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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 402, May 2, 1994 ]

ESTABLISHING AS BAZAL RIVER WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE FOR PURPOSES 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 LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MARIA AURORA, 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, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby withdraw from entry, sale, disposition, or settlement and set aside as Bazal 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 Maria Aurora, province of Aurora, as shown in the Forest Management Bureau Map No. 92 with the following descriptions:

Beginning at point “1” on the map is a point 250 meters up stream from the junction of Bazal River and a creek;

Thence S 60º 30" W, 370 meters to corner 2, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 75º 00" W, 550 meters to orner 3, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 70º 00" W, 500 meters to corner 4, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 69º 00" W, 340 meters to corner 5, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 45º 00" W, 450 meters to corner 6, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 53º 00" W, 270 meters to corner 7, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 61º 00" W, 630 meters to corner 8, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 65º 00" W, 270 meters to corner 9, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 81º 00" W, 430 meters to corner 10, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 85º 00" W, 400 meters to corner 11, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 87º 00" W, 350 meters to corner 12, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 79º 00" W, 830 meters to corner 13, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 70º 00" W, 470 meters to corner 14, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 88º 00" W, 500 meters to corner 15, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 76º 00" W, 420 meters to corner 16, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 89º 00" W, 200 meters to corner 17, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 67º 00" W, 200 meters to corner 18, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 59º 00" W, 130 meters to corner 19, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 33º 00" W, 200 meters to corner 20, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 83º 00" W, 410 meters to corner 21, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 67º 00" W, 240 meters to corner 22, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 25º 00" W, 350 meters to corner 23, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 16º 00" W, 250 meters to corner 24, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 40º 00" W, 250 meters to corner 25, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 49º 00" W, 300 meters to corner 26, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 26º 00" W, 400 meters to corner 27, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 46º 00" W, 160 meters to corner 28, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 02º 00" W, 140 meters to corner 29, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 35º 00" W, 180 meters to corner 30, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 07º 00" E, 330 meters to corner 31, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 24º 00" W, 400 meters to corner 32, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 14º 00" E, 300 meters to corner 33, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 09º 00" W, 400 meters to corner 34, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 28º 00" E, 600 meters to corner 35, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 30º 00" E, 500 meters to corner 36, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 18º 00" E, 300 meters to corner 37, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 51º 00" E, 470 meters to corner 38, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 01º 00" E, 320 meters to corner 39, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 38º 00" E, 250 meters to corner 40, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 11º 00" W, 250 meters to corner 41, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 09º 00" W, 250 meters to corner 42, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 18º 00" W, 460 meters to corner 43, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 15º 00" E, 400 meters o corner 44, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 50º 00" E, 420 meters to corner 45, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 39º 00" E, 400 meters o corner 46, a point on top of ridge;

Thence Due North, 620 meters to corner 47, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 52º 00" E, 350 meters to corner 48, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 64º 00" E, 700 meters to corner 49, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 35º 00" E, 600 meters to corner 50, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 39º 00" E, 400 meters to corner 51, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 35º 00" E, 550 meters to corner 52, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 52º 00" E, 450 meters to corner 53, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 87º 00" E, 550 meters to corner 54, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 52º 00" E, 240 meters to corner 55, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 32º 00" E, 500 meters to corner 56, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 48º 00" E, 400 meters to corner 57, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 58º 00" E, 300 meters to corner 58, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 89º 00" E, 200 meters to corner 59, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 18º 00" E, 450 meters to corner 60, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 14º 00" E, 400 meters to corner 61, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 11º 00" E, 400 meters to corner 62, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 33º 00" E, 350 meters to corner 63, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 62º 00" E, 370 meters to corner 64, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 41º 00" E, 400 meters to corner 65, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 30º 00" E, 600 meters to corner 66, a point on top of ridge;

Thence Due East, 380 meters to corner 67, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 51º 00" E, 380 meters to corner 68, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 32º 00" E, 400 meters to corner 69, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 41º 00" E, 550 meters to corner 70, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 33º 00" E, 400 meters to corner 71, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 31º 00" E, 400 meters to corner 72, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 23º 00" E, 400 meters to corner 73, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 31º 00" E, 350 meters to corner 74, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 10º 00" E, 500 meters to corner 75, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 40º 00" W, 380 meters to corner 76, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 54º 00" W, 400 meters to corner 1, the point of beginning, containing an area of FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THREE (4,403.0) HECTARES.

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.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 2d day of May 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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