Issue No. 73 of The Textile Mercury, a weekly British trade journal for the textile industries, dated 13 September 1890. It carries editorials on trade and labour questions, notes on silk culture in China, coal-tar colours, textile conditioning and factory inspection, and the Trades-Union Congress. Technical sections cover textile designing, with weave drafts and notes for an Indian dhootie, woollen cloth, gingham and zephyr check. Other sections cover machinery (a tapestry carpet printing machine), bleaching and dyeing, book reviews, correspondence, local mill news, market reports, and patent specifications with mechanical diagrams.