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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 735, May 29, 1991 ]

ESTABLISHING AS BINAHAAN RIVER WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE FOR PURPOSES OF PROTECTING, MAINTAINING, OR IMPROVING ITS WATER YIELD AND PROVIDING RESTRAINING MECHANISM AGAINST INAPPROPRIATE FOREST EXPLOITATION AND DISRUPTIVE LAND-USE A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF PAGBILAO AND MAUBAN, PROVINCE OF QUEZON, ISLAND OF LUZON, PHILIPPINES

Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby withdraw from entry, sale, disposition or settlement and set aside as Binahaan River Watershed Forest Reserve, subject to private rights, if any there be, and to the operations of previous proclamations reserving any portion hereof for specific purposes and to the implementation of socially-oriented projects and other forestry development programs consistent with the objectives of the proclamation as may be determined by the Secretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, a certain parcel of land of the public domain located in the Municipalities of Pagbilao and Mauban, Province of Quezon as shown in the Forest Management Bureau map No. 87 with the following description:

Beginning at point “1” on the map, a point identical to MBM No. 26 of Pagbilao and Mauban, Quezon;

Thence S 25 °W., 80 meters to corner 2, Mangasinoro. 30 cms. dia at left side of logging road;

Thence S 44 °W., 800 meters to corner 3, Apitong, 30 cms. dia. right side of trail;

Thence S 40 °W., 175 meters to corner 4, Makaasim, 30 cms. dia. along trail;

Thence S 21 °W., 170 meters to corner 5, Malakatmon, 25 cms. dia. left side of trail;

Thence S 44 °E., 85 meters to corner 6, Red Lauan, 70 cms. dia. left side of trail;

Thence S 26 °W., 200 meters to corner 7, Apitong, 60 cms. dia. left side of trail;

Thence S 35 °W., 340 meters to corner 8, Nato, 60 cms. dia. left side of trail;

Thence S 59 °W., 140 meters to corner 9, Bolongeta, 20 cms. dia. crossing of trail;

Thence S 84 °W., 360 meters to corner 10, Malabayabas, 80 cms. dia. identical to corner 7. PMD No. 3886;

Thence N 8 °E., 175 meters to corner 11, Bolongeta, 40 cms. dia. identical to corner 8, PMD No. 3801;

Thence N 47 °E., 120 meters to corner 12, Apitong, 50 cms. dia. identical to corner 7, PMD No. 3801;

Thence N 51 °W., 120 meters to corner 13, a point identical to corner 6. PMD No. 3801;

Thence N 61 °W., 105 meters to corner 14, a point identical to corner 5, PMD No. 3801;

Thence following Binahaan River downstream in a north westerly direction; 100 meters to corner 15, a point identical to corner 4, PMD No. 3801.

Thence following Binahaan River downstream in a south-westerly direction, 280 meters to corner 16, a point identical to corner 3, PMD No. 3801;

Thence following Binahaan River downstream in a south-westerly direction, 580 meters to corner 17, a point identical to corner 7, PMD No. 3865;

Thence N 3 °W., 150 meters to corner 18, a point identical to corner 6, PMD No. 3865;

Thence N 59 °E., 175 meters to corner 19, a Madre cacao, 5 cms. dia. identical to corner 24, PMD No. 3991;

Thence N 32 °E., 170 meters to corner 20, stake identical to corner 23, PMD No. 3991;   cd

Thence N 51 °W., 240 meters to corner 21, stake, identical to corner 22, PMD No. 3991;

Thence N 33 °W., 300 meters to corner 22, coconut, identical to corner 21, PMD No. 3991;

Thence N 69 °W., 210 meters to corner 23, Hanogdang, 20 cms. dia. identical to corner 20, PMD No. 3991;

Thence S 89 °W., 230 meters to corner 24, Hanogdang, 20 cms. dia. identical to corner 19, PMD No. 3991;

Thence S 56 °W., 270 meters to corner 25, Balobo, 40 cms. dia. identical to corner 18, PMD No. 3991;

Thence N 11 °W., 300 meters to corner 26, M. Saglong, 20 cms. dia. identical to corner 17, PMD No. 3991;

Thence S 63 °W., 280 meters to corner 27, Malaikmo, 20 cms. dia. identical to corner 16, PMD No. 3991;

Thence N 12 °W., 235 meters to corner 28, Tangile, 40 cms. dia. at slope of ridge;

Thence N 37 °E., 180 meters to corner 29, Dalingdaling, 15 cms. dia. left side of logging road;

Thence N 14 °W., 140 meters to corner 30, Sasalit, 20 cms. dia. on top of ridge;

Thence N 18 °E., 260 meters to corner 31 Malabayabas, 50 cms. dia. on a saddle;

Thence N 4 °W., 150 meters to corner 32, Apitong, 40 cms. dia. on slope of ridge;

Thence N 9 °W., 100 meters to corner 33, Dalingdingan, 20 cms. dia. left side of logging road;

Thence N 23 °W., 110 meters to corner 34, Maladuhat, 25 cms. dia. left side of logging road;

Thence N 5 °W., 180 meters to corner 35, Sisyguin sp. 30 cms. dia. on saddle;

Thence N 11 °E., 70 meters to corner 36, Maladuhat, 40 cms. dia. on top of ridge;

Thence N 45 °E., 175 meters to corner 37, Sisyguin sp. 20 cms. dia. on top of ridge;

Thence N 79 °E., 165 meters to corner 38, Bagtikan, 35 cms. dia. slope of ridge;

Thence N 61 °E., 60 meters to corner 39, Katmon, 30 cms. dia. on top of ridge;

Thence S 77 °E., 20 meters to corner 40, Katmon, 30 cms. dia. on top of ridge;

Thence S 80 °E., 75 meters to corner 41, Makaasin, 25 cms. dia. on top of ridge;

Thence S 55 °E., 110 meters to corner 42, Sisyguin sp., 15 cms. dia. left side of logging road;

Thence S 4 °W., 110 meters to corner 43, Tangile, 40 cms. dia. right side of logging road;

Thence S 15 °E., 150 meters to corner 44, Sisyguin sp., 30 cms. dia. on saddle;

Thence S 57 °E., 115 meters to corner 45, Tangile, 40 cms. dia. right side of trail;

Thence N 83 °E., 119 meters to corner 46, Sisyguin sp., 15 cms. dia. right side of trail;

Thence N 87 °E., 170 meters to corner 47, Narra, 20 cms. dia. left side of trail;

Thence N 65 °E., 230 meters to corner 48, Wayan, 20 cms. dia. on top of ridge;

Thence S 89 °E., 205 meters to corner 49, Bokbok, 30 cms. dia. on top of ridge;

Thence S 67 °E., 180 meters to corner 50, Dalingdingan, 30 cms. dia. on top of ridge;

Thence S 47 °E., 180 meters to corner 51, Bagtikan, 20 cms. dia. on top of ridge;

Thence S 37 °E., 110 meters to corner 52, Anabiong, 25 cms. dia. right side of trail;

Thence S 47 °E., 315 meters to corner 53, Dalingdingan, 15 cms. dia. on top of ridge;

Thence S 29 °E., 220 meters to corner 54, Bolongeta, 20 cms. dia. on top of ridge;

Thence S 66 °E., 200 meters to corner 55, Pahatan, 50 cms. dia. on top of ridge;

Thence S 45 °E., 250 meters to corner 56, Yakal, 30 cms. dia. on top of ridge;

Thence S 83 °E., 130 meters to corner 57, Makaasim, 60 cms. dia. on top of ridge;

Thence N 70 °E., 165 meters to corner 58, Dulitan, 30 cms. dia. at gully;

Thence N 81 °E., 120 meters to corner 59, Dulitan, 20 cms. dia. on top ridge;

Thence N 46 °E., 115 meters to corner 60, Tangile, 60 cms. dia. on top of ridge;

Thence S 82 °E., 155 meters to corner 61, Makaasim, 30 cms. dia. left side of logging road;

Thence S 27 °W., 400 meters to corner 1, the point of beginning containing an area of FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE (465.0) HECTARES more or less.ℒαwρhi৷

The area covered 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 water for domestic, agriculture and other forest 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 29th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety one.

(Sgd.)  CORAZON C. AQUINO

By the President:

(Sgd.) OSCAR M. ORBOS
Executive Secretary

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