Boyles Home Center, a retailing company, has two departments, Bath and Kitchen. The companys most recent monthly contribution format income statement follows:

				Department
	Total			Bath			Kitchen
Sales	$	4,070,000		$	1,070,000		$	3,000,000
Variable expenses		1,336,000			402,000			934,000
Contribution margin		2,734,000			668,000			2,066,000
Fixed expenses		2,340,000			890,000			1,450,000
Net operating income (loss)	$	394,000		$	(222,000	)	$	616,000

A study indicates that $377,000 of the fixed expenses being charged to the Bath Department are sunk costs or allocated costs that will continue even if the Bath Department is dropped. In addition, the elimination of the Bath Department would result in a 13% decrease in the sales of the Kitchen Department.

Required:

If the Bath Department is dropped, what will be the effect on the net operating income of the company as a whole?