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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 414, June 29, 1994 ]

ESTABLISHING AS ARGAO RIVER WATERSHED RESERVE FOR PURPOSES OF PROTECTING, MAINTAINING, OR IMPROVING ITS WATER YIELD AND PROVIDING RESTRAINING MECHANISM AGAINST INAPPROPRIATE FOREST EXPLOITATION AND DISRUPTIVE LAND-USE, A PORTION OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF ARGAO AND DALAGUETE, PROVINCE OF CEBU, 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 Argao River Watershed Reserve, subject to private rights, if any there be, and to the operation of previous proclamations reserving any portion thereof for specific purposes and to the implementation of 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 Municipalities of Argao and Dalaguete, Province of Cebu, as shown in the attached map with the following descriptions:

Beginning at point “1” on the map is a point, which is N 30º 00W, 200 meters from FZ corner No. 48 of LC Map No. 1372, Argao, Cebu;

Thence S 84º 15E, 700 meters to corner 2, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 76º 30E, 670 meters to corner 3, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 53º 30E, 425 meters to corner 4, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 78º 00E, 450 meters to corner 5, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 24º 00E, 630 meters to corner 6, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 66º 05E, 400 meters to corner 7, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 44º 00E, 850 meters to corner 8, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 71º 25E, 520 meters to corner 9, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 51º 00E, 880 meters to corner 10, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 89º 05E, 300 meters to corner 11, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 51º 00E, 225 meters to corner 12, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 86º 45E, 590 meters to corner 13, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 83º 50E, 300 meters to corner 14, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 52º 30E, 330 meters to corner 15, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 44º 00E, 690 meters to corner 16, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 32º 00E, 760 meters to corner 17, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 75º 30E, 560 meters to corner 18, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 62º 05E, 535 meters to corner 19, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 31º 50E, 615 meters to corner 20, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 22º 00E, 590 meters to corner 21, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 05º 35E, 500 meters to corner 22, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 15º 00W, 770 meters to corner 23, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 61º 00W, 320 meters to corner 24, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 88º 30W, 750 meters to corner 25, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 51º 45W, 440 meters to corner 26, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 84º 30W, 780 meters to corner 27, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 23º 30W, 580 meters to corner 28, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 33º 15W, 610 meters to corner 29, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 66º 45W, 400 meters to corner 30, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 83º 00W, 840 meters to corner 31, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 85º 15W, 665 meters to corner 32, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 87º 30W, 920 meters to corner 33, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 67º 10W, 575 meters to corner 34, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 72º 35W, 745 meters to corner 35, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 50º 00W, 800 meters to corner 36, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 28º 00W, 350 meters to corner 37, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 21º 50W, 910 meters to corner 38, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 02º 00E, 735 meters to corner 39, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 29º 25W, 635 meters to corner 40, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 25º 20W, 700 meters to corner 41, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 16º 00W, 820 meters to corner 42, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 59º 00W, 515 meters to corner 43, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 80º 30W, 800 meters to corner 44, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 20º 00W, 895 meters to corner 45, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 27º 30E, 555 meters to corner 46, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 41º 30W, 400 meters to corner 47, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 72º 55W, 265 meters to corner 48, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 67º 00W, 825 meters to corner 49, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 22º 00W, 165 meters to corner 50, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 43º 00W, 460 meters to corner 51, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 03º 10W, 125 meters to corner 52, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 25º 00W, 550 meters to corner 53, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 31º 45W, 400 meters to corner 54, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 54º 45W, 610 meters to corner 55, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 68º 40W, 350 meters to corner 56, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 39º 00W, 410 meters to corner 57, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 24º 00W, 210 meters to corner 58, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 19º 15E, 665 meters to corner 59, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 27º 15E, 285 meters to corner 60, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 17º 25W, 650 meters to corner 61, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 04º 00E, 495 meters to corner 62, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 07º 00E, 440 meters to corner 63, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 03º 30E, 695 meters to corner 64, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 27º 30E, 830 meters to corner 65, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 34º 00E, 835 meters to corner 66, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 29º 30E, 625 meters to corner 67, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 36º 30E, 950 meters to corner 68, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 20º 45E, 395 meters to corner 69, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 33º 40E, 850 meters to corner 70, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 09º 45E, 500 meters to corner 71, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 19º 15E, 800 meters to corner 72, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 69º 30E, 760 meters to corner 73, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 66º 00E, 780 meters to corner 74, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 73º 55E, 290 meters to corner 1, a point of beginning containing an approximate area of SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY (7,250.0) 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 for forestry and as a source of water for irrigation, domestic use, and industrial 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 29th day of June 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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