MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 394, May 30, 1994 ]

ESTABLISHING AS IPIL RIVER WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING, MAINTAINING, AND IMPROVING ITS WATER YIELD AND TO PROVIDE RESTRAINING MECHANISM FOR INAPPROPRIATE FOREST EXPLOITATION AND DISRUPTIVE LAND-USE, A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PROVINCE OF ROMBLON, 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, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby withdraw from entry, sale, disposition, or settlement and set aside as Ipil River Watershed Forest Reserve, subject to private rights, if any there be, and to the implementation of socially-oriented projects and other forest 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 Municipality of San Fernando, Province of Romblon, Island of Luzon, Philippines, as shown in the Forest Management Bureau Map No. WR 116, which parcel is more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at point 1 on the map which is identical to Forest Zone Corner 90 of Project No. 9 Block 1 of Alienable and Disposable, Province of Romblon;

Thence N 31º 00" W, 350 meters to corner 2, a point on the ground identical to corner 90 Alienable and Disposable, Project No. 9, Block 1, San Fernando, Romblon;

Thence N 1º 30" E, 350 meters to corner 3, stake identical to corner 89, Alienable and Disposable, Project No. 9, Block 1;

Thence N 6º 00" E, 275 meters to corner 4, stake identical to corner 88, Alienable and Disposable, Project No. 9, Block 1;

Thence N 52º 00" W, 575 meters to corner 5, stake identical to corner 87, Alienable and Disposable, Project No. 9, Block 1;

Thence N 2º 00" W, 200 meters to corner 6, stake identical to corner 86, Alienable and Disposable, Project No. 9, Block 1;

Thence N 24º 30" E, 490 meters to corner 7, stake identical to corner 85, Alienable and Disposable, Project No. 9, Block 1;

Thence N 50º 00" E, 490 meters to corner 8, stake on top of a peak;

Thence N 36º 00" E, 480 meters to corner 9, stake on the ground;

Thence N 66º 00" E, 275 meters to corner 10, stake on the ground;

Thence S 26º 00" E, 400 meters to corner 11, stake on the ground;

Thence S 35º 00" E, 380 meters to corner 12, stake on the ground;

Thence S 48º 00" E, 280 meters to corner 13, stake on the ground;

Thence S 86º 00" E, 320 meters to corner 14, stake on the ground;

Thence N 67º 00" E, 250 meters to corner 15, stake on the ground;

Thence N 74º 00" E, 250 meters to corner 16, stake on the ground;

Thence S 81º 00" E, 400 meters to corner 17, stake on the ground;

Thence S 76º 00" E, 480 meters to corner 18, stake on the ground;

Thence DUE SOUTH, 200 meters to corner 19, stake on the ground;

Thence S 19º 00" W, 210 meters to corner 20, stake south side of the trail;

Thence S 24º 30" W, 400 meters to corner 21, stake on the ground;

Thence S 25º 00" W, 400 meters to corner 22, stake northwest side of the trail;

Thence DUE SOUTH, 400 meters to corner 23, stake northwest side of the trail;

Thence S 2º 00" W, 430 meters to corner 24, stake on top of ridge;

Thence S 42º 00" W, 400 meters to corner 25, stake on top of ridge;

Thence S 77º 00" W, 310 meters to corner 26, stake on the ground;

Thence S 80º 00" W, 420 meters to corner 27, stake on the ground;

Thence S 83º 20" W, 310 meters to corner 28, stake on the ground;

Thence N 38º 00" W, 650 meters to corner 29, stake identical to corner 92, Alienable and Disposable, Project 9, Block 1;

Thence N 83º 00" W, 650 meters to corner 1, the point of beginning containing an area of SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE AND 75/100 (685.75) hectares more or less;

The area covered by the reservation shall be under the administrative jurisdiction, supervision, and control of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, thru 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, domestic, and other forestry purposes.1aшphi1

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 30th day of May in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-four.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, Jr.
Executive Secretary


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