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- noun Plural form of
pecul .
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The export of rope varies from about 9,000 to 15,000 peculs annually; by much the largest quantity usually going to the United States, although there are considerable shipments to the Australian colonies,
Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 Robert MacMicking
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Java exports one million _peculs_ [2] of coffee per annum, one million _peculs_ of rice, and one million _peculs_ of sugar; besides vast quantities of tin, pepper, hides, indigo, &c.
Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. G. F. Davidson
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I was assured that 6000 peculs of antimony ore would be down immediately, and that whenever the people were set to work, any quantity might be procured without difficulty; which, indeed, I knew to be true, as Macotah had loaded a ship, a brig, and three native vessels in six weeks.
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel
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The quantity of hemp shipped during the years 1848 and 1849, was greater than the quantity indicated in either of these tables, but as the increased export was principally caused by speculation in the United States, the average annual export may probably not be greater than the amount set down in the table of 1850, although, in the previous year, about 30,000 peculs more were shipped.
Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 Robert MacMicking
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Borneo in three days, and dispatching the Swift at the same time to proceed to Singapore; part of her cargo, 750 peculs of antimony ore, having been at length put on board.
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel
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At length I consented to let him have the cargo into his own hands, on the assurance that the antimony ore "(_i.e. _, the 6000 peculs which were ready?)" should be brought down directly.
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel
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Several peculs of birds 'nests and bees' wax, and the wood in large quantity, could _now_ be brought to market; and no doubt, when demand stimulates industry, the quantities would greatly increase.
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel
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Bees-wax is another article to be procured here _at present_ to the amount of thirty or forty peculs per year from Sibnow, Malacca canes a small ship-load, rattans in abundance, and any quantity of Garu wood.
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel
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The yearly produce is stated to be 2000 coyans or 80,000 peculs.
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel
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Residents at Manilla usually immerse a large block, weighing about two peculs, in the wells from which their drinking water is taken, just as the rainy season commences, and it is found to have a most salutary effect upon the water impregnated with it, causing less liability to those who drink it, to suffer dysentery from its use.
Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 Robert MacMicking
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