Issue no. 83 of the weekly Textile Mercury, a Manchester trade journal for spinners, manufacturers, machinists, bleachers and colourists, dated 22 November 1890. It covers the Lancashire cotton wage disputes, silk reeling in France, textile machine-making in Lancashire, dyeing and coal-tar colours, and a letter on textile matters in the United States. It also has fabric design notes with drawdown grids (Designs 201-204 and an Indian toilet cover), waste silk machinery illustrations, French tariff tables, markets, patents, and a directory of machinery makers.