Quetzaltenango Candle Inc. budgeted production of $710,000$ candles for March. Wax is required to produce a candle. Assume $10$ ounces of wax is required for each candle. The estimated March $1$ wax inventory is $18,900$ pounds. The desired March $31$ wax inventory is $13,200$ pounds. If candle wax costs $$1\mathrm{.}40$ per pound, determine the direct materials purchases budget for March. $($One pound $=16$ ounces.$)$ Round all computed answers to the nearest whole number. For those boxes in which you must enter subtracted or negative numbers use a minus sign.