise
required to customize both the reagents and the  methods necessary for
the intended use of the customers.   Approximately  44%  of  the   in-
process  research  and  development   value  was  attributed  to   the
diagnostics  products  project,  a  project  related to the  continued
development   of   the   reagent  product  line.   Derivatives  of the
proprietary  technology and expansion of  the patents  surrounding  it
were planned to exploit the  leadership  that Tropix held  in its core
chemiluminescent products. Also, work was being performed on ancillary
reagents to enhance both  reactions  and stability of existing  Tropix
dioxetanes. Development of new  kits  and  applications  based  on the
Gal-Star substrate,  in  particular, were  in-process.  All  of  these
activities were focused  on  expanding  the existing  product  line in
consumables    in    order   to  maintain   Tropix's   leadership   in
chemiluminescence.
    Through  June  30,  1998, the Company incurred approximately  $2.8
million  in  additional  research and  development  costs  to  further
develop  these projects. The diagnostic products project was completed
in  fiscal  1997. The Company anticipates spending an  additional  $.8
million  in  fiscal  1999  to  complete the  pharmaceutical  screening
project.  Such  costs approximate those anticipated  at  the  date  of
acquisition.
    A risk-adjusted discount rate of 23% was employed to value the in-
process projects. The significant risks associated with these products
include   the  limited  operating  history  of  Tropix,  uncertainties
surrounding  market acceptance of such in-process products  and  other
competitive risks. Management is primarily responsible for  estimating
the fair value of such existing and in-process technologies.

Other  Acquisitions.  During the fourth quarter of  fiscal  1998,  the
Company  made a minority equity investment of $2.5 million  in  ACLARA
BioSciences, Inc.  The companies are collaborating on the  development
of advanced genetic analysis systems.
   The  Company entered into a strategic partnership with Hyseq, Inc.,
acquiring a minority equity interest for an initial cash investment of
$5.0  million, during the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997.  Hyseq,  Inc.
applies   proprietary  DNA  array  technology  to  develop  gene-based
therapeutic product candidates and diagnostic products and tests.   In
the first quarter of fiscal 1998, the Company increased its investment
by $5.0 million.
   The  Company acquired Linkage Genetics, Inc., a provider of genetic
services  in  the agriculture industry, during the fourth  quarter  of
fiscal 1997. At the acquisition date, the technological feasibility of
the acquired  technology had not been  established  and  the  acquired
technology had no future alternative uses. The cash acquisition cost of
$1.4 million was accounted for as a purchase.   The entire acquisition
cost  was  expensed  as purchased in-process research and development.
   In  fiscal  1996,  the  Company  acquired  Zoogen,  Inc., a leading
provider of genetic  analysis  services for $2.1 million,  a  minority
equity interest  in Paracel, Inc., a provider of information filtering
technologies for $4.5 million and PerSeptive Technologies Corporation,
a research and  development company formed  to fund the development of
novel  tools  for  clinical diagnostics  and  screening  of biological
compounds for drug  discovery, for $19.3 million.  In  connection with
these life science acquisitions, $11.6 million of purchased in-process
research and  development  was expensed in fiscal 1996.

    The $11.6 million of purchased in-process research and development
primarily  related  to in-process projects at PerSeptive  Technologies
and  Zoogen  at the dates of acquisition.  For all of the fiscal  1996
acquisitions, the technological feasibility of the acquired technology
had  not  been  established at the acquisition dates and the  acquired
technology had no future alternative uses.

    Four  projects were in-process at PerSeptive  Technologies  at the
date  of acquisition.  Three of these projects  were  abandoned by the
Company upon  acquisition and, therefore, were not assigned any  value.
The  remaining  in-process  project  was the drug-screening program, a
program  designed  to  develop new methodologies for the screening  of
libraries of biological and chemical compounds to enhance the discovery
of drugs.  Such project was  subsequently  transferred  to  ChemGenics
Pharmaceuticals  in  exchange for a 34% equity  interest.   In  fiscal
1997, after additional research and development efforts by ChemGenics,
the  Company  received a 6% interest in Millennium Pharmaceuticals  in
exchange  for  its  ownership in ChemGenics  and  recognized  a  $25.9
million gain upon such transaction.

    The in-process  projects  at Zoogen  included  the  flea   allergy
dermatitis,  green iguana sexing, bird sexing method  conversion,  and
the feline genotyping projects.  All projects were completed in fiscal
1997, except for the flea allergy dermatitis project, at an additional
cost  of  approximately  $.3  million.  The  flea  allergy  dermatitis
project was abandoned in fiscal 1997.  All costs incurred approximated
those anticipated at the date of acquisition.

   The net assets and results of operations for the above acquisitions
accounted  for  under the purchase method have been  included  in  the
consolidated  financial statements since the date of each acquisition.
The  pro  forma effect of these acquisitions, individually or  in  the
aggregate, on the Company's consolidated financial statements was  not
significant.

Dispositions
Millennium  Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  During  fiscal  1998,  the  Company
recorded  a  before-tax gain of $1.6 million in  connection  with  the
release  of  previously existing contingencies on shares of Millennium
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Millennium) common stock.  During fiscal  1997,
the  Company recognized a before-tax gain of $27.5 million  associated
with the sale of approximately 50% of its investment in Millennium and
the  release  of previously existing contingencies. The gain  included
$25.9 million from the Company's exchange of a 34% equity interest  in
ChemGenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for an approximate 6% equity interest
in Millennium.

Etec Systems, Inc.  In fiscal 1997, the Company completed the sale  of
its entire equity interest in Etec Systems, Inc.  Before-tax gains  of
$37.4  million and $11.7 million were recognized for fiscal  1997  and
1996,  respectively.   Net cash proceeds from  the  sales  were  $45.8
million and $16.6 million for fiscal 1997 and 1996, respectively.

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Note 3 Debt and Lines of Credit
There were no domestic borrowings outstanding at June 30, 1998 or
1997.  Foreign loans payable and long-term debt at June 30, 1998 and
1997 are summarized below:

(Dollar amounts in millions)      1998      1997

Loans payable
Notes payable, banks            $  12.1   $  23.1
Current portion of convertible
 subordinated notes                           6.8
Total loans payable             $  12.1   $  29.9

Long-term debt
Yen loan                        $  27.0   $  33.6
Convertible subordinated notes               20.4
Other                               6.7       5.2
Total long-term debt            $  33.7   $  59.2

   The  weighted average interest rates at June 30, 1998 and 1997  for
notes payable to foreign banks were 1.8% and 3.6%, respectively.
   On  March  23,  1998,  the  Company redeemed  Perseptive's  8  1/4%
convertible subordinated notes (see Note 2).
   During  the third quarter of fiscal 1997, the Company replaced  its
Yen  2.8 billion loan, which matured in February 1997, with a Yen  3.8
billion  variable  rate long-term loan which matures  in  March  2002.
Through  an interest rate swap agreement (see Note 12), the  effective
interest  rate  for the new loan is 2.1% compared with  3.3%  for  the
previous loan.
   On June 1, 1994, the Company entered into a $100 million three year
revolving credit agreement.  The agreement was amended in fiscal  1996
to  extend  the  maturity an additional three years to June  1,  2000.
Commitment  and  facility  fees are based  on  leverage  and  interest
coverage ratios.  Interest rates on amounts borrowed vary depending on
whether  borrowings  are  undertaken in  the  domestic  or  Eurodollar
markets.  There were no borrowings under the facility at June 30, 1998
or 1997.
  At June 30, 1998, the Company had unused credit facilities for short-
term  borrowings from domestic and foreign banks in various currencies
totaling $343 million. All other credit facilities available consist of
uncommitted overdraft credit  lines that are provided at the discretion
of local  banks.  A parent guarantee is required by the facility if the
local unit borrows any funds.
  Under various debt and credit agreements, the Company is required to
maintain certain minimum net worth and interest coverage ratios.
  There are no maturities of long-term debt scheduled for fiscal 1999,
2000, 2001, or 2003.  The Yen 3.8 billion loan matures in fiscal 2002.

Note 4 Income Taxes
Income  (loss) before income taxes for fiscal 1998, 1997, and 1996  is
summarized below:

(Dollar amounts in millions)            1998       1997      1996
United States                         $  (3.9)   $ 121.0   $ (28.5)
Foreign                                 104.5       51.6      13.5
Total                                 $ 100.6    $ 172.6   $ (15.0)

   The  components of the provision for income taxes for fiscal  1998,
1997, and 1996 consisted of the following:

(Dollar amounts in millions)            1998       1997      1996
Currently payable:
Domestic                              $    .1    $  56.2   $  10.4
Foreign                                  25.6       23.8      24.3
Total currently payable                  25.7       80.0      34.7

Deferred:
Domestic                                 11.0      (41.0)     (4.4)
Foreign                                   1.9        3.2      (8.7)
Total deferred                           12.9      (37.8)    (13.1)
Total provision for income taxes      $  38.6    $  42.2   $  21.6

  Significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities at
June 30, 1998 and 1997 are summarized below:

(Dollar amounts in millions)            1998       1997
Deferred tax assets:
Intangibles                           $   5.8    $   6.4
Inventories                               7.9        8.4
Postretirement and postemployment
  benefits                               35.0       35.7
Other reserves and accruals              40.0       54.3
Tax credit and loss carryforwards        50.1       50.9
Subtotal                                138.8      155.7
Valuation allowance                     (71.7)     (78.6)
Total deferred tax assets                67.1       77.1

Deferred tax liabilities:
Inventories                                .5         .5
Millennium equity transaction                        4.3
Other reserves and accruals               7.9        6.1
Total deferred tax liabilities            8.4       10.9
Total deferred tax assets, net        $  58.7    $  66.2

