Lexicographical Neighbors of Piculs
Literary usage of Piculs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Trade and Administration of China by Hosea Ballou Morse (1913)
"This went pretty much to every place where there are Chinese, the largest proportion
to Manchuria, but 32116 piculs to the Chinese colonies in foreign parts ..."
2. Reports on Trade at the Treaty Ports by China Hai guan zong shui wu si shu (1880)
"There is but little variation noticeable in the quantities of Native Sugars
imported, though their total shows a decrease of about 5000 piculs against that ..."
3. Journal of the American Asiatic Association by American Asiatic Association (1908)
"The consumption of foreign opium has increased from 54117 piculs in 1906 to 54584
piculs. The northern ports took only 535 ..."
4. Political and Statistical Account of the British Settlements in the Straits by Thomas John Newbold (1839)
"72 Lead, 100 piculs 500 Opium, 21 chests, and 39 balls 16117 Oils, ... 63 ctys., and
14 bags cloves; 311 piculs and 2 boxes mace, ..."
5. Things Chinese: Or, Notes Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1893)
"The decrease was principally in white raw- silk (total amount exported 50599
piculs), and silk piece goods (total amount exported 9857 ..."
6. The Truce in the East and Its Aftermath: Being the Sequel to 'The Re-shaping by Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale (1907)
"Yellow silk was but little altered; while wild silk fell from 33527 to 25584 piculs.
It will be seen that the loss has fallen chiefly on the Shanghai trade, ..."
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