FORM N-23C-1
STATEMENT BY REGISTERED CLOSED-END
INVESTMENT COMPANY WITH RESPECT TO PURCHASES OF ITS OWN
SECURITIES PURSUANT TO RULE N-23C-1 DURING THE LAST CALENDAR
MONTH
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REPORT FOR CALENDAR MONTH ENDING: July 1996
NAME OF REGISTERED CLOSED-END INVESTMENT COMPANY: Putnam Intermediate
Government Income Trust
Date of Identification Number of Price Per Approximate Asset Value Name of Seller or
Each of Security Shares Share or Approximate Asset of Seller's Broker
Transaction Purchased Coverage per Share at
Time of Purchase
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7/11/96 746798107 7,100 7.25 8.29 Smith Barney
7/12/96 746798107 6,300 7.188 8.31 Smith Barney
7/15/96 746798107 6,700 7.25 8.32 Smith Barney
7/16/96 746798107 7,000 7.25 8.32 Smith Barney
7/17/96 746798107 7,000 7.25 8.37 Smith Barney
7/19/96 746798107 7,800 7.25 8.35 Smith Barney
7/23/96 746798107 25,000 7.25 8.34 Smith Barney
7/24/96 746798107 25,000 7.25 8.34 Smith Barney
7/25/96 746798107 9,500 7.25 8.33 Smith Barney
7/26/96 746798107 25,000 7.25 8.34 Smith Barney
7/29/96 746798107 25,000 7.25 8.34 Smith Barney
7/30/96 746798107 15,500 7.25 8.33 Smith Barney
7/31/96 746798107 28,500 7.375 8.34 Smith Barney
PUTNAM INTERMEDIATE
GOVERNMENT INCOME TRUST
Name of Registrant
By: /s/ Charles E. Porter
Title: Executive Vice
President
</TABLE> Date: August 8, 1996