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      A  reconciliation of the federal statutory tax to the  Company's
tax  provision  for fiscal 1998, 1997, and 1996 is set  forth  in  the
following table:

(Dollar amounts in millions)            1998       1997      1996
Federal statutory rate                   35%        35%       35%
Tax at federal statutory rate         $  35.2    $  60.4   $ (5.2)
State income taxes
  (net of federal benefit)                 .3         .2     (1.5)
Effect on income from foreign
  operations                              6.7       42.6     14.7
Effect on income from foreign
  sales corporation                      (7.5)      (4.8)    (3.2)
Acquired research and
  Development                            10.1        9.4     11.9
Restructuring and other merger costs      5.2
Domestic temporary differences
  for which benefit is recognized       (11.1)     (60.6)   (12.7)
Benefit of loss not recognized/
  (utilization of net operating losses)             (7.6)    16.9
Other                                     (.3)       2.6       .7
Total provision for income taxes      $  38.6    $  42.2   $ 21.6


The  category  "domestic temporary differences for  which  benefit  is
recognized"  reported  in the table above reflects  the  current  year
benefit  attributable  to a reduction in the  valuation  allowance.  A
portion  of  the reduction was due to the utilization of domestic  tax
credit  carryforwards and reversing temporary differences,  while  the
remainder resulted from the recognition of various other deferred  tax
assets  that  were  previously subject to a valuation  allowance.  The
benefit  due  to  the utilization of the tax credit carryforwards  and
reversing  temporary differences was recognized each  year  because  a
valuation allowance had been established against these assets  in  the
year  of  origination. The valuation allowance on  the  various  other
deferred tax assets was reduced because, although realization was  not
assured, management believed that due to increasing profitability,  it
was  more  likely  than not that these deferred tax  assets  would  be
realized.
   At  June  30,  1998,  the  Company's  worldwide valuation allowance
primarily related  to  foreign  tax loss carryforwards, as well as the
domestic tax loss carryforwards, temporary  differences and tax credit
carryforwards   recorded  as  a  result of the  stock  acquisition  of
PerSeptive in January 1998.
   At  June  30, 1998, the Company had a U.S. alternative minimum  tax
credit  carryforward  of $4.9 million with an indefinite  carryforward
period.   The  Company's  subsidiary, PerSeptive,  has  domestic  loss
carryforwards  of approximately $64 million that will  expire  between
the  years 2003  and  2012.  The amount of these  net  operating  loss
carryforwards  that can be utilized annually to offset future  taxable
income  or  tax liability has been limited under the Internal  Revenue
Code  as  a  result  of the acquisition.  The Company  also  has  loss
carryforwards   of  approximately  $38  million  in  various   foreign
countries with varying expiration dates.
   U.S.  income  taxes  have not been provided on  approximately  $144
million of net unremitted earnings from foreign subsidiaries since the
Company  intends  to permanently reinvest substantially  all  of  such
earnings in the operations of the subsidiaries. These earnings include
income from manufacturing operations in Singapore, which is tax exempt
through the year 2004. In those instances where the Company expects to
remit  earnings,  the  effect  on the  results  of  operations,  after
considering available tax credits and amounts previously accrued,  was
not significant.
  The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to tax examinations  in
various  U.S.  and foreign jurisdictions.  The Company  believes  that
adequate  tax payments have been made and adequate accruals have  been
recorded for all years.


Note 5 Retirement and Other Benefits
Pension  Plans.  The Company maintains or sponsors pension plans  that
cover  substantially all worldwide employees.  Pension benefits earned
are generally based on years of service and compensation during active
employment.  However, the level of benefits and terms of vesting  vary
among the plans.  Pension plan assets are administered by trustees and
are  principally invested in equity and fixed income securities.   The
funding  of  pension plans is determined in accordance with  statutory
funding requirements.
   The  total worldwide pension expense for all employee pension plans
was  $14.0 million, $15.1 million, and $15.2 million for fiscal  1998,
1997,  and 1996, respectively.  The components of net pension  expense
are set forth in the following tables:

(Dollar amounts in millions)            1998       1997      1996
Domestic Plans
Service cost                          $   9.0    $   8.0   $   7.6
Interest cost                            41.3       37.0      33.0
Actual return on assets                 (40.5)     (35.6)    (32.1)
Net amortization and
  deferral                               (1.8)      (1.0)     (1.4)
Net pension expense                   $   8.0    $   8.4   $   7.1

Foreign Plans
Service cost                          $   2.7    $   2.7   $   3.2
Interest cost                             5.9        6.3       6.7
Actual return on assets                  (5.7)      (3.5)     (4.0)
Net amortization and
  deferral                                3.1        1.2       2.2
Net pension expense                   $   6.0    $   6.7   $   8.1

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   The  following table sets forth the funded status of the plans  and
amounts  recognized  in  the  Company's  Consolidated  Statements   of
Financial Position at June 30, 1998 and 1997:

                                            Domestic Plans
                                  Assets Exceed         Accumulated
                                    Accumulated            Benefits
                                       Benefits       Exceed Assets
(Dollar amounts in millions)      1998     1997       1998     1997

Plan assets at fair value       $ 559.4  $ 474.2     $   -    $   -
Projected benefit obligation      544.5    475.0       12.2     10.7
Plan assets greater (less) than
  projected benefit obligation     14.9      (.8)     (12.2)   (10.7)
Unrecognized items
Net actuarial loss                 33.4     43.3        2.8      1.7
Prior service cost                 (4.7)    (5.5)       2.6      3.0
Net transition (asset)
  obligation                       (4.8)    (7.2)        .4       .5
Minimum pension
  liability adjustment                                 (4.1)    (3.8)
Prepaid (accrued)
  pension expense               $  38.8  $  29.8     $(10.5)  $ (9.3)
Actuarial present value
  of accumulated benefits       $ 530.4  $ 470.2     $ 10.5   $  9.3
Accumulated benefit
  obligation related
  to vested benefits            $ 522.0  $ 461.7     $  9.5   $  8.0

   A  minimum  pension  liability  adjustment  is  required  when  the
actuarial  present value of accumulated benefits exceeds  plan  assets
and  accrued  pension liabilities.  The minimum liability  adjustment,
less allowable intangible assets, net of tax benefit, is reported as a
reduction  of  shareholders' equity and totaled $.4  million  and  $.7
million at June 30, 1998 and 1997, respectively.

                                             Foreign Plans
                                  Assets Exceed         Accumulated
                                    Accumulated            Benefits
                                       Benefits       Exceed Assets
(Dollar amounts in millions)      1998     1997       1998     1997

Plan assets at fair value       $  36.2  $  32.0     $   -    $   -
Projected benefit obligation       36.9     30.3       62.0     64.9
Plan assets greater (less) than
  projected benefit obligation      (.7)     1.7      (62.0)   (64.9)
Unrecognized items
Net actuarial (gain) loss           6.6      3.2       (5.1)    (2.5)
Prior service cost                  1.3      1.5
Net transition (asset)
  obligation                       (1.5)    (1.9)       3.4      4.0
Prepaid (accrued)
  pension expense               $   5.7  $   4.5     $(63.7)  $(63.4)
Actuarial present value
  of accumulated benefits       $  33.7  $  28.0     $ 55.3   $ 56.1
Accumulated benefit
  obligation related
  to vested benefits            $  33.6  $  27.8     $ 52.4   $ 52.5

 The following actuarial assumptions were used in accounting for the
defined benefit plans:
                                 1998              1997

Domestic Plans:
Assumptions
  Discount rate                   8%               8 1/2%
  Compensation increase           4%                 4%
  Long-term rate of return   8 1/2 - 9 1/4%    8 1/2 - 9 1/4%

Foreign Plans:
Assumptions
  Discount rate              5 1/2 - 6 3/4%        6 - 8%
  Compensation increase      3 1/2 - 4 1/2%    3 1/2 - 4 1/2%
  Long-term rate of return   6 1/2 - 9 1/2%    6 1/2 - 9 1/2%


Savings  Plan.  The Company provides a 401(k) savings plan,  for  most
domestic  employees,  with automatic Company contributions  of  2%  of
eligible compensation and a dollar-for-dollar matching contribution of
up  to  4%  of eligible compensation.  The Company's contributions  to
this  plan  were  $10.7 million,  $9.6 million, and $7.4  million  for
fiscal 1998, 1997, and 1996, respectively.

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Retiree Health Care and Life Insurance Benefits.  The Company provides
certain  health care and life insurance benefits to domestic employees
hired prior to January 1, 1993, who retire and satisfy certain service
and  age  requirements.   Generally, medical coverage  pays  a  stated
percentage  of  most medical expenses, reduced for any deductible  and
for  payments made by Medicare or other group coverage.  The  cost  of
providing  these  benefits  is shared  with  retirees.   The  plan  is
unfunded.
  The following table sets forth the accrued postretirement benefit
liability recognized in the Company's Consolidated Statements of
Financial Position at June 30, 1998 and 1997:

(Dollar amounts in millions)           1998      1997
Actuarial present value
  of postretirement
  benefit obligation
Retirees                             $  60.7   $  60.6
Fully eligible active participants       1.4       1.0
Other active participants               10.3       9.7
Accumulated postretirement benefit
  obligation (APBO)                     72.4      71.3
Unrecognized net gain                   21.5      24.4
Accrued postretirement
  benefit liability                  $  93.9   $  95.7

   The  net  postretirement  benefit cost for  fiscal  1998  and  1997
included the following components:

(Dollar amounts in millions)           1998      1997
Service cost                         $    .6   $    .6
Interest cost                            5.7       5.8
Amortization of unrecognized gain       (1.4)     (1.3)
Net postretirement benefit cost      $   4.9   $   5.1

  The discount rate used in determining the APBO was 8% in fiscal 1998
and 8.5% in fiscal 1997.  The assumed health care cost trend rate used
for measuring the APBO was divided into two categories:

                                       1998      1997
Participants under age 65              9.6%     10.3%
Participants age 65 and over           7.4%      7.7%

   Both  rates  were assumed to decline to 5.5% over seven  and  eight
years in fiscal 1998 and 1997, respectively.
   If the health care cost trend rate were increased 1%, the APBO,  as
of June 30, 1998, would have increased 11%.  The effect of this change
on the aggregate of service and interest cost for fiscal 1998 would be
an increase of 10%.

