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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1897 | |
| British preferential tariff was instituted. In 1898 the preference was increased to 25 percent and in 1900 to 33.3 percent. Germany retaliated (July 7, 1899) by depriving Canada of most-favored-nation status. | 1 |
| Hubert Brown Ames (1863–1954) published his pioneering sociological study of Montreal, The City Below the Hill, modeled on progressive urban reform movements in England and the United States. | 2 |
| 1898 | |
| Canadian Northern Railway was chartered. | 3 |
| July 30 | |
| Lord Minto was appointed governor-general (1898–1904). | 4 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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