pekul

It is exceedingly cheap; the pekul, which is equal to 124 lbs. English avoirdupois, costing from one dollar and three-quarters to two dollars and a half.

A Woman's Journey Round the World Ida Pfeiffer 1827

* It is estimated that the whole quantity annually brought down for sale on the western side of the island does not exceed fifty pekul.

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795

Head camphor is usually purchased from those who procure it at the rate of six Spanish dollars the pound, or eight dollars the catty, and sells in the China market at Canton for nine to twelve dollars the pound, or twelve to fifteen hundred dollars the pekul of a hundred catties or one hundred thirty-three pounds and a third, avoirdupois.

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795

It has been commonly supposed that the people of China or Japan prepare a factitious substance resembling native camphor, and impregnated with its virtues by the admixture of a small quantity of the genuine, which is sold to the Dutch factory for thirty or forty dollars the pekul, sent to

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795

[Nankin] which is the best, 190 dollars the pekul; raw silk of Canton, which is coarser, 80 dollars the pekul; taffeta in bolts, 120 yards in the piece, 46 dollars the _corge_, or 20 pieces; velvets of all colours,

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784

In regard to goods from _China_, the best raw silk is made at Nankin, and is called _howsa_, being worth there 80 dollars the pekul.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784

Cloves, which the people of the Hector and James had bought the day before at sixteen dollars the pekul, were now risen to forty dollars and upwards.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784

We now tried ashore what was the weight of a pekul of cloves, which we found to be 132 pounds English.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784

The English commodities vendible here are as follow: English iron in long thin bars, sells for six dollars the _pekul_.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784

White sugar, called _petong_, the best is sold for half a dollar the pekul.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784