Postemployment  Benefits.  The Company provides certain postemployment
benefits  to  eligible  employees.  These benefits  generally  include
severance, disability, and medical-related costs paid after employment
but before retirement.


Note 6 Business Segments and Geographic Area Information
Business  Segments.   The  Company  is  comprised  of  three  separate
segments:  PE Biosystems, Analytical  Instruments,  and  the  recently
formed Celera Genomics Corporation.  PE Biosystems includes PE Applied
Biosystems,  PerSeptive, Molecular  Informatics, Tropix, GenScope, and
Tecan.   PE Biosystems manufactures and markets biochemical instrument
systems and associated consumable products  for life science  research
and related applications.   These  automated systems   are  used   for
synthesis,  amplification,   purification,  isolation,  analysis,  and
sequencing of nucleic acids, proteins, and other biological molecules.
      Analytical  Instruments manufactures and markets  equipment  and
systems  used for determining the composition and molecular  structure
of  chemical  substances, both organic and inorganic, and systems  for
data  handling  and  data management.  Through a  joint  venture,  the
Company  manufactures mass spectrometry instrument  systems  that  are
sold in the PE Biosystems and Analytical Instruments segments.
      During  the  fourth  quarter  of fiscal  1998,  Celera  Genomics
Corporation was formed by the Company and Dr. J. Craig Venter  of  The
Institute for Genomic Research.  The new company's strategy is focused
on  a plan to become the definitive source of genomic information that
will be used to develop a better understanding of biological processes
in  humans.   The plan is to substantially complete the sequencing  of
the  human  genome over the next three years.  The company intends  to
build  the  scientific expertise and informatics  tools  necessary  to
extract  biological  knowledge from genomic data.   Results  were  not
material for fiscal 1998.

Geographic  Areas.   Revenues between geographic areas  are  primarily
comprised  of  the  sale  of products by the  Company's  manufacturing
units.   The  revenues  reflect  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the
respective  governing  tax authorities.  Net  revenues  and  operating
profits  are reported in the region of destination.  Operating  income
is  determined  by deducting from net revenues the related  costs  and
operating  expenses attributable to the region.  Research, development
and  engineering expenses are reflected in the area where the activity
was  performed.   Identifiable  assets  include  all  assets  directly
identified with those geographic areas.  Corporate assets include cash
and  short-term investments, deferred tax assets, property, plant, and
equipment, and other assets that are corporate in nature.
     Export  net revenues for fiscal 1998, 1997, and 1996  were  $50.7
million, $51.3 million, and $50.0 million, respectively.

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Business Segments
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>                                  PE     Analytical
(Dollar amounts in millions)       Biosystems    Instruments    Corporate   Consolidated

<S>                                    <C>            <C>         <C>           <C>
1998
Net revenues                        $   921.8      $   609.4     $    -        $ 1,531.2
Segment income (loss)               $   150.8      $    57.4     $ (36.7)      $   171.5
Restructuring and other
  merger costs                          (48.1)                                     (48.1)
Acquired research and development       (28.9)                                     (28.9)
  Operating income (loss)           $    73.8      $    57.4     $ (36.7)      $    94.5
Identifiable assets                 $   719.2      $   426.0     $ 189.3       $ 1,334.5
Capital expenditures                $    72.6      $    42.9     $   1.2       $   116.7
Depreciation and amortization       $    33.5      $    17.7     $   1.9       $    53.1

1997
Net revenues                        $   749.2      $   624.1     $    -        $ 1,373.3
Segment income (loss)               $   125.4      $    56.1     $ (31.2)      $   150.3
Restructuring charge                                   (13.0)                      (13.0)
Acquired research and development       (26.8)                                     (26.8)
Impairment of assets                      (.7)          (6.8)                       (7.5)
  Operating income (loss)           $    97.9      $    36.3     $ (31.2)      $   103.0
Identifiable assets                 $   504.0      $   384.5     $ 350.2       $ 1,238.7
Capital expenditures                $    42.1      $    14.1     $  13.6       $    69.8
Depreciation and amortization       $    23.6      $    18.6     $   1.7       $    43.9

1996
Net revenues                        $   618.4      $   630.6     $    -        $ 1,249.0
Segment income (loss)               $   107.2      $    28.7     $ (24.5)      $   111.4
Restructuring charge                    (17.5)         (71.6)                      (89.1)
Acquired research and development       (33.9)                                     (33.9)
Impairment of assets                     (9.9)                                      (9.9)
  Operating income (loss)           $    45.9      $   (42.9)    $ (24.5)      $   (21.5)
Identifiable assets                 $   435.6      $   401.6     $ 225.8       $ 1,063.0
Capital expenditures                $    30.1      $    13.6     $    .6       $    44.3
Depreciation and amortization       $    22.7      $    28.7     $    .4       $    51.8

</TABLE>
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Geographic Areas
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>                               United                    Far        Other
(Dollar amounts in millions)            States      Europe       East    Countries   Corporate  Consolidated

<S>                                     <C>        <C>        <C>          <C>          <C>         <C>
1998
Total revenues                        $  732.7    $  679.7   $  419.2    $  103.6      $   -      $  1,935.2
Transfers between geographic areas       (81.7)     (132.6)    (157.1)      (32.6)                    (404.0)
Revenues to unaffiliated customers    $  651.0    $  547.1   $  262.1    $   71.0      $          $  1,531.2
Income (loss)                         $   27.1    $  108.9   $   65.6    $    6.6      $ (36.7)   $    171.5
Restructuring and other merger costs     (26.2)      (21.7)       (.2)                                 (48.1)
Acquired research and development        (28.9)                                                        (28.9)
  Operating income (loss)             $  (28.0)   $   87.2   $   65.4    $    6.6      $ (36.7)   $     94.5
Identifiable assets                   $  630.5    $  377.6   $  100.4    $   36.7      $ 189.3    $  1,334.5

1997
Total revenues                        $  599.3    $  663.6   $  407.7    $   83.5      $   -      $  1,754.1
Transfers between geographic areas       (67.2)     (144.6)    (147.3)      (21.7)                    (380.8)
Revenues to unaffiliated customers    $  532.1    $  519.0   $  260.4    $   61.8      $          $  1,373.3
Income (loss)                         $    3.2    $  101.3   $   68.6    $    8.4      $ (31.2)   $    150.3
Restructuring charge                      (5.2)       (5.9)       (.9)       (1.0)                     (13.0)
Acquired research and development        (26.8)                                                        (26.8)
Impairment of assets                      (1.9)                              (5.6)                      (7.5)
  Operating income (loss)             $  (30.7)   $   95.4   $   67.7    $    1.8      $ (31.2)   $    103.0
Identifiable assets                   $  462.5    $  280.2   $  117.1    $   28.7      $ 350.2    $  1,238.7

1996
Total revenues                        $  529.7    $  606.7   $  365.2    $   79.3      $   -      $  1,580.9
Transfers between geographic areas       (60.6)     (128.8)    (124.6)      (17.9)                    (331.9)
Revenues to unaffiliated customers    $  469.1    $  477.9   $  240.6    $   61.4      $          $  1,249.0
Income (loss)                         $  (18.1)   $   73.7   $   70.9    $    9.4      $ (24.5)   $    111.4
Restructuring charge                     (29.9)      (59.2)                                            (89.1)
Acquired research and development        (33.9)                                                        (33.9)
Impairment of assets                      (9.9)                                                         (9.9)
  Operating income (loss)             $  (91.8)   $   14.5   $   70.9    $    9.4      $ (24.5)   $    (21.5)
Identifiable assets                   $  433.5    $  269.7   $  103.4    $   30.6      $ 225.8    $  1,063.0

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Note 7 Shareholders' Equity
Treasury  Stock.  Common stock purchases have been made in support  of
the  Company's  various stock plans and as part  of  a  general  share
repurchase  authorization.  The general share repurchase authorization
was rescinded by the Board of Directors in fiscal 1998.  There were no
share  purchases  in fiscal 1998.  During fiscal 1997  and  1996,  the
Company  purchased .4 million and .8 million shares, respectively,  to
support various stock plans.

Stock  Purchase Warrants.   As a result of the Merger with PerSeptive,
each  outstanding  warrant for shares of PerSeptive common  stock  was
converted  into  warrants for the number of shares  of  the  Company's
common  stock  that  would have been received by the  holder  if  such
warrants had been exercised immediately prior to the effective time of
the Merger.
   At  June  30, 1998, the following warrants to purchase common stock
were outstanding:

             Number of     Exercise         Expiration
                Shares        Price               Date
Class C          4,097     $  37.95         March 1999
Class E          8,065     $ 171.34      December 1998
Class F         10,266     $  39.56       October 2002
Class G         53,799     $  65.73     September 2003


Equity  Put  Warrants.  During the first quarter of fiscal  1997,  the
Company sold in a private placement 600,000 put warrants on shares  of
its  common stock.  Each warrant obligated the Company to purchase the
shares  from the holder, at specified prices, if the closing price  of
the  common  stock was below the exercise price on the maturity  date.
The  cash proceeds from the sale of the put warrants were $1.8 million
and  have  been  included in capital in excess of par  value.   During
fiscal 1997, all 600,000 warrants expired unexercised.  No equity  put
warrants were sold in fiscal 1998.

