The same paper credits the suggestion of the general idea of the Jubilee design to Mr. Pareira, an official of the Interior Department. A few days later the matter of the proposed issue came up in Parliament, and the Postmaster General was interpellated in the House of Commons. His reply was published in the _Canadian Hansard_, the official record, of 20th May, 1897, as follows:-- The Postmaster-General (Mr. Mulock): It is the intention of the Government to issue a set of Jubilee postage stamps. Such stamps will be put into public use by being delivered to postmasters throughout Canada for sale to the public in the same manner as ordinary postage stamps are sold. There will be a limit to the quantity to be issued. The denominations of Jubilee stamps, and the total number of such Jubilee stamps to be issued, are set forth in the following schedule:-- Schedule showing the Denominations and Total Number of Jubilee Stamps to be issued: Number to be issued. Denomination. 150,000 1/2 c. stamps 8,000,000 1 c. " 2,500,000 2 c. " 20,000,000 3 c. " 750,000 5 c. " 75,000 6 c. " 200,000 8 c. " 150,000 10 c. " 100,000 15 c. " 100,000 20 c. " 100,000 50 c. " 25,000 $ 1 00 " 25,000 $ 2 00 " 25,000 $ 3 00 " 25,000 $ 4 00 " 25,000 $ 5 00 " 7,000,000 1 c. post cards. Total value of one stamp of each kind, $ 16.21-1/2. As soon as the total number of stamps mentioned in said schedule is issued the plates from which they will have been engraved will be destroyed in the presence of the head and two officers of the department. On the 10th June the Post Office Department will proceed to supply Jubilee postage stamps to the principal post offices in Canada, and through them the minor post offices will obtain their supply until the issue is exhausted. If this Jubilee issue were to wholly displace the ordinary postage stamps it would supply the ordinary wants of the country for between two and three months, but as the use of the ordinary postage stamps will proceed concurrently with that of the Jubilee stamps, it is expected that the Jubilee stamp will last beyond the three months. Inasmuch as the department is already receiving applications for the purchase of Jubilee stamps, it may be stated that the department will adhere to the established practice of supplying them only to postmasters, and through them to the public, who may purchase them on and after the 19th June, 1897.