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The Mystery of The Stuttering Parrot Arthur, Robert 1964

It is brought from the vicinity of the volcanoes in Bisayas: the best is said to come from Leyte, which is worth about one and a quarter dollar per pecul.

Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 Robert MacMicking

Manilla in large quantities for that purpose, for the China market, it has become a peculiar business of itself by the dealers in it, and varies in price, according to quality, from fifteen to thirty dollars per pecul of 140 lbs. English.

Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 Robert MacMicking

All sugar is sold to the export merchants by the pecul of 140 lbs.

Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 Robert MacMicking

The hand-spun rope never sells so well as that made by machinery, and is usually obtainable at from one to two dollars per pecul less than the latter, according as it is well or ill spun.

Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 Robert MacMicking

The price of this rope is altogether dependent on the price of hemp, as the value of the labour employed seldom or never varies, although the raw material of which it is composed constantly does; the usual addition made to the current price of hemp being four dollars a pecul of 140 lbs.

Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 Robert MacMicking

They are sold by the cavan, weighing nearly a pecul, if of good quality, at about two dollars per cavan.

Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 Robert MacMicking

The price of white rice is rarely below two dollars per pecul, or above two and a half dollars per pecul, bagged and ready for shipment.

Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 Robert MacMicking

The hemp employed in the manufacture of the patent cordage is generally selected for its length of fibre, and lightness or whiteness of colour; and when whale-lines are made, only the very finest lots of hemp procurable at the time are used; but the charge for spinning them is increased to six dollars a pecul, the extra labour being so considerable, that even with the additional charge, the maker,

Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 Robert MacMicking

At a guess, however, I should suppose that about a million cavans, each of which, one with another, weighs about a China pecul, or 133 1/3 lbs, is an average yearly export, should the Government not prohibit the article from being exported for a longer period than usual, which is annually regulated by the scarcity or abundance of food in the country.

Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 Robert MacMicking