DECLARING THE WEEK ENDING WITH THE LAST SATURDAY OF JULY EACH YEAR AS ARBOR WEEK

WHEREAS, trees are of paramount importance to the
welfare and economic well-being of our country and people;

WHEREAS, trees and forests continue to be wantonly
destroyed because their importance is not yet sufficiently appreciated; and

WHEREAS, there is urgent need to awaken tree
consciousness among our people, to undertake a vigorous campaign for the
planting of trees to beautify our yards, plazas, highways, parks, etc., and to
reforest our bare and denuded lands through sustained tree planting work
participated in by all elements of the community;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
proclaim the week ending with the last Saturday of July of each year as Arbor
Week to be observed throughout the country with appropriate programs and actual
planting of shade, ornamental, fruit and forest trees.

The observance of Arbor Week shall be under the
auspices of the National Forestry Council. The Secretary of Agriculture and
Natural Resources, as Chairman of said Council, is hereby empowered to create
such committees as may be necessary to attain the objectives of this
proclamation. He may call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or
instrumentality of the Government for assistance and cooperation in the
successful celebration of Arbor Week.

Proclamation No 30 dated July 30, 1947, as
amended by Proclamation No. 41 dated September 3, 1947, is hereby revoked.

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 5th day of
March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the
Independence, the ninth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:

FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary