Proclamation No. 496




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 496, November 18, 1965 ] EXCLUDING FROM THE OPERATION OF PROCLAMATION NO. 31, SERIES OF 1917, AS AMENDED, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE FOREST RESERVE SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF ALABAT AND POLILLO, PROVINCE OF QUEZON, CERTAIN PARCELS OF LANDS EMBRACED THEREIN AND DECLARING THE SAME OPEN TO DISPOSITION. Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the authority vested in me by law, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, do hereby exclude from the operation of Proclamation No. 31, series of 1917, which established the forest reserve situated in the municipalities of Alabat and Polillo, province of Quezon, subject to private right if any there be, and to the concurrence of Congress pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act No. 3002, certain parcels of land embraced therein and declare the same open to disposition, which are particularly described as follows: “Starting from Cor. 1, identical to Cor. 1 of Lot 7 of the Alabat Island Forest Reserve; thence S72°E, 70 meters to Cor. 2; thence due south 160 meters to Cor. 3; thence S43°E, 200 meters to Cor. 4; thence due 160 meters to Cor. 5; thence S16°W, 160 meters to Cor. 6; S29°W, 100 meters to Cor. 7; thence S30°E, 220 meters to Cor. 8; thence S16°W, about 70 meters to Cor. 9; thence S45°E, 100 meters to Cor. 10; thence S37°E, 210 meters to Cor. 11; thence S43°E, 170 meters to Cor. 12; thence S73°E, 520 meters to Cor. 13; thence N60°E about 160 meters to Cor. 14; thence S64°E, 1600 meters to Cor. 15; thence due North about 80 meters to Cor. 16; thence N13°W about 80 meters to Cor. 17; thence N70°W about 300 meters to Cor. 18; thence following seashore line in a general southeasterly direction about 1,100 meters to Cor. 19; thence S49°W about 110 meters to Cor. 20; thence S62°E about 260 meters to Cor. 21; thence S35°E about 280 meters to Cor. 12; thence S30°E about 280 meters to Cor. 22; thence S29°E about 180 meters to Cor. 23; thence S30°E about 300 meters to Cor. 24; thence S26°E about 180 meters to Cor. 25; thence S78°W about 190 meters to Cor. 26; thence S03°E about 240 meters to Cor. 27; thence N76°W about 190 meters to Cor. 28; thence S71°W about 100 meters to Cor. 29; thence S45°W about 150 meters to Cor. 30; thence S34°E about 260 meters to Cor. 31; thence S82°E about 430 meters to Cor. 32; thence S62°E about 240 meters to Cor. 33; thence S58°E about 360 meters to Cor. 34; thence S9°E about 440 meters to Cor. 35; thence following Minaoma Creek downs stream in a general easterly direction about 340 meter to Cor. 34; thence S57°E about 200 meters to Cor. 37; thence N73°E about 260 meters to Cor. 38; thence S18°E about 120 meters to Cor. 39; thence due East about 220 meters to Cor. 40; thence S88°E about 410 meters to Cor. 41; thence S17°E about 180 meters to Cor. 42; thence S63°E about 240 meters to Cor. 43; thence N16°E about 150 meters to Cor. 44; thence S30°E about 210 meters to Cor. 45; thence S15°W about 150 meters to Cor. 46; thence S43°W about 140 meters to Cor. 47; thence N25°W about 180 meters to Cor. 48; thence N51°W about 100 meters to Cor. 49; thence N68°W about 200 meters to Cor. 50; thence S60°E about 170 meters to Cor. 51; thence S24°W about 70 meters to Cor. 52; thence S60°W about 60 meters to Cor. 53; thence S35°W about 80 meters to Cor. 54; thence N31°E about 85 meters to Cor. 55; thence S41°W about 0 meters to Cor. 56; thence S6°W about 110 meters to Cor. 57; thence S37°E about 140 meters to Cor. 58; thence S76°E about 60 meters to Cor. 59; thence S36°W about 100 meters to Cor. 60; thence S28°W about 120 meters to Cor. 61; thence S3°E about 220 meters to Cor. 62; thence S41°E about 100 meters to Cor. 63; thence S54°E about 180 meters to Cor. 64; thence N55°E about 150 meters to Cor. 65; thence S43°W about 1,040 meters to Cor. 67; thence N48°W about 130 meters to Cor. 68; thence N65°W about 100 meters to Cor. 69; thence due North about 110 meters to Cor. 70 thence N43°W about 410 meters to Cor. 71; thence N18°W about 340 meters to Cor. 72; thence S81°W about 200 meters to Cor. 73; thence N78°W about 240 meters to Cor. 74; thence N50°E, about 100 meters to Corner 75; thence N8°W about 160 meters to Corner 76; thence S72°W about 270 meters to Corner 77; thence S47°W about 165 meters to Corner 78; thence S10°W about 130 meters to Corner 79; thence N53°W about 110 meters to Corner 80; thence N25°W about 240 meters to Corner 81; thence N18°E about 110 meters to Corner 82; thence N77°W about 200 meters to Corner 83; thence N61°E about 230 meters to Corner 84; thence N58°W about 560 meters to Corner 85; thence S11°W about 160 meters to Corner 86; thence S80°W about 200 meters to Corner 87; thence S33°W about 100 meters to Corner 88; thence N43°W about 200 meters to Corner 89; thence N30°W about 1,350 meters to Corner 90; thence N71°W about 330 meters to Corner 91; thence N37°W about 280 meters to Corner 92; thence N18°W about 230 meters to Corner 93; thence N22°W about 320 meters to Corner 94; thence N42°W about 120 meters to Corner 95; thence N24°E about 230 meters to Corner 96; thence N85°E about 130 meters to Corner 97; thence N11°E about 160 meters to Corner 98; thence N80°W about 220 meters to Corner 99; thence N38°W about 250 meters to Corner 100; thence S77°W about 45 meters to Corner 101; thence N72°W about 670 meters to Corner 102; thence N67°W about 680 meters to Corner 103; thence N36°E about 540 meters to Corner 104; thence N21°E about 260 meters to Corner 105; thence N52°E about 210 meters to Corner 106; thence N3°E about 200 meters to Corner 107; thence N30°E about 270 meters to Corner 108; thence S83°W about 305 meters to Corner 109; thence N84°E about 240 meters to Corner 110; thence N46°E about 100 meters to Corner 1, the point of beginning containing an area of 1,110.00 hectares.” In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1 Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-five. (SGD. )DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) SALVADOR L. MARIÑO Acting Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation