- A
picul /ˈpɪkəl/, dan or tam, is a
traditional Asian unit of weight,
defined as "as much as a man can
carry on a shoulder-pole". Historically, it was...
- for opium. A
chest of
opium contained approximately 100 "catties" or 1 "
picul", with each
catty weighing 1.33 lb (600 g),
giving a
total of ~140 pounds...
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received seven piculs,
while both the
Registrars and
Chief Diviners had six-and-a-half
piculs. The
Chiefs of the
Clepsydras received six
piculs, and the Calendar...
- 100 300 220 510 150
Black Tea (
piculs) 7,194 8,000 8,000 5,000
Green Tea (
piculs) 6,151 1,450 550 1,400 Raw Silk (
piculs) 28 250
Woven Silk (bales) 11...
- "nine-tenths jute" when
praising jute production. In 1906, over 2,000,000
piculs of
manila fibers were produced,
making approximately 66% of the Philippines'...
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leaves and petals, and
shipped in
chests of 60–65 kg (132–143 lb) (one
picul).
Chests of
opium were sold in
auctions in
Calcutta with the understanding...
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grade divided into two degrees, with
ranging salaries (nominally paid in
piculs of rice)
according to
their rank.
While provincial graduates who were appointed...
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there were 20,116
piculs exported,
while in 1784, the
porcelain export declined to 13,780
piculs.
Although it
reached 25,890
piculs in 1798, soon the...
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covering 70
acres (28 ha) and that the
production has
amounted to 25,000
piculs (1,512
metric tons) in 1938.
Currently the
fishing lifestyle is
dying out...
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November 16, 1820 he
bought a
Royal Yacht known as Cleopatra's
Barge for 8000
piculs of
sandalwood (over a
million pounds),
estimated to be
worth about US$80...
