MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 915, June 1, 1992 ]

ESTABLISHING AS CALABGAN WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE FOR PURPOSES OF PROTECTING, MAINTAINING, OR IMPROVING THE WATER YIELD AND PROVIDING RESTRAINING MECHANISM FOR INAPPROPRIATE FOREST EXPLOITATION AND DISRUPTIVE LAND-USE A CERTAIN PARCEL OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CASIGURAN, 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 Calabgan 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 situated in the Municipality of Casiguran, Province of Aurora, Island of Luzon, Philippines, as shown in the Forest Management Bureau Map No. WR 100 with the following descriptions:

Beginning at point 1 on the map, which is identical to the junction of Calabgan and Abuleg Rivers;

Thence S 10o 00W, 755 meters to corner 2, a point located at the junction of Calabgan and Abuleg Rivers;

Thence S 35o 00W, 910 meters to corner 3, a point located on the ground;

Thence S 75o 00W, 1,230 meters to corner 4, a point on the ground;

Thence S 73o 00W, 1,060 meters to corner 5, a point on the ground;

Thence S 80o 00W, 1,080 meters to corner 6, a point on the ground;

Thence N 62o 00W, 915 meters to corner 7, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 86o 00W, 1,200 meters to corner 8, a point on the ground;

Thence N 64o 00W, 675 meters to corner 9, a point near peak elevation, 696 meters;

Thence N 69o 00W, 990 meters to corner 10, a point on the ground;

Thence N 54o 00W, 990 meters to corner 11, a point on top of the ridge;

Thence N 37o 00W, 500 meters to corner 12, a point at the peak elevation, 1,055 meters;

Thence Due North, 995 meters to corner 13, a point on the ground;

Thence N 79o 00E, 1,080 meters to corner 14, a point on the ground;

Thence N 38o 00E, 1,010 meters to corner 15, a point near peak elevation, 948 meters;

Thence N 30o 00E, 625 meters to corner 16, a point on the ground;

Thence N 27o 00E, 1,010 meters to corner 17, a point on the ground;

Thence N 35o 00E, 1,390 meters to corner 18, a point on the ground;

Thence N 60o 00E, 1,220 meters to corner 19, a point on top of the ridge;

Thence N 50o 00E, 750 meters to corner 20, a point near peak elevation 1,115 meters;

Thence N 53o 00E, 1,035 meters to corner 21, a point on top of the ridge;

Thence N 61o 00E, 1,015 meters to corner 22, a point on the ground;

Thence S 46º 00E, 1,205 meters to corner 23, a point the ground;

Thence S 30o 00E, 1,056 meters to corner 24, a point on the ground;

Thence S 06o 00W, 1,170 meters to corner 25, a point on the ground;

Thence S 08o 00W, 990 meters to corner 26, a point on the ground;

Thence S 22o 00E, 835 meters to corner 27, a point on the ground;

Thence S 35o 00E, 900 meters to corner 28, a point on the ground;

Thence Due South, 1,205 meters to corner 1, a point of

beginning containing an area of FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED THREE and 44/100 (4,803.44) HECTARES.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 irrigation and 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 1st day of June, 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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