EXCLUDING FROM THE OPERATION OF PROCLAMATION NO. 208 DATED OCTOBER 5, 1937, A PARCEL OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE BARRIOS OF TAPOL, CAMP VI, CAMP VII, MANDUANG AND KUANO…

WHEREAS, Juan B. Echavez has requested for the
exclusion of a certain area under Survey Bsm-69 of the Bureau of Mines
containing 396 hectares from the Talisay-Minglanilla Forest Reserve established
under Proclamation No. 208 dated October 5, 1937;

WHEREAS, according to the report of the Director
of Mines, the area sought to be excluded from the Talisay-Minglanilla Forest
Reserve appears to be mineralized; and

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,
which, after such reservation is made, are found to be more valuable for their
mineral contents than for the purpose for which the reservation was made, may
be withdrawn from such reservation by the President of the Philippines only
with the concurrence of the Congress.

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, otherwise
known as the Mining Act, I hereby exclude from the operation of Proclamation
Numbered Two hundred and eight, dated October 5, 1937, a portion of the
Talisay-Minglanilla Forest Reserve as shown on the Bureau of Forestry Map F.
R.-79 and technically described as follows:

Beginning at corner 1, identical to monument No.
17, on the map or M.B.M. No. 28 of the Talisay and Minglanilla Estate FLR 133,
B.L. Case No. 2 Minglanilla, thence N. 19° 58′ E., 405.0 meters to corner 2;
thence N. 57° 53′ E., 182.89 meters to corner 3; thence N. 44° 00′ E., 18.63
meters to coiner 4; thence S. 72° 30′ E. 255.63 meters to corner 5; thence S.
80° 20′ E., 111.89 meters to corner 6; thence N. 59° 08′ E., 49.51 meters to
corner 7; thence N. 59° 24′ E., 37.50 meters to corner 8; thence N. 39° 47′ W.,
88.60 meters to corner 9; thence N. 07° 20′ W., 140.0 meters to corner 10;
thence S. 80° 24′ W., 46.0 meters to corner 11; thence N. 37° 30′ W., 307.0
meters to corner 12; thence N. 37° 30′ W., 35.0 meters to corner 13; thence N.
37° 30′ W., 70.0 meters to corner 14; thence N. 19° 58′ E., 455.0 meters to
corner 15: thence due east, 290.0 meters to corner 16; thence S. 70° 02′ E.,
930.0 meters to corner 17; thence S. 19° 58′ W., 600.0 meters to corner 18;
thence S. 70° 02′ E., 600.0 meters to corner 19; thence S. 19° 58′ W., 1,077.0
meters to corner 20; thence N. 59° 05′ W., 220.0 meters to corner 211; thence
S. 47° 57′ W., 545.0 meters to corner 22; thence S. 24° 00′ W., 57.50 meters to
corner 23; thence S. 58° 09′ W., 42.30 meters to corner 24; thence S. 05° 33′
W., 10.30 meters to corner 25; thence S. 21° 46′ E., 66.90 meters to corner 26;
thence S. 84° 09′ W., 355.20 meters to corner 27; thence N. 70° 02′ W., 1,050.0
meters to corner 281; thence N. 19° 58′ E., 792.0 meters to the point of
beginning; containing an area of approximately 356.20 hectares. All corners
referred to are indicated in red ink on Forestry Map F.R.-79 and are marked on
the ground as follows: 1 by M.B.M. No. 28; 17, 18, 19 and 28 concrete monuments
2/Bsm-69, 3/Bsm-69, 4/Bsm-69, and 6/Bsm-69 respectively; 15, 20 and 27 are
points; and 2 to 14, 16 and 21 to 26 are old corners of lots of
Talisay-Minglanilla Estate indicated on the map.

The cutting, removal and utilization of the
timber and other forest products therefrom shall be in accordance with the
provisions of the forest laws and regulations, and at any time the said area
within the forest reservation shall be abandoned for mining purposes, the same
shall revert as part of the forest reserve.

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 26th day of
February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:
FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary