RESERVING FOR AGRICULTURAL COLONY SITE PURPOSES A PARCEL OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE NORTH NEGROS FOREST RESERVE MUNICIPALITIES OF CALATRAVA, ES…

Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of
Agriculture and Commerce and pursuant to the provisions of section 83 of
Commonwealth Act No. 141 and Commonwealth Act No. 691, I hereby withdraw from
sale or settlement and reserve for agricultural colony site purposes, under the
administration of the Director of Lands, subject to private rights, if any
there be , and to future classification and survey, and to the conditions that
the timber and other forest products therein, as well as the use and occupancy
of the area indicated as timber land or forest reserve, shall be placed under
the administration and control of the Bureau of Forestry, in accordance with
the Forest Law and Regulations, the following parcel of the public domain
situated in the northern portion of the North Negros Forest Reserve, comprised
in the municipalities of Calatrava, Escalante, Sagay and Cadiz, Province of
Occidental Negros, Island of Negros, to wit:

Beginning at point 1, indicated on the map of the
Northern Negros Forest Reserve, identical to corner 269 of the Northern Negros
Forest Reserve; thence N. 67 degrees W., 3,125.0 meters to point 2, identical
to corner 5a of the Northern Negros Forest Zone, L.C. Project No.7, Block D;
thence S. 58 degrees W., 7,600.0 meters to point 3, a stake; thence N. 63
degrees W., 3,000.0 meters to point 4, a stake; thence N. 30 degrees E.,
3,750.0 meters to point 5, junction to the Himugaan and Palala Rivers;
thence  N. 2 degrees W., 1,550.0 meters to point 6, a stake, south bank of
Dalinson River; thence following the Dalinson River downstream in a
northeasterly direction about 2,000.0 meters to point 7, a stake, north bank of
Dalinson river; thence N. 27 degrees W., 2,350.0 meters to point 8, a stake at
the center of the municipal boundary of Sagay- Escalante; thence N. 24 degrees
W., 2,750.0 meters to point 9, a stake; thence N.. 72 degrees W., 2,250.0
meters to point 10, or the intersection of Pinamintigan Creek and municipal
boundary of Sagay-Cadiz; thenceS. 84 degrees W., 1,850.0 meters to point 11, a stake;
thence N. 7 degrees E., 5,450.0 meters to point 12, identical to corner 11 of
the License Agreement No,1-C of the Insular Lumber Company; thence N. 25
degrees 30’ W., 5,100.0 meters to point 13 identical to  corner 13 of the
License Agreement No. 1-C  of the Insular Lumber Company; thence N. 36
degrees 30’ E., 1,625.0 meters to point 14 identical to corner 1,849 of the
Northern Negros Forest Reserve; thence following the boundary line of the
Northern Negros Forest Reserve clockwise to corner 269 of the said Forest
reserve or the point of beginning Containing a total area of 26,680 hectares,
out of which 2,380 hectares representing three timber lands blocks have been
excluded leaving an area of 24,300 hectares for the proposed Colony Site.

Bounded on the north by alienable and disposable
lands, namely Block 1 of Negros Occidental Project No.20, Negros Occidental
Projects Nos.20-A, 20-C and 20-E (Cadiz), Negros Occidental Project No. 25,
Block I of L.C. Project No. 25-A (Sagay), Blocks I, II, III, and VIII of L.C.
Project No.25-C (Sagay), Blocks V, VI, VII and VIII  of L.C. Project No.
21-D  (Escalante); on the east by alienable and disposable lands of L.C.
Project No. 2-B, Escalante Cadastre, B. L. Case No. 2, L.C. Project No. 21-D,
Blocks XII, XIII and XIV, Negros Occidental Projects Nos. 29 and 7-B, Blocks I
and II, San Carlos Cadastre, B.L. Case No. 2; on the south by public forest;
and on the west by public forest within the concession of the Insular Lumber
Company.

NOTE.-This is subject to change to conform with
future survey.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done at the City of Manila, this 7^th
day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and of
the Independence of the Philippines, the first.

(Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO

Chief of the Executive Office

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