EXCLUDING FROM THE OPERATION OF PROCLAMAMATION NO. 31 DATED JULY 31, 1917, A PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE BARRIO OF QUINABAUAN, MUNICIPALITY OF BURDEOS, PROVINCE OF QUEZON; IS…

WHEREAS, a petition has been filed for the
release for mining purposes of a portion of the Polillo Island Coal Bearing
Forest Reserve established under Proclamation No. 31 dated July 31, 1917;

WHEREAS, it has been found and certified by the
Director of Mines that the area sought to be released from the forest reserve
contains valuable coal deposits;

WHEREAS, under the provisions of section fourteen
of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-seven, otherwise known as;
the Mining Act, lands within reservations for purposes other than mining, if
found after such reservation is made to be more valuable for their mineral
contents than for the purpose or purposes for which the reservation is made,
may be withdrawn from such reservation by the President of the Philippines with
the concurrence of the Congress of the Philippines;

NOW, THEREFORE, upon the recommendation of the
Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the provisions
of section Fourteen of Commonwealth Act One Hundred and thirty-seven, I hereby
exclude from the operation of Proclamation No. 31 dated July 31,1917, which
established the Polillo Island Coal Bearing Forest Reserve; and declare open to
disposition under the provisions of the Mining Act, a portion of said forest
reserve situated in the barrio of Quinabauan, municipality of Burdeos, province
of Quezon, island of Polillo, which is specifically shown on Bureau of Forestry
Map L.C.-664 and technically described to wit:

Beginning at a point marked! 1 identical to
corner 1 of Cl-29, which is more or loss N. 89° 27′ W., 1,485.86 meters from
B.L.B.M. No. 2, barrio Burdeos, municipality of Polillo, Quezon, or S. 86° 27′
W., 7,533.17 meters more or less from triangulation “PAL” U.S.C and G.S.
Polillo island, Quezon, thence, due south, 2,000.00 meters to point 2; thence,
due west, 2,400.00 meters to point 3; thence, due north, 2,000.00 meters to
point 4; identical to corner 2 of Cl-29; thence, due east, 2,400.00 meters
along the southern boundary of Cl-29 to point 1 which is the point of
beginning. Containing an area of 480.0 hectares.

The cutting, removal, and utilization of the
timber and other forest products, therefrom shall be in accordance with the
provisions of the Forest and Internal Revenue Laws and Regulations.

This proclamation shall take effect only upon the
concurrence of the Congress of the Philippines.

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 31st day of
December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hunndred and fifty-five, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:
MARIANO YENKO, JR.
Assistant Executive Secretary