Two pages from The Textile Mercury, 5 April 1890 (p. 217 and the following page), covering British textile trade news and patent listings. They include quarterly profit reports for Lancashire cotton spinning companies, a new-company registration for Read, Holliday and Sons (dyers and dye makers), and lists of patent applications for 24-25 March. Abstracts of 1888 patent specifications follow, covering tufted carpet looms, cotton bale coverings, spindle bearings, carding engine flats and cylinders, wool cleaning, fabric folding, yarn clearing, selvage shedding motions and alizarine blue dye derivatives. The pages end with advertisements and an index of advertisers.