Proclamation No. 413, s. 1994

MALACANANG

Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 413 :

tnd ESTABLISHING AS CATBALOGAN WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE FOR PURPOSES OF PROTECTING, MAINTAINING, AND IMPROVING ITS WATER YIELD AND PROVIDING RESTRAINING MECHANISM FOR INAPPROPRIATE FOREST EXPLOITATION AND DISRUPTIVE LAND USE, A PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF CATBALOGAN AND JIABONG, PROVINCE

OF WESTERN SAMAR, PHILIPPINES

Upon recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources and by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby withdraw from entry, sale, disposition, or settlement, and set aside as Catbalogan Watershed Forest Reserve, subject to private rights, if there be any, and to the operations of previous proclamations reserving any portion thereof for specific purposes and to the implementation of socially-oriented projects and other forestry development programs consistent with the objective of the proclamation as may be determined by the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, a certain parcel of land of the public © domain located in the Municipalities of Catbalogan and Jiabong, Province of Western Samar, Philippines, more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at point “1" on the map is a-point on the ground of Catbalogan Cadastre, Catbalogan, We&tern Samar and is identical to Barangay Boundary Monument (BBM) No. 13) at latitude 11°48'31.6" and longitude 124° 53'2948";

fo) Thence N 31 O9'E. 290.0 meters to corner 2, a point on

top of ridge; “

° Thence N 24 17'E, 245.5 meters to corner 3, a point on top of ridge;

fo) . Thence N 11 44'W, 290.0 meters to corner 4, a point on top of ridge;

° Thence N 07 55'W, 330.0 meters to corner 5, a point identical to BBM No. 5 located on top of ridge;

fo) Thence N 22 17'W, 181.0 meters to corner 6, a point on top of ridge;

fo) Thence N 16 11'W, 201.0 meters to corner 7, a point at the side of ridge: fy. “7

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a) Thence N 50 59'°E, 224.0 meters to corner the side of ridge; a Thence N 47 37'E, 202.0 meters to corner top of mountain peak, 300 meters elevation; is) Thence N 50 49'E, 202.5 meters to corner top of ridge; oO Thence N 13 36'W, 319.0 meters to corner top of mountain peak, 308 meters elevation;

fe) Thence N 76 14'E, 260.5 meters to corner top of ridge; Oo Thence N 73 44’E, 267.5 meters to corner top of ridge; Oo Thence N 71 S1'E, 253.5 meters to corner top of ridge;

• o Thence N 71 55'E, 254.5 meters to corner top of ridge;

fo) Thence N 81 59'E, 273.0 meters to corner 46,

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° Thence N 80 15'E, 301.0 meters to corner top of ridge; -) 3 Thence N 81 54'E, 255.5 meters to corner top of mountain peak, 180 meters elevation; fo) Thence N 84 07'E, 253.0 meters to corner

junction of foot trails;

° Thence S 60 26'E, 239.0 meters to corner top of ridge;

oO Thence § 51 31'E, 249.0 meters to corner top of ridge;

oO Thence S 57 O06'E, 259.5 meters to corner top of mountain peak, 403 meters elevation; o

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Oo Thence S$ 19 38'ER, 226.0 meters to corner £ mountain peak, 220 meters elevation; ae) Thence S 19 19'°E, 163.0 meters to corner £ ridge;

oO Thence S 20 O1'W, 251.0 meters to corner £ mountain peak, 178 meters elevation;

oO Thence S 19 54'wW, 247.0 metérs to corner

of mountain peak, 200 meters elevation;

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Oo Thence S 20 26'W, 209.0 meters to corner ide of ridge;

fo) Thence S 35 47'E, 265.0 meters to corner

of mountain peak, 322 meters elevation;

fe) Thence S 34 18'EF, 262.5 meters to corner

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fe} » Thence S$ 85 31'W, 256.0 meters to corner

side of cultivation;

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side of ridge;

Qo... Thence S 73 32'W, 268.0 meters to corner

side of ridge;

fe) Thence S 46 18'W, 249.0 meters to corner

side of ridge;

fe) Thence S 48 54'W, 239.0 meters to corner

side of foot trails;

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a Thence S 35 46'W, 207.0 meters to corner 40, a point at the side of foot trails; fe) Thence S 67 O7'W, 236.5 meters to corner 41, a point at the side of foot trails; are) Thence § 68 51'W, 194.0 meters to corner 42, a point on top of mountain peak, 200 meters elevation;

is) Thence S 88 16'W, 264.0 meters to corner 43, a point at the side of mountain ridge; fe) Thence S 61 45'W, 137.5 meters to corner 44, a point at the side of mountain ridge;

fe) Thence § 41 06'W, 198.0 meters to corner 45, a point along Salug River; a Thence N 29 16'W, 266.0 meters to corner 46, a point identical to corner 6 of Lot~719, Cad. 255;

fe) ‘ Thence N O01 17'E, 222.0 meters to corner 47, represented by BL Concrete monument identical to corner 5 of Lot 719-Cad. 255; ° *

Thence N 86 37'wW, 305.5 meters to,. corner 48, represented by BL Concrete monument identical;to corner 4 of Lot-719, Cad. 255; ‘

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Thence S 50 49'W,,32.5 meters to corner 49, a_ stake identical to corner No. 76, Timberland Project No. 9-c;

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Thence S$ 68 OO'W, 90.0 meters to corner 50, represented by BL Concrete monument identical to corner 3 of Lot-719, Cad. 255;

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Thence S 68 00'W, 110.0 meters to corner 51, represented by BL Concrete monument identical to corner 7 of Lot-720, Cad. 255;

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Thence N 14 00'W, 280.0 meters to corner 52, represented by BL Concrete monument identical to corner 6 of Lot-720, Cad. 255;

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ro] Thence N 50 O0'W, 40.0 meters to corner 1, the point of beginning, containing an area of Eight Hundred Four point nine (804.9) hectares, more or less.

The area govered by the reservation shall be under’ the administrative jurisdiction, supervision, and control of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, through its Forest: Management Bureau, in coordination with other agencies of the government with the objective of maintaining its usefulness as a source of potable water, for irrigation, domestic use, and other forestry purposes.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 0” aay of June , in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ni , four.

By the President:

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