Shareholders' Protection Rights Plan.  The Company has a Shareholders'
Protection  Rights  Plan  designed  to  protect  shareholders  against
abusive takeover tactics by declaring a dividend of one right on  each
outstanding  share of common stock.  Each right entitles  shareholders
to  buy  one  one-hundredth of a newly issued share  of  participating
preferred stock having economic and voting terms similar to  those  of
one  share  of  common stock at an exercise price of $90,  subject  to
adjustment.
   The  rights  will be exercisable only if a person or a  group:  (a)
acquires 20% or more of the Company's shares or (b) commences a tender
offer  that will result in such person or group owning 20% or more  of
the  Company's  shares.  Before that time, the rights trade  with  the
common stock, but thereafter they become separately tradeable.
  Upon exercise, after a person or a group acquires 20% or more of the
Company's  shares, each right (other than rights held by the acquiring
person) will entitle the shareholder to purchase a number of shares of
preferred stock of the Company having a market value of two times  the
exercise  price.   If the Company is acquired in  a  merger  or  other
business  combination,  each  right will entitle  the  shareholder  to
purchase at the then exercise price a number of shares of common stock
of  the  acquiring  company having a market value of  two  times  such
exercise price.  If any person or group acquires between 20%  and  50%
of  the Company's shares, the Company's Board of Directors may, at its
option,  exchange  one share of the Company's common  stock  for  each
right.  The rights are redeemable at the Company's option at one  cent
per right prior to a person or group becoming an acquiring person.

Common Stock.  In October 1997, the Company's shareholders approved an
increase  in  the number of authorized shares of the Company's  common
stock from 90 million to 180 million.

Note 8 Stock Plans
Stock  Option Plans.  Under the Company's stock option plans, officers
and  other  key employees may be, and directors are, granted  options,
each  of  which allows for the purchase of common stock at a price  of
not  less than 100% of fair market value at the date of grant.   Under
the  normal  vesting requirements, 50% of the options are  exercisable
after one year and 100% after two years.  Options generally expire ten
years from the date of grant.
   Transactions relating to the stock option plans of the Company  are
summarized below:


                                  Number      Weighted
                                      Of       Average
                                 Options      Exercise
                                                 Price
Fiscal 1996
Outstanding at June 30, 1995   4,597,214      $  29.97
Granted                          820,495      $  46.43
Exercised                      1,393,807      $  29.48
Cancelled                        201,367      $  34.17
Outstanding at June 30, 1996   3,822,535      $  34.05
Exercisable at June 30, 1996   2,544,100      $  30.17

Fiscal 1997
Granted                        1,595,528      $  59.78
Exercised                      1,167,179      $  29.73
Cancelled                         95,281      $  43.17
Outstanding at June 30, 1997   4,155,603      $  45.03
Exercisable at June 30, 1997   2,254,052      $  35.24

Fiscal 1998
Granted                        1,997,041      $  70.41
Exercised                        780,994      $  34.76
Cancelled                        154,686      $  71.42
Outstanding at June 30, 1998   5,216,964      $  55.51
Exercisable at June 30, 1998   2,936,389      $  43.12

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  At June 30, 1998, 241,437 shares remained available for option
grant.
  The following table summarizes information regarding options
outstanding and exercisable at June 30, 1998:

                                        Weighted Average
                                    Contractual
                                           Life
                          Number of   Remaining  Exercise
(Option prices per share)   Options    in Years     Price

Options outstanding
  At $ 2.04 - $ 29.95        448,472        4.2    $ 20.93
  At $30.25 - $ 59.75      2,038,936        7.0    $ 40.87
  At $60.06 - $ 85.69      2,713,648        9.3    $ 71.83
  At $90.86 - $163.55         15,908        5.4    $120.86
Options exercisable
  At $ 2.04 - $ 29.95        448,472        4.2    $ 20.93
  At $30.25 - $ 59.75      1,992,736        6.9    $ 40.53
  At $60.06 - $ 83.69        479,273        8.7    $ 72.07
  At $90.86 - $163.55         15,908        5.4    $120.86

Employee Stock Purchase Plan.  The Employee Stock Purchase Plan offers
domestic and certain foreign employees the right to purchase,  over  a
certain  period,  shares of common stock on an annual  offering  date.
The  purchase price in the United States is equal to the lower of  85%
of  the average market price of the common stock on the offering  date
or 85% of the average market price of the common stock on the last day
of  the  purchase  period.  Provisions of the plan  for  employees  in
foreign countries vary according to local practice and regulations.
   Common  stock issued under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan  during
fiscal 1998, 1997, and 1996 totaled  174,000  shares,  111,000 shares,
and 77,000  shares, respectively.  At June 30,  1998,  499,000  shares
remained available for issuance.

Director  Stock Purchase and Deferred Compensation Plan.  The  Company
has  a  Director  Stock Purchase and Deferred Compensation  Plan  that
requires  non-employee directors of the Company to apply at least  50%
of  their  annual  retainer  to the purchase  of  common  stock.   The
purchase price is the fair market value on the first business  day  of
the   third  month  of  each  fiscal  quarter.   At  June  30,   1998,
approximately 87,000 shares were available for issuance.

Restricted Stock.  As part of the Company's stock incentive plans, key
employees  may be, and non-employee directors are, granted  shares  of
restricted    stock   that   will   vest   when   certain   continuous
employment/service restrictions and/or specified performance goals are
achieved.  The fair value of shares granted is generally expensed over
the  restricted  periods, which may vary depending  on  the  estimated
achievement of performance goals.
  Restricted stock granted to key employees and non-employee directors
during fiscal 1998, 1997, and 1996 totaled 4,350 shares, 42,000 shares
and  185,000  shares  (155,000 of which were  subject  to  shareholder
approval   in   fiscal  1997),  respectively.   Compensation   expense
recognized for these awards was $1.8 million, $11.7 million, and  $5.1
million in fiscal 1998, 1997, and 1996, respectively.

Performance Unit Bonus Plan.   The  Company  has  a  Performance  Unit
Bonus  Plan whereby  employees  may be  awarded  performance units  in
conjunction with an equal number of stock options. A  performance unit
represents  the  right  to  receive a cash  or  stock payment from the
Company at a specified date in the  future. The  amount of the payment
is  equal  to  the fair market value of a share of common stock on the
date of the grant.   The  performance  units  vest  upon shares of the
Company's  common  stock  attaining  and  maintaining  specified stock
price levels for a specified period, and are  payable on or after June
26,  2000.  As  of  June 30, 1998,  324,500  performance   units  were
outstanding.  Compensation expense recognized for these awards totaled
$6.3 million in fiscal 1998.

Accounting   for   Stock-Based  Compensation.   The  Company   applies
Accounting  Principles  Board Opinion No. 25,  "Accounting  for  Stock
Issued  to  Employees," in accounting for its stock-based compensation
plans.   Accordingly, no compensation expense has been recognized  for
its  stock  option and employee stock purchase plans, as  all  options
have been issued at fair market value.
  Pro forma net income and earnings per share information, as required
by  SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," has  been
determined  for employee stock plans under the statement's fair  value
method.   The  fair value of the options was estimated at  grant  date
using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted
average assumptions:

For the years ended June 30,       1998     1997     1996

Dividend yield                      .94%     .85%     .89%
Volatility                        27.00%   29.07%   35.32%
Risk-free interest rates           5.64%    6.42%    6.24%
Expected option life in years      5.70     5.12     4.87

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For purposes of pro forma disclosure, the estimated fair value of  the
options is amortized to expense over the options' vesting period.  The
Company's  pro  forma  information  for the years ended June 30, 1998,
1997, and 1996 is presented below:

(Dollar amounts in millions,
 except per share amounts)         1998     1997     1996

Net income (loss)
  As reported                     $ 56.4  $ 130.4  $ (36.5)
  Pro forma                       $ 25.4  $ 120.2  $ (38.9)
Basic earnings (loss) per share
  As reported                     $ 1.16  $  2.74  $  (.80)
  Pro forma                       $  .52  $  2.53  $  (.85)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share
  As reported                     $ 1.12  $  2.63  $  (.80)
  Pro forma                       $  .51  $  2.43  $  (.85)

Fiscal 1998 pro forma net income includes compensation expense of $9.8
million, or $.19  per diluted share  after-tax, owing to the immediate
vesting of options as a result of the  acquisitions of  PerSeptive and
Molecular Informatics.
  The weighted average fair value of options granted was $24.83,$20.17,
and $16.58 per share for fiscal 1998, 1997, and 1996, respectively.


Note 9 Additional Information
Selected Accounts.  The following table provides the major components
of selected accounts of the Consolidated Statements of Financial
Position:

(Dollar amounts in millions)
At June 30,                            1998       1997

Other long-term assets
Goodwill                             $  84.5    $  32.7
Other                                  195.0      159.4
Total other long-term assets         $ 279.5    $ 192.1

Other accrued expenses
Deferred service contract revenues   $  54.8    $  45.1
Accrued pension liabilities             17.5       17.9
Restructuring provisions                31.3       33.3
Other                                   98.3       90.5
Total other accrued expenses         $ 201.9    $ 186.8

Other long-term liabilities
Accrued pension liabilities          $  62.7    $  62.3
Accrued postretirement benefits         87.4       91.2
Other                                   34.5       27.2
Total other long-term liabilities    $ 184.6    $ 180.7

Related  Party  Transactions.  One of the Company's  directors  is  an
employee  of  the  Roche  Group,  a  pharmaceutical  manufacturer  and
strategic  partner  of  the Company in the biotechnology  field.   The
Company  made payments to the Roche Group and its affiliates, for  the
purchase of reagents and consumables, of $72.5 million, $68.2 million,
and $59.7 million in fiscal 1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively.

