MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 1939

ESTABLISHING AS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY RESERVATION FOR AGRICULTURAL PLANTATION CULTIVATION THE PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE PROVINCES OF AGUSAN AND SURIGAO, ISLAND OF MINDANAO

Upon recommendation of the Minister of Natural Resources and pursuant to the authority vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby withdraw from sale, settlement, exploration or exploitation and set aside and reserve for the use of the National Development Company for agricultural plantation cultivation, subject to private rights, if any there be, the certain parcels of land of the public domain situated in the Provinces of Agusan and Surigao, Island of Mindanao, more particularly described as follows:

PARCEL I

Beginning from corner 1, longitude 126°00'10" and Latitude 8°22'40", a point on the ground, thence N47°W about 2,840 meters to corner 2, a point on the ground; thence N88°W about 6,540 meters to corner 3, a point on the ground; thence N48°W about 1,450 meters to corner 4, a point on the ground; thence N29°E about 10,500 meters to corner 5, a point on the ground; thence Due Norte about 760 meters to corner 7, a point on the ground; thence Due East about 1,780 meters to corner 8, a point on the ground; thence S07°E about 760 meters to corner 9, a point on the ground; thence S20°E about 8,000 meters to corner 10, a point on the ground; thence S38°E about 4,750 meters to corner 11, a point on the ground; thence S79°W about 7,100 meters to point of beginning containing an approximate area of 11, 200 hectares.

PARCEL II
T.D. an Area – MARKED "X"

Beginning from corner 1, longitude 126°07'29" and latitude 8°32'33" along the shoreline thence N87°W about 6,550 meters to corner 2, a point on the ground; thence N11°W about 1,700 meters to corner 3, a point on the ground; thence N61°W about 7,000 meters to corner 4, a point on the ground; thence S07°E about 10,300 meters to corner 5, a point on the ground; thence N56°W about 5,050 meters to corner 6, a point on the ground; thence N44°W 10,800 meters to corner 7, a point on the ground; thence N42°E about 4,040 meters to corner 8, a point on the ground; thence S85°E about 5,760 meters to corner 9, a point on the ground; thence N76°E about 3,700 meters to corner 10, a point on the ground; thence N89°E about 8,720 meters to corner 11, a point along the seashore; thence following the seashore line in general SE, SW, SE, S, SW and SE direction about 10,340 meters straight (direct) distance to point of beginning. Containing an approximate area of 17,500 hectares.

The said parcels of land are hereby placed under the administration and control of the National Development Company, provided, however, that the timber and other forest products therein shall remain under the administration and control of the Bureau of Forest Development. No clear cutting of healthy standing timber shall be made without prior clearance from the Bureau of Forest Development.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.ℒαwρhi৷

Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen hundred and Eighty.

(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant


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