Two pages from The Textile Mercury of 4 January 1890 (pp. 16-17). They carry British trade reports on linen, jute and dry goods in Dundee and Manchester, cotton company financial news, Gazette notices, and abstracts of patent specifications from July 1888. The patents cover saw-tooth tempering, yarn clearing on winding machines, ribbed velveteens, two-colour yarns, flyer spindles, spinning spindles and drawing rollers, mule and twiner gearing, clockwork lubricators, and spindle bearings. Small patent diagrams and trade advertisements are included.