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It was made obsolete by subsequent overriding legislation in 1885, which included the picul but not the stone.
As for any traditional measurement unit, the exact definition of the picul varied historically and regionally.
One cartload of the enemy's provisions is equivalent to twenty of one's own, and likewise a single picul of his provender is equivalent to twenty from one's own store.