X Company, a merchandiser, prepares monthly financial statements. The following are account balances in November:

	Accounts Payable	Merchandise Inventory
November 1	$59,018	$54,294
November 30	$72,721	$56,885

In November, payments of Accounts Payable were $328,141, and Cost of Goods Sold was $339,253.

Assuming that all merchandise purchases were on account, what were merchandise purchases in November?