February 1893 issue of a Belfast trade monthly covering the Irish textile industries, especially linen. It includes articles on technical education in Ireland (with a Dublin meeting report), technical instruction for hand-loom weavers, an essay on labour conciliation, and the third installment of practical instructions in linen weaving (shrinkage, calculating cloth weights, factory books, shuttle and picker). The rest is trade reporting: making-up trades, shirt and collar factories, the Irish woollen and cotton trades, the Belfast linen trade report with flax market prices, Board of Trade return tables, monthly reports, a new flax spinning roller, chemicals and dyes, and patent applications.