Sandhill Company purchased bonds with a face amount of $ $1200000$ between interest payment dates. Sandhill purchased the bonds at $102,$ paid brokerage costs of $ $15800,$ and paid accrued interest for three months of $ $25800.$ The amount to record as the cost of this long$-$term investment in bonds is

$[$ $ $1200000.$; $ $1224000$; $ $1239800$; $ $1265600]$