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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 908, May 25, 1992 ]

ESTABLISHING AS DIBALO-PINGIT-ZABALI-MALAYAT RIVER WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE FOR PURPOSES OF PROTECTING, MAINTAINING, OR IMPROVING ITS WATER-YIELD AND PROVIDING RESTRAINING MECHANISM FOR INAPPROPRIATE FOREST EXPLOITATION AND DISRUPTIVE LAND-USE A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BALER AND SAN LUIS, PROVINCE OF AURORA, ISLAND OF LUZON, PHILIPPINES

Upon recommendation of the Secretary 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 Dibalo-Pingit-Zabali-Malayat River Watershed Forest Reserve, subject to private rights, if any there be, 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 objectives 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 Baler and San Luis, Province of Aurora, as shown in the Forest Management Bureau Map No. 102 with the following descriptions:

Beginning at point “1” on the map, a point designated as corner 1 is located at the junction of Dibalo River and Capongpongan Creek;

Thence N 13° W., 250 meters to corner 2, stake identical to FZ corner 60, T.L., project No. 14-J;

Thence N 40° E., 1172 meters to corner 3, stake identical to FZ corner 61, T.L., project No. 14-J;

Thence N 38° E., 556 meters to corner 4, stake identical to FZ corner 62, T.L., project no. 14-J;

Thence N 35° W., 367 meters to corner 5, stake identical to FZ corner 63, T.L., project no. 14-J;

Thence N 03° E., 400 meters to corner 6, stake identical to FZ corner 64, T.L., project no. 14-J;

Thence N 31° E., 627 meters to corner 7, stake identical to FZ corner 65, T.L., project no. 14-J;

Thence N 31° E., 438 meters to corner 8, stake identical to FZ corner 66, T.L., project no. 14-J;

Thence N 14° W., 571 meters to corner 9, stake identical to FZ corner 67, T.L., project no. 14-J;

Thence N 80° E., 807 meters to corner 10, stake identical to FZ corner 68, T.L., project no. 14-J;

Thence N 08° W., 280 meters to corner 11, stake identical to FZ corner 1, T.L., project no. 14-J;

Thence N 48° E., 476 meters to corner 12, stake identical to FZ corner 2, T.L., project no. 14-J;

Thence S 88° E., 1132 meters to corner 13, stake identical to FZ corner 3, T.L., project no. 14-J;

Thence N 85° E., 295 meters to corner 14, stake identical to FZ corner 9, T.L., project no. 14-J;

Thence N 70° E., 296 meters to corner 15, stake identical to FZ corner 10, T.L., project no. 14-J;

Thence S 10° E., 300 meters to corner 16, stake identical to FZ corner 11, T.L., project no. 14-J;

Thence N 67° E., 937 meters to corner 17, stake on the ground;

Thence N 16° E., 1498 meters to corner 18, stake identical to corner 12, CH-F, Parcel-II Baler;

Thence S 67° E., 592 meters to corner 19, stake on the ground;

Thence S 49° E., 817 meters to corner 20, stake on the ground;

Thence S 16° W., 1051 meters to corner 21, stake on the ground;

Thence S 31° E., 846 meters to corner 22, stake on the ground;

Thence S 58° W., 1290 meters to corner 23, stake at the peak, elevation 440 meters;

Thence S 34° W., 2563 meters to corner 24, stake at the top of ridge;

Thence S 09° E., 680 meters to corner 25, stake at the peak, elevation 625 meters;

Thence S 30° W., 683 meters to corner 26, at the top of ridge;

Thence S 30° W., 984 meters to corner 27, stake at the peak, elevation 628 meters;

Thence Due South, 500 meters to corner 28, stake on the ground;

Thence S 61° W., 759 meters to corner 29, stake on the ground;

Thence S 05° E., 480 meters to corner 30, stake at the peak, elevation 402 meters;

Thence S 28° W., 361 meters to corner 31, stake on the ground;

Thence S 03° E., 430 meters to corner 32, stake on the ground;

Thence S 32° W., 553 meters to corner 33, stake on the ground;