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Note 10 Restructuring and Other Merger Costs
The  Company initiated a restructuring plan in fiscal 1998 for actions
associated  with  the acquisition of PerSeptive.  In fiscal  1997  and
1996,  restructuring actions were undertaken primarily to improve  the
profitability  and  cash  flow performance of Analytical  Instruments.
Fiscal  1996  also  included a charge by PerSeptive for  restructuring
actions  and  other related costs.  The before-tax charges  associated
with  the  implementation  of  these restructuring  plans  were  $48.1
million,  $24.2 million, and $89.1 million for fiscal 1998, 1997,  and
1996,  respectively.    In addition, fiscal 1997  reflected  an  $11.2
million  before-tax  reduction of charges required  to  implement  the
fiscal 1996 Analytical Instruments' plan.

Fiscal 1998.  During fiscal 1998, the Company recorded a $48.1 million
before-tax  charge  for  restructuring  and  other  merger  costs   to
integrate PerSeptive into the Company following the acquisition.   The
objectives  of this plan are to lower PerSeptive's cost  structure  by
reducing  excess  manufacturing capacity,  achieve  broader  worldwide
distribution  of PerSeptive's products, and combine sales,  marketing,
and  administrative functions.  The charge included: $33.9 million for
restructuring  the combined operations; $8.6 million  for  transaction
costs;  and $4.1 million of inventory-related write-offs, recorded  in
costs of sales, associated with the rationalization of certain product
lines.  Additional non-recurring acquisition costs of $1.5 million for
training,  relocation,  and communication were  recognized  as  period
expenses  in  the  third  and  fourth quarters  of  fiscal  1998,  and
classified  as  other merger-related costs.  The  Company  expects  to
incur  an  additional  $6.5 million to $8.5  million  of  acquisition-
related  costs for training, relocation, and communication  in  fiscal
1999.  These costs will be recognized as period expenses when incurred
and will be classified as other merger costs.

  The  $33.9  million restructuring charge includes $13.8 million  for
severance-related costs and workforce reductions of approximately  170
employees,  consisting  of 114 employees in production  labor  and  56
employees  in  sales and administrative support.  The remaining  $20.1
million represents facility consolidation and asset-related write-offs
and  includes:  $11.7 million for contract and lease terminations  and
facility  related expenses in connection with the reduction of  excess
manufacturing capacity; $3.2 million for dealer termination  payments,
sales   office   consolidations,  and  consolidation  of   sales   and
administrative support functions; and $5.2 million for  the  write-off
of  certain  tangible  and intangible assets and  the  termination  of
certain  contractual  obligations.  These  restructuring  actions  are
expected  to  be  substantially completed by the end of  fiscal  1999.
Transaction   costs   of  $8.6  million  include   acquisition-related
investment  banking  and professional fees.   As  of  June  30,  1998,
approximately  12  employees were separated under the  plan,  and  the
actions are proceeding as planned.
  The following table details the major components of the fiscal 1998
restructuring provision:
                                             Facility
                                        Consolidation
                                            And Asset
                                              Related
(Dollar amounts in millions)  Personnel    Write-offs     Total

Provision:
Reduction of excess European
  manufacturing capacity      $   5.1       $  11.7     $  16.8
Consolidation of sales
  and administrative support      8.7           3.2        11.9
Other                                           5.2         5.2
Total provision               $  13.8       $  20.1     $  33.9

Fiscal 1998 activity:
Reduction of excess European
  manufacturing capacity      $     -       $    .4     $    .4
Consolidation of sales
  and administrative support       .3           1.2         1.5
Other                                           5.1         5.1
Total fiscal 1998 activity    $    .3       $   6.7     $   7.0

Balance at June 30, 1998:
Reduction of excess European
  manufacturing  capacity     $   5.1       $  11.3     $  16.4
Consolidation of sales
  and administrative support      8.4           2.0        10.4
Other                                            .1          .1
Balance at June 30, 1998      $  13.5      $   13.4     $  26.9


Fiscal  1997.  During the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997,  the  Company
announced   a  follow-on  phase  to  Analytical  Instruments'   profit
improvement program begun by the Company in fiscal 1996.  The cost for
this  action was $24.2 million before-tax, and included $19.4  million
for  costs  focused on further improving the operating  efficiency  of
manufacturing facilities in the United States, Germany, and the United
Kingdom.   These  actions were designed to help transition  Analytical
Instruments from a highly vertical manufacturing operation to one that
relies more on outsourcing functions not considered core competencies.
The  restructuring charge also included $4.8 million to  finalize  the
consolidation  of  sales  and  administrative  support,  primarily  in
Europe, where seventeen facilities were closed.
   The  workforce  reductions under this plan total approximately  285
employees   in  production  labor  and  25  employees  in  sales   and
administrative  support.   The  charge  included  $11.9  million   for
severance-related  costs.   The $12.3 million  provided  for  facility

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consolidation and asset-related write-offs included $1.2  million  for
lease  termination  payments and $11.1 million for  the  write-off  of
machinery,  equipment, and tooling associated with those functions  to
be outsourced.

  The following table details the major components of the fiscal 1997
restructuring provision:

                                             Facility
                                        Consolidation
                                            And Asset
                                              Related
(Dollar amounts in millions)  Personnel    Write-offs     Total

Provision:
Changes in manufacturing
  operations                  $   9.6       $   9.8     $  19.4
Consolidation of sales
  and administrative support      2.3           2.5         4.8
Total provision               $  11.9       $  12.3     $  24.2

Fiscal 1997 activity:
Changes in manufacturing
  operations                  $    .1       $   4.6     $   4.7
Consolidation of sales
  and administrative support
Total fiscal 1997 activity    $    .1       $   4.6     $   4.7

Fiscal 1998 activity:
Changes in manufacturing
  operations                  $   7.8       $   4.9     $  12.7
Consolidation of sales
  and administrative support      1.3           1.1         2.4
Total fiscal 1998 activity    $   9.1       $   6.0     $  15.1

Balance at June 30, 1998:
Changes in manufacturing
  operations                  $   1.7       $    .3     $   2.0
Consolidation of sales
  and administrative support      1.0           1.4         2.4
Balance at June 30, 1998      $   2.7       $   1.7     $   4.4

Fiscal  1996.    The  fiscal 1996 before-tax restructuring  charge  of
$71.6  million was the first phase of a plan focused on improving  the
profitability  and  cash  flow performance of Analytical  Instruments.
In  connection with the plan, the division was reorganized into  three
vertically  integrated,  fiscally  accountable  operating   units;   a
distribution  center  in  Holland was established  to  centralize  the
European  infrastructure  for  shipping, administration,  and  related
functions;   and  a  program  was  implemented  to  eliminate   excess
production capacity in Germany.  The charge included $37.8 million for
worldwide  workforce  reductions  of approximately  390  positions  in
manufacturing,  sales and support, and administrative functions.   The
charge  also  included  $33.8 million for facility  consolidation  and
asset-related  write-offs  associated  with  the  discontinuation   of
various product lines.
   In  fiscal  1996,  the  Company  transferred  the  development  and
manufacturing of certain analytical instrument product lines from  its
facility  in  Germany to other sites, primarily in the United  States.
The facility in Germany remains the principal site for the development
of atomic absorption products.
   In fiscal 1996, a distribution center in Holland was established to
provide  an  integrated  sales, shipment, and  administration  support
infrastructure for the Company's European operations and to  integrate
certain  operating and business activities.  The European distribution
center  includes  certain administrative, financial,  and  information
systems   functions  previously  transacted  at  individual  locations
throughout Europe.
  In  the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997, the Company finalized actions
associated with the restructuring plan announced in fiscal 1996.   The
costs  to  implement the program were $11.2 million  below  the  $71.6
million  charge  recorded in fiscal 1996.  As  a  result,  during  the
fourth  quarter of fiscal 1997, the Company recorded an $11.2  million
reduction of charges required to implement the fiscal 1996 plan.
  The  following  table  details the major  components  of  the  $71.6
million fiscal 1996 restructuring provision:


                                             Facility
                                        Consolidation
                                            And Asset
                                              Related
(Dollar amounts in millions)  Personnel    Write-offs     Total

Provision:
Reduction of excess European
  manufacturing capacity      $  19.7       $  23.0     $  42.7
Reduction of European
  distribution and
  adminstrative capacity         11.5           6.0        17.5
Other worldwide workforce
  reductions and
  facility closings               6.6           4.8        11.4
Total provision               $  37.8        $ 33.8      $ 71.6

Fiscal 1996 activity:
Reduction of excess European
  manufacturing capacity      $   2.1        $  6.7      $  8.8
Reduction of European
   distribution and
   administrative capacity        1.6            .7         2.3
Other worldwide workforce
  reductions and
  facility closings               1.9           1.6         3.5
Total fiscal 1996 activity    $   5.6        $  9.0      $ 14.6

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Fiscal 1997 activity:
Reduction of excess European
  manufacturing capacity      $  10.9        $  6.6      $ 17.5
Adjustment to decrease
  liabilities originally
  accrued for excess European
  manufacturing capacity          4.7           6.5        11.2
Reduction of European
  distribution and
  administrative capacity         6.2           4.4        10.6
Other worldwide workforce
  reductions and
  facility closings               1.9           2.0         3.9
Total fiscal 1997 activity    $  23.7        $ 19.5      $ 43.2

Fiscal 1998 activity:
Reduction of excess European
  manufacturing capacity      $   2.0        $  3.2      $  5.2
Reduction of European
  distribution and
  administrative capacity         3.7            .9         4.6
Other worldwide workforce
  reductions and
  facility closings               2.8           1.2         4.0
Total fiscal 1998 activity    $   8.5        $  5.3      $ 13.8
Balance at June 30, 1998      $    -         $   -       $   -

Fiscal  1996  also  included a charge by PerSeptive for  restructuring
actions  and  other  related costs. These costs primarily  related  to
actions  to  identify  research and development programs,  discontinue
certain product lines, and make organizational changes. The components
of  these  costs  included $9.8 million related to  the  write-off  of
certain  long-term assets used in discontinued product  offerings  and
other  asset  impairments, $2.6 million of severance costs principally
resulting   from   approximately  65  U.S.   and   European   employee
terminations,  and  $5.1  million of  accrued  legal  costs  primarily
related to patent defense costs. The majority of asset write-offs  and
severance  costs were completed in fiscal 1996. Legal costs paid  were
$.3  million, $1.6 million, and $1.6 million in fiscal 1998, 1997, and
1996,  respectively.  No  significant adjustments  were  made  to  the
liability accrued in fiscal 1996.

