MALACAŅANG PALACE
Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclamation No. 391

ESTABLISHING AS MINERAL LAND RESERVATION ALL MINERAL DEPOSITS AND MINERAL LANDS IN THE ISLANDS NORTH OF THE ISLAND OF MINDANAO, IN THE PROVINCE OF SURIGAO.

Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce and pursuant to the provisions of section eleven of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred thirty-seven, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, hereby set apart as mineral land reservation, under the supervision of the Bureau of Mines, and proclaim the same as closed to mining location and lease all mineral deposits and mineral lands in the islands pertaining to the Province of Surigao, lying north of the Island of Mindanao, within the boundaries described as follows:

Beginning at Cauit Point in the northeastern part of the municipality of Lanuza, Province of Surigao, Island of Mindanao, thence in a general northwesterly direction, following the coast lines of the Province of Surigao, Island of Mindanao, to Bilsa Point in the northwestern part of the Province of Surigao, Island of Mindanao; thence northward to a point 10° 30′ 00″ North Latitude, 125° 26′ 00″ East Longitude; thence eastward to a point 10° 30′ 00″ North Latitude, 126° 13′ 00″ East Longitude; thence southward to Cauit Point, which is the point of beginning.

Bounded on the north by Surigao Strait; on the east, by Pacific Ocean; on the south, by coast lines of Surigao Province, Island of Mindanao; on the west, by Surigao Strait.

The points, corners, and boundaries herein established are based on Coast and Geodetic Survey map, series of 1934, sheet No. 50.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Commonwealth of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done at the City of Manila, this thirteenth day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the fourth.

MANUEL L. QUEZON
President of the Philippines

By the President:

JORGE B. VARGAS
Secretary to the President


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