Thence S 69° W., 527 meters to corner 34, stake on the ground;

Thence S 16° W., 421 meters to corner 35, stake on the ground;

Thence S 16° W., 401 meters to corner 36, stake at the peak, elevation 646 meters;

Thence S 02° E., 1275 meters to corner 37, stake on the ground;

Thence S 26° W., 502 meters to corner 38, stake on the ground;

Thence S 26° W., 451 meters to corner 39, stake on the ground;

Thence Due West, 386 meters to corner 40, stake at the top of ridge;

Thence S 85° W., 305 meters to corner 41, stake at the top of ridge;

Thence S 68° W., 213 meters to corner 42, stake at the top of ridge;

Thence S 68° W., 254 meters to corner 43, stake on the ground;

Thence S 85° W., 279 meters to corner 44, stake on the ground;

Thence N 59° W., 253 meters to corner 45, stake on the ground;

Thence N 51° E., 297 meters to corner 46, stake on the ground;

Thence N 64° E., 370 meters to corner 47, stake at the top of ridge;

Thence N 40° E., 348 meters to corner 48, stake at the top of ridge;

Thence N 20° W., 351 meters to corner 49, stake at the top of ridge;

Thence N 63° E,. 431 meters to corner 50, stake at the top of ridge;

Thence N 63° W., 532 meters to corner 51, stake at the top of ridge;

Thence N 19° W., 476 meters to corner 52, stake on the ground;

Thence N 12° W., 350 meters to corner 53, stake on the ground;

Thence Due North, 200 meters to corner 54, stake at the top of ridge;

Thence N 10° E., 350 meters to corner 55, stake at the top of ridge;

Thence N 53° W., 758 meters to corner 56, stake on the ground;

Thence N 19° E., 319 meters to corner 57, stake on the ground;

Thence N 39° W., 795 meters to corner 58, stake on the ground;

Thence N 20° W., 888 meters to corner 59, stake on the ground;

Thence N 21° W., 898 meters to corner 60, stake at the top of ridge;

Thence N 10° E., 285 meters to corner 61, stake at the top of ridge;

Thence Due West, 453 meters to corner 62, stake on the ground;

Thence N 72° E., 276 meters to corner 63, stake identical to FZ corner 15, A and D Block II, Project 14-J;

Thence N 66° E., 138 meters to corner 64, stake identical to FZ corner 14, A and D Block II, Project 14-J;

Thence N 86° E., 148 meters to corner 65, miscellaneous species, 40 cm. identical to FZ corner 13, A and D, Block II, Project 14-J;

Thence N 75° E., 256 meters to corner 66, miscellaneous species, 40 cm. identical to FZ corner 12, A and D Block II, Project 14-J;

Thence S 78° E., 246 meters to corner 67, Tanguile tree, 35 cm., identical to FZ corner 11, A and D Block II, Project 14-J;

Thence N 77° E., 305 meters to corner 68, stake identical to FZ corner 10, A and D Block II, Project 14-J;

Thence N 89° E., 128 meters to corner 69, stake identical to FZ corner 9, and D Block II, Project 14-J;

Thence Due East, 384 meters to corner 70, miscellaneous species, 30 cm. identical to FZ corner 8, A and D Block II, Project 14-J;

Thence N 80° E., 276 meters to corner 71, Mayapis tree, 30 cm. identical to FZ corner 7, A and D Block II, Project 14-J;

Thence N 37° E., 298 meters to corner 72, stake on the ground;

Thence N 27° W., 351 meters to corner 73, Boulder 110 cm. Northeast Bank of Capongpongan Creek;

Thence N 48° W., 182 meters to corner 74, Boulder 110 cm. Northeast Bank of Capongpongan Creek;

Thence N 62° W.ℒαwρhi৷, 253 meters to corner 1, the point of

beginning containing an area of FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT (4,528.0) 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 the affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of May in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety two.

(Sgd.)  CORAZON C. AQUINO

By the President:

(Sgd.) FRANKLIN M. DRILON
Executive Secretary

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