Note 11 Commitments and Contingencies
Future minimum payments at June 30, 1998 under non-cancelable
operating leases for real estate and equipment were as follows:

(Dollar amounts in millions)
1999                           $  25.0
2000                              18.9
2001                              16.1
2002                              13.9
2003                              12.6
2004 and thereafter               61.2
Total                          $ 147.7

   Rental  expense was $33.7 million in fiscal 1998, $32.0 million  in
fiscal 1997, and $33.9 million in fiscal 1996.
  On July 10, 1998, the Company entered into a ten year non-cancelable
lease  for  a  facility for Celera Genomics Corporation in  Rockville,
Maryland, effective August 1, 1998.  Total lease payments over the ten
year  period will be approximately $22 million.  In fiscal  1997,  the
Company  entered  into  a  fifteen year  non-cancelable  lease  for  a
facility  in  Foster City, California, effective July 1, 2000.   Total
lease payments over the fifteen year period will be approximately  $42
million.
  The  Company has been named as a defendant in several legal actions,
including  patent,  commercial, and environmental,  arising  from  the
conduct of its normal business activities.  Although the amount of any
liability  that  might  arise with respect to any  of   these  matters
cannot be accurately predicted, the resulting liability, if any,  will
not in the opinion of management have a material adverse effect on the
financial statements of the Company.


Note 12 Financial Instruments
Derivatives.   The Company utilizes foreign exchange forward,  option,
and synthetic forward contracts and an interest rate swap agreement to
manage  foreign currency and interest rate exposures.   The  principal
objective  of  these contracts is to minimize the risks  and/or  costs
associated  with  global  financial  and  operating  activities.   The
Company  does not use derivative financial instruments for trading  or
other  speculative purposes, nor is the Company a party  to  leveraged
derivatives.

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Foreign  Currency Risk Management.  Foreign exchange forward,  option,
and  synthetic forward contracts are used primarily to hedge  reported
and  anticipated  cash flows resulting from the sale  of  products  in
foreign locations.  Option contracts outstanding at June 30, 1998 were
purchased  at  a  cost  of $4.1 million.  Under these  contracts,  the
Company  has  the right, but not the obligation, to purchase  or  sell
foreign  currencies at fixed rates at various maturity  dates.   These
contracts are utilized primarily when the amount and/or timing of  the
foreign   currency  exposures  are  not  certain.   Synthetic  forward
contracts  outstanding at June 30, 1998 were purchased having  no  up-
front  cost.   Under these contracts, the Company may  participate  in
some  favorable  currency movements but is protected  against  adverse
currency  changes.   These contracts are used  as  an  alternative  to
options to reduce the cost of the Company's hedging program.
   At  June  30, 1998 and 1997, the Company had forward,  option,  and
synthetic  forward contracts outstanding for the sale and purchase  of
foreign currencies at fixed rates as summarized in the table below:

                                    1998                1997
(Dollar amounts in millions)    Sale   Purchase     Sale   Purchase
Japanese Yen                  $ 109.2   $    -    $  83.5   $    -
French Francs                    28.3       .2       18.1
Australian Dollars               10.8                13.7
German Marks                     28.3      1.9       13.4      2.3
Italian Lira                     38.0      1.4        5.6      1.2
British Pounds                   29.2     19.6                 8.3
Swiss Francs                     10.5      4.0        5.4
Swedish Krona                    11.9                 2.4
Danish Krona                     10.3                 1.7
Other                            44.7      5.1        5.8
Total                         $ 321.2   $ 32.2   $  149.6   $ 11.8

  Foreign  exchange  contracts are accounted for as  hedges  of  firm
commitments  and  anticipated  foreign  currency  transactions.   With
respect  to firm commitments, unrealized gains and losses are deferred
and   included  in  the  basis  of  the  transaction  underlying   the
commitment.   Gains  and losses on foreign currency  transactions  are
recognized in income and offset the foreign exchange losses and gains,
respectively,  on  the  related  transactions.   The  amount  of   the
contracts  covering anticipated transactions is marked to  market  and
recognized in income.

Interest  Rate  Risk Management.  In fiscal 1997, the Company  entered
into  an  interest rate swap in conjunction with a five year  Japanese
Yen  debt  obligation (see Note 3).  The interest rate swap  agreement
involves the payment of a fixed rate of interest and the receipt of  a
floating  rate  of  interest without the exchange  of  the  underlying
notional loan principal amount.  Under this contract, the Company will
make  fixed  interest payments of 2.1% while receiving interest  at  a
LIBOR  floating rate.  No other cash payments will be made unless  the
contract is terminated prior to maturity, in which case the amount  to
be  paid or received in settlement is established by agreement at  the
time  of  termination.  The agreed upon amount usually represents  the
net present value at the then existing interest rates of the remaining
obligation to exchange payments under the terms of the contract.
   Based  on the level of interest rates prevailing at June 30,  1998,
the  fair  value of the Company's floating rate debt approximated  its
carrying  value.  There would be a payment of $.9 million to terminate
the  related  interest  rate  swap contract,  which  would  equal  the
unrealized loss.  Unrealized gains or losses on debt or interest  rate
swap  contracts  are  not recognized for financial reporting  purposes
unless  the debt is retired or the contracts are terminated  prior  to
maturity.   A  change in interest rates would have no  impact  on  the
Company's reported interest expense and related cash payments  because
the  floating  rate debt and fixed rate swap contract  have  the  same
maturity and are based on the same interest rate index.

Concentrations  of  Credit  Risk.   The  forward  contracts,  options,
synthetic  forwards,  and swaps used by the Company  in  managing  its
foreign  currency and interest rate exposures contain  an  element  of
risk  that the counterparties may be unable to meet the terms  of  the
agreements.    However,  the  Company  minimizes  such  risk  exposure
by  limiting   the   counterparties  to  a  diverse  group  of  highly
rated   major    domestic    and    international   financial   insti-

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tutions with which the Company has other financial relationships.  The
Company is exposed to potential losses in the event of non-performance
by  these  counterparties;  however, the  Company  does  not expect to
record any losses  as  a  result of counterparty default.  The Company
does not require  and  is not  required  to place collateral for these
financial instruments.

Fair  Value.  The fair value of foreign currency forward, option  (net
of  fees),  and synthetic forward contracts, as well as interest  rate
swaps,  is  estimated  based  on quoted market  prices  of  comparable
contracts and reflects the amounts the Company would receive (or  pay)
to terminate the contracts at the reporting date.  The following table
presents notional amounts and fair values of the Company's derivatives
at June 30, 1998 and 1997:
                                       1998               1997
                                Notional     Fair  Notional     Fair
(Dollar amounts in millions)      Amount    Value    Amount    Value
Forward contracts               $  179.2  $   2.8  $  114.0  $  (3.7)
Purchased options               $  112.7  $   1.6  $   47.4  $    .7
Synthetic forwards              $   61.5  $   1.9
Interest rate swap              $   27.0  $   (.9) $   33.6  $    .2

The following methods are used in estimating the fair  value  of other
significant  financial instruments held or owed by  the Company.  Cash
and  short-term investments  approximate their carrying  amount due to
the duration of  these instruments.   Fair values  of minority  equity
investments and notes receivable are estimated based on quoted  market
prices, if available, or quoted market prices of financial instruments
with similar characteristics.  The fair value of debt is  based on the
current  rates  offered  to the Company for debt of similar  remaining
maturities. The following table presents the carrying amounts and fair
values  of  the  Company's  other  financial  instruments  at June 30,
1998 and 1997:

                                       1998               1997
                                Carrying     Fair  Carrying     Fair
(Dollar amounts in millions)      Amount    Value    Amount    Value

Cash and short-term investments $   84.1  $  84.1  $  217.2  $ 217.2
Minority equity investments     $   29.2  $  29.2  $   22.6  $  22.6
Note receivable                                    $    7.2  $   7.2
Short-term debt                 $   12.1  $  12.1  $   29.9  $  29.9
Long-term debt                  $   33.7  $  34.6  $   59.2  $  59.0

Net unrealized  gains  and losses  on minority  equity investments are
reported as a separate component of shareholders' equity.  The Company
reported an unrealized  holding  loss of $1.4 million at June 30, 1998
and a $3.1 million unrealized holding gain at June 30, 1997.

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Note 13 Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)
The following is a summary of quarterly financial results:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                     First Quarter   Second Quarter       Third Quarter      Fourth Quarter
(Dollar amounts in millions
  except per share amounts)          1998     1997      1998     1997      1998     1997      1998     1997
<S>                                 <C>      <C>       <C>      <C>       <C>      <C>       <C>      <C>
Net revenues                       $ 322.7  $ 296.8   $ 369.2  $ 354.0   $ 390.8  $ 348.8   $ 448.5  $ 373.7
Gross margin                         157.4    144.8     190.2    174.3     199.2    178.5     232.3    182.3
Net income (loss)                     21.4     28.6       6.0     73.6     (7.0)      9.3      36.0     18.9
Net income (loss) per basic share      .45      .61       .12     1.56     (.14)      .20       .73      .39
Net income (loss) per diluted share    .43      .59       .12     1.49     (.14)      .19       .71     . 38


Events Impacting Comparability:

Fiscal  1998.   First  and fourth quarter results included  before-tax
gains  of  $.8 million in each quarter, or $.02 and $.01  per  diluted
share  after-tax,  respectively,  relating to the Company's release of
contingencies on minority  equity  investments  (see Note 2).   Second
quarter results included a  $28.9 million before-tax charge,  or  $.57
per diluted share after-tax, for acquired research and development(see
Note  2). Third and fourth quarter results included before-tax charges
for  restructuring and other merger costs of $47.0  million  and  $1.1
million,  respectively, or $.85 and $.02 per diluted share  after-tax,
respectively  (see Note 10).  In the third quarter  the  Company  also
recognized  one-time  royalty revenues and capitalized  certain  legal
expenses  relating to the successful defense of certain patents.   The
net  effect  of  these  items increased third quarter  net  income  by
approximately $4.2 million, $.08 per diluted share.

Fiscal  1997.    First and second quarter results included  before-tax
gains of $11.3 million and $26.1 million, or $.21 and $.38 per diluted
share   after-tax,  respectively,  from  the  sale  of  the  Company's
remaining equity interest in Etec Systems, Inc. (see Note 2).  Second,
third,  and fourth quarter results included before-tax gains of  $25.9
million,  $.8  million, and $.8 million, or $.52, $.02, and  $.02  per
diluted  share  after-tax,  respectively, relating  to  the  sale  and
release of contingencies on minority equity investments (see Note  2).
Third  quarter results included a $25.4 million before-tax charge,  or
$.51   per   diluted  share  after-tax,  for  acquired  research   and
development  (see  Note  2).  Fourth quarter results  included  a  net
restructuring   charge   of  $13.0  million, or $.18 per diluted share
after-tax (see Note 10); a $1.4 million before-tax charge, or $.03 per
diluted share after-tax,  for  acquired  research and development (see
Note 2);  and  a  $7.5 million before-tax charge,  or $.13 per diluted
share after-tax, for asset impairment (see Note 1).  In addition,  the
Company recognized deferred royalty income, other miscellaneous income,
and  certain  compensation-related  expenses.  The net effect of these
items  increased  fourth quarter  net  income  by  approximately  $5.0
million,  or $.10 per diluted share.

Stock Prices and Dividends       1998                     1997
Stock Prices                High      Low             High      Low
First Quarter            $ 86 1/8   $ 72 1/8       $ 58 1/8  $ 44 1/4
Second Quarter           $ 74       $ 59 1/4       $ 61 7/8  $ 52 1/2
Third Quarter            $ 76       $ 55 13/16     $ 77 1/8  $ 57 7/8
Fourth Quarter           $ 75 1/8   $ 58 11/16     $ 81 1/8  $ 60 3/8

Dividends per share              1998                     1997
First Quarter                   $ .17                    $ .17
Second Quarter                    .17                      .17
Third Quarter                     .17                      .17
Fourth Quarter                    .17                      .17
Total dividends per share       $ .68                    $ .68

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REPORT OF MANAGEMENT

To The Shareholders of
The Perkin-Elmer Corporation

Management is responsible for the accompanying consolidated  financial
statements,  which  have  been prepared in conformity  with  generally
accepted   accounting   principles.   In   preparing   the   financial
statements, it is necessary for management to make informed  judgments
and  estimates  which  it  believes are in accordance  with  generally
accepted  accounting  principles  appropriate  in  the  circumstances.
Financial  information presented elsewhere in this  annual  report  is
consistent with that in the financial statements.
     In  meeting  its responsibility for preparing reliable  financial
statements,  the  Company maintains a system  of  internal  accounting
controls  designed  to provide reasonable assurance  that  assets  are
safeguarded  and  transactions are properly recorded and  executed  in
accordance  with  corporate policy and management authorization.   The
Company  believes its accounting controls provide reasonable assurance
that errors or irregularities which could be material to the financial
statements are prevented or would be detected within a timely  period.
In designing such control procedures, management recognizes judgements
are required to assess and balance the costs and expected benefits  of
a  system of internal accounting controls.  Adherence to these polices
and  procedures is reviewed through a coordinated audit effort of  the
Company's internal audit staff and independent accountants.
     The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors is comprised solely
of  outside directors and is responsible for overseeing and monitoring
the  quality of the Company's accounting and auditing practices.   The
independent  accountants  and internal auditors  have  full  and  free
access to the Audit Committee and meet periodically with the committee
to discuss accounting, auditing, and financial reporting matters.




/s/ Dennis L. Winger
Dennis L. Winger
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer






/s/ Tony L. White
Tony L. White
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
The Perkin-Elmer Corporation

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated statements of  financial
position  and  the related consolidated statements of  operations,  of
shareholders'  equity,  and  of  cash flows  present  fairly,  in  all
material   respects,  the  financial  position  of  The   Perkin-Elmer
Corporation  and its subsidiaries at June 30, 1998 and 1997,  and  the
results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three
fiscal  years  in  the period ended June 30, 1998, in conformity  with
generally  accepted accounting principles.  These financial statements
are the responsibility of the Company's management; our responsibility
is  to  express an opinion on these financial statements based on  our
audits.   We  conducted our audits of these statements  in  accordance
with  generally accepted auditing standards which require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial  statements  are free of material  misstatement.   An  audit
includes  examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the  amounts
and  disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting
principles  used  and significant estimates made  by  management,  and
evaluating  the overall financial statement presentation.  We  believe
that  our audits provide a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed
above.




/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
July 31, 1998


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                           PART IV

Item 14.  EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND
                      REPORTS ON FORM 8-K


     (a) 1.  Financial Statements.

     The   following   consolidated  financial   statements,
together  with  the report thereon of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP   dated July 31,  1998, appears on Pages  39-62  of Item
8 of this Report.
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                                                    Annual
                                     10-K Page      Report
                                        No.        Page No.
Consolidated Statements of
  Operations - fiscal years
  1998, 1997, and 1996................   --           39

Consolidated Statements of
  Financial Position at June 30,
  1998 and 1997.......................   --           40

Consolidated Statements of
  Cash Flows - fiscal years
  1998, 1997, and 1996................   --           41

Consolidated Statements of
  Shareholders' Equity - fiscal years
  1998, 1997, and 1996................   --           42

Notes to Consolidated Financial
  Statements..........................   --         43-61

Report of Management..................   --           62

Report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP..   --           62


     (a) 2. Financial Statement Schedule.

     The  following additional financial data should be read
in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements in
said Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended
June  30, 1998.  Schedules not included with this additional
financial  data  have  been omitted  because  they  are  not
applicable  or  the required information  is  shown  in  the
consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.

                                                   Annual
                                       10 -K       Report
                                      Page No.    Page No.

Report of Independent Accountants
  on Financial Statement Schedule        25          --

Schedule II - Valuation and
  Qualifying Accounts and
  Reserves                               26          --

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      (a) 3. Exhibits.

 Exhibit
    No.

2(1)   Agreement dated April 18, 1994 between Sulzer  Inc.  and
       The  Perkin-Elmer Corporation, as amended through August
       31, 1994  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2(4)  to
       Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Corporation for fiscal
       year  ended  June 30, 1994 (Commission  file  number  1-
       4389)).

2(2)   Agreement  and  Plan of Merger, dated August  23,  1997,
       among  the  Registrant,  Seven  Acquisition  Corp.   and
       PerSeptive Biosystems, Inc.  (incorporated by  reference
       to  Exhibit  2  to  Current Report on Form  8-K  of  the
       Corporation  dated  August  23,  1997  (Commission  file
       number 1-4389)).

2(3)   Stock  Option  Agreement, dated as of August  23,  1997,
       between  the  Company  and PerSeptive  Biosystems,  Inc.
       (incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  10   to   the
       Company's  Current Report on Form 8-K dated  August  23,
       1997 (Commission File No. 1-4389)).

3(i)   Restated  Certificate of Incorporation  of  the  Company
       (incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  4.1  to   the
       Corporation's  Registration Statement on Form  S-3  (No.
       333-39549)).

3(ii)  Amended  and  Restated By-laws of  the  Corporation,  as
       amended   through   July  15,  1993   (incorporated   by
       reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to Annual Report on Form 10-K
       of  the Corporation for fiscal year ended June 30,  1993
       (Commission file number 1-4389)).

4(1)   Three  Year  Credit Agreement dated June 1, 1994,  among
       Morgan  Guaranty Trust Company, certain banks  named  in
       such Agreement, and the Corporation, as amended July 20,
       1995   (incorporated  by reference to  Exhibit  4(1)  to
       Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Corporation for fiscal
       year  ended  June 30, 1995 (Commission  file  number  1-
       4389)).

4(2)   Amendment  dated   March   31, 1996  to  the Three  Year
       Credit  Agreement   dated   June 1,  1994,  among Morgan
       Guaranty  Trust  Company, certain banks  named  in  such
       Agreement, and the Corporation, as amended July 20, 1995
       (incorporated  by reference to Exhibit  4(2)  to  Annual
       Report  on Form 10-K of the Corporation for fiscal  year
       ended June 30, 1997 (Commission file number 1-4389)).

4(3)   Shareholder Protection Rights Agreement dated April  30,
       1989, between The Perkin-Elmer Corporation and The First
       National  Bank of Boston  (incorporated by reference  to
       Exhibit  4  to  Current  Report  on  Form  8-K  of   the
       Corporation dated April 20, 1989 (Commission file number
       1-4389)).

10(1)  The  Perkin-Elmer Corporation 1984 Stock Option Plan for
       Key   Employees,  as  amended  through   May  21,   1987
       (incorporated  by  reference to Exhibit  28(c)  to  Post
       Effective   Amendment   No.  1  to   the   Corporation's
       Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 2-95451)).*

10(2)  The  Perkin-Elmer Corporation 1988 Stock Incentive  Plan
       for Key Employees  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
       10(4)  to  Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Corporation
       for the fiscal year ended July 31, 1988 (Commission file
       number 1-4389)).*

10(3)  The  Perkin-Elmer Corporation 1993 Stock Incentive  Plan
       for Key Employees  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
       99 to the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-
       8 (No. 33-50847)).*

10(4)  The  Perkin-Elmer Corporation 1996 Stock Incentive  Plan
       (incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  99   to   the
       Corporation's  Registration Statement on Form  S-8  (No.
       333-15189)).*

10(5)  The   Perkin-Elmer  Corporation  1996   Employee   Stock
       Purchase Plan  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit  99
       to  the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8
       (No. 333-15259)).*

10(6)  The  Perkin-Elmer Corporation 1997 Stock Incentive  Plan
       (incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  99   to   the
       Company's  Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No.  333-
       38713)).*

10(7)  PerSeptive Biosystems, Inc. 1989 Stock Plan, as  amended
       August  1,  1991  (incorporated by reference to  Exhibit
       3(i) of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q  for
       the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 1998 (Commission File
       No. 1-4389)).*

10(8)  PerSeptive Biosystems, Inc. 1992 Stock Plan, as  amended
       January  20, 1997  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
       4.1  to  the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of PerSeptive
       Biosystems, Inc. for the fiscal quarter ended March  29,
       1997 (Commission File No. 0-20032)).*

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10(9)  Molecular  Informatics, Inc. 1997 Equity Ownership  Plan
       (incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  99   to   the
       Corporation's  Registration Statement on Form  S-8  (No.
       333-42683)).*

10(10) Agreement  dated September 12, 1995, between  Registrant
       and Tony L. White  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
       10(21)  to Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Corporation
       for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1995 (Commission file
       number 1-4389)).*

10(11) Agreement  dated  June 3, 1996, between  Registrant  and
       Manuel  A.  Baez  (incorporated by reference to  Exhibit
       10(10)  to Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Corporation
       for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1997 (Commission file
       number 1-4389)).*

10(12) Deferred Compensation Contract dated September 15, 1994,
       between    Registrant   and   Michael   W.   Hunkapiller
       (incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 10(7)  to  Annual
       Report  on  Form 10-K of the Corporation for the  fiscal
       year  ended  June 30, 1995 (Commission  file  number  1-
       4389)).*

10(13) Change  of  Control Agreement dated September  12,  1995
       between  Registrant and Tony L. White  (incorporated  by
       reference to Exhibit 10(16) to Annual Report on Form 10-
       K  of the Corporation for the fiscal year ended June 30,
       1995 (Commission file number 1-4389)).*

10(14) Employment  Agreement dated November 16,  1995,  between
       Registrant and Michael W. Hunkapiller  (incorporated  by
       reference to Exhibit 10(11) to Annual Report on Form 10-
       K of the Corporation for fiscal year ended June 30, 1996
       (Commission file number 1-4389)).*

10(15) Employment  Agreement  dated  June  20,  1996,   between
       Registrant   and   Manuel  A.  Baez   (incorporated   by
       reference to Exhibit 10(14) to Annual Report on Form 10-
       K  of the Corporation for the fiscal year ended June 30,
       1997 (Commission file number 1-4389)).*

10(16) Employment  Agreement dated November 16,  1995,  between
       Registrant and William B. Sawch.*  **

10(17) Employment  Agreement dated September 25, 1997,  between
       Registrant and Dennis L. Winger.*  **

10(18) Letter Agreement dated June 24, 1997, between Registrant
       and Dennis L. Winger.*  **

10(19) Deferred  Compensation  Contract  dated  July  15,  1993
       between Registrant and William B. Sawch.*  **

10(20) Pledge  Agreement and Promissory Note between Registrant
       and  Michael W. Hunkapiller  (incorporated by  reference
       to  Exhibit 10 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q  of  the
       Corporation  for  the  quarter  ended  March  31,   1996
       (Commission file number 1-4389)).

10(21) Contingent  Compensation Plan for Key Employees  of  The
       Perkin-Elmer Corporation, as amended through  August  1,
       1990   (incorporated by reference to  Exhibit  10(5)  to
       Annual  Report on Form 10-K of the Corporation  for  the
       fiscal  year ended July 31, 1992 (Commission file number
       1-4389)).*

10(22) The  Perkin-Elmer  Corporation  Supplemental  Retirement
       Plan as amended through August 1, 1991  (incorporated by
       reference to Exhibit 10(6) to Annual Report on Form 10-K
       of  the  Corporation for the fiscal year ended July  31,
       1991 (Commission file number 1-4389)).*

10(23) The  Excess Benefit Plan of The Perkin-Elmer Corporation
       dated  August 1, 1984, as amended through June 30,  1993
       (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(17)  to  Annual
       Report  on  Form 10-K of the Corporation for the  fiscal
       year  ended  June 30, 1993 (Commission  file  number  1-
       4389)).*

10(24) 1993  Director Stock Purchase and Deferred  Compensation
       Plan   as  amended  June  19,  1997   (incorporated   by
       reference to Exhibit 10(18) to Annual Report on Form 10-
       K  of the Corporation for the fiscal year ended June 30,
       1997 (Commission file number 1-4389)).*

10(25) The  Division  Long-Term Incentive Plan of  The  Perkin-
       Elmer  Corporation dated July 1, 1996  (incorporated  by
       reference to Exhibit 10(20) to Annual Report on Form 10-
       K  of the Corporation for the fiscal year ended June 30,
       1997 (Commission file number 1-4389)).*

10(26) The  Performance  Unit Bonus Plan  of  The  Perkin-Elmer
       Corporation   (incorporated  by  reference  to   Exhibit
       10(21)  to Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Corporation
       for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1997 (Commission file
       number 1-4389)).*

10(27) The   Estate   Enhancement  Plan  of  The   Perkin-Elmer
       Corporation   (incorporated  by  reference  to   Exhibit
       10(22)  to Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Corporation
       for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1997 (Commission file
       number 1-4389)).

10(28) Deferred  Compensation  Plan, as  amended  and  restated
       effective  as  of  January  1,  1998   (incorporated  by
       reference  to  Exhibit  4 to the Company's  Registration
       Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-45187)).*

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11     Computation of Net Income (Loss) per Share for the three
       years ended June 30, 1998 (incorporated by  reference to
       Note 1 to Consolidated Financial Statements within  Item
       8 of this Report).

13     Annual  Report to Shareholders for 1998 (to  the  extent
       incorporated herein by reference).**

21     List of Subsidiaries.

23     Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

27     Financial Data Schedule.**

*  Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
** Previously filed on September 25, 1998.

Note:   None of the Exhibits listed in Item 14(a)  3  above,
except  Exhibit 23, is included with this Form  10-K  Annual
Report.   Registrant will furnish a copy of any such Exhibit
upon written request to the Secretary at the address on  the
cover of this Form 10-K Annual Report accompanied by payment
of $3.00 U.S. for each Exhibit requested.


     (b) Reports on Form 8-K.

     Registrant filed  Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-K on  April
6,  1998,  responding to Items 2 and 7  on  Form  8-K  dated
January  22,  1998.   The amendment included  the  following
financial statements:


Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 27, 1997 and September
        30, 1997

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three months ended
        December 27, 1997 and December 28, 1996

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three months ended
        December 27, 1997 and December 28, 1996

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

Introduction to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial
        Statements

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Financial
        Position at December 31, 1997

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Operations
        for the Six months ended December 31, 1997

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Operations
        for the Six months ended December 31, 1996

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Operations
        for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995

Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial
        Statements


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                         SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d)  of
the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, Registrant  has  duly
caused  this  report  to be signed  on  its  behalf  by  the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                              THE PERKIN-ELMER CORPORATION


                              By   /s/ Dennis L. Winger
                                Dennis L. Winger
                                Senior Vice President and
                                Chief Financial Officer

Date:  March 23, 1999




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             CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



     We  hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in
the  Registration Statements on Form S-3 (No. 333-39549) and
Form   S-8  (Nos.  2-95451,  33-25218,  33-44191,  33-50847,
33-50849,  33-58778, 333-15189, 333-152259, 333-38713,  333-
38881,  333-42683, and          333-45187)  of  The  Perkin-
Elmer  Corporation  of  our  report  dated  July  31,  1998,
appearing on page 62 of  this Annual Report on Form  10-K/A.
We  also  consent to the incorporation by reference  of  our
report on the Financial Statement Schedule, which appears on
page 25 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1998, previously filed on September 25, 1998.


/s/  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP







Stamford, Connecticut
March 22, 1999






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