Proclamation No. 218, s. 1967

MALACANANG RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE “HILLPPINES MANILA

BY TEE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NG. 215

NG FROM THE OPERATION OF FROCLAMANION Wo. sl WANED SEPTENBSR 27, 1944, A CHRTATN PaxCEL OF THE SVRLIC YOMATN BITUATED ra THE HARNTIO OF SAN PRDRO, WHECIPALITY OF PASUQUIN, PROVINCE Of TLOCOS NORTE, AND DECLaRITG THe SAME OFEN TO DISPOSITION TDoR TH OVISIONS OF Tia MINING act,

AS % petition tiaa been filed for the exelusion Meertain sereel of ls\id Fro: che eperntiien of Procla- Pio. 741 dated Septe: ber 27, 1954, which satablished opolitan Wotershed Forest Reserve;

WHOREAS, uccording to the seoloe@ical itvestizction

es tlie Director of Mines, the aren soucht to be ex- fro. whe Metropolitan Watershed forest Reserve sppears i shiby rhnertlized with wood srade feldsper end sore Bile for ites tanernl contents tletn for forest pur ,oses

5, wider the provision of Section 14) of Comion-

Act Ifo. 157, as anendad, otherwise known as the

nt ees lands within reservations Tor purposes other

ney Which after such reservation is ide, are fowl = vVeluable for their pinural conte ts tinin for the

p50 for which the reservation was ate, uay be withdrawn uch reservation by the President of tic Philipoines with Recurrence of Golsress;

THERESCRE, upon Sehorinenis tion of the Becretary of and Naturnl Resourees aud pursaant to tle

ton of Section 14 of Coiionwes lth act Mos 137, as

3 Otherwise known os the Minizes Act, I, PEED Awd ET. 3, eYesident of the Republic of the Bhilignines, doe peered: .¢ fron the operntion of Procla:unation No. 731, Pisepce, her 27, 1934, which established the Metrepolitan es 2d fosest Rowurve., and declare open to ALSposi oaon ethe provisians ef the Miuing Act, 5 cerioin careel of peblic dorsin situated in the Barrio of San Pedro, Gandlity af Pasuquan, Province of Ilocos Norte showu Batthached white pring aap mid particularly deseribed Mlows, to wit: ‘

Hesinning from 4 point naried WE" oh plan MOorner 9, PR-135) being S 7A” 03" BT, 3550.67 Meters fron BLBM No. 1, Sta. Doitingo, lhmicinality Of Pasuguin, Province of Llocos Werte;

Thence i 56, 56' W, 507.67 aeters to Comer 25 Thenee N 135 38' W, 4.438 servers to Corser 3; Thence N 66° 46' W, 458.09 neters to Corner 4; Thence W 58° 26' W, 55.94 ueters to Corzer 5;

Thence D-N, 550 ieters to Gorner 6% Thenee D-E, 300 \yeturs to Gorner 75 Thenes DeN, 300 Leters to Corner 35 Thence D-E, 700 neters te Corner 9;

Thonec I-S, 1,773.79 ucters to Corucr 1, the

Moint of becinniny containing an area of soprosiantely 919.9549 hectares. All points referred to are in icated fH plan and om the ground are marked as follows: Corners my 2, 3, od 4 are old Corners of PR-155 and cil the ‘rest are PS-corerete cylindrical monmientz 15 case in Geneter by 60 cris. long. Phe cuttin, removal, e:ul utilization of the tinber snd Be forcst products therefron shall be in atcordsuce with MLovitiions of the existing Forcast atid Interual Revenue

Aid Rezuiativns. Provided, further, that if within three ue} the dite of the eranting of the lozse by the

ment, the lessee doos not start the asploitation of Bineral resources or ups the torvinetion of the foitation and at any tine said area snall be abandoned manine purposes, the said parcel of land shell sutong- ¥y be reyurted as psrt of the Mutrovoliton Wntorshed Reserve.

This proclaiation shall take effect orly upon the

IN WITNESS. WHEREOF, I havy hereunto set iy bail oud ed the scol of th. Republie of the Philijmines to be

Pons in the City of Manila, this 23ril dey of June, in Pycar of Our Lord, nineteen hundrud snd sixty-seven.

(SGD...) PERDTTAND E. i \ASCOS Prvsdidont of the Plalisnpives

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