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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 107, May 13, 1987 ]

ESTABLISHING AS WATERSHED RESERVE A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF GONZAGA AND LAI-LO, BOTH IN THE PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN, ISLAND OF LUZON, FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROTECTING, MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING WATER YIELD AND PROVIDING A RESTRAINING MECHANISM FOR INAPPROPRIATE FOREST EXPLOITATION AND DISRUPTIVE LAND-USE.

Upon recommendation of the Secretary of Natural Resources, and by virtue of the power vested in me by law, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby withdraw from entry, sale, disposition or settlement and set aside as watershed forest reserve, subject to private rights, if any there be, and to the operations of previous proclamations reserving any portion thereof for specific purposes a certain parcel of land of the public domain situated in the Municipalities of Gonzaga and Lal-lo, both in the Province of Cagayan, Island of Luzon, as shown and described in Bureau of Forest Development Map W.R. 68, with the following technical description:

Beginning at Point “1” on the ground at latitude 18º 48? 00? and longitude 122º 44? 00? at the junction of Augunay River and Wangag River;

Thence, N 52º 30' E., 1200 meters to corner 2, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 23º 00' E., 725 meters to corner 3, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 53º 45' E., 550 meters to corner 4, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 58º 15' E., 950 meters to corner 5, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 81º 30' E., 1,650 meters to corner 6, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 71º 00' E., 1,425 meters to corner 7, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 65º 30' E., 650 meters to corner 8, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 06º 00' E., 700 meters to corner 9, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 50º 45' E., 900 meters to corner 10, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 61º 30' E., 950 meters to corner 11, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 09º 00' E., 975 meters to corner 12, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 19º 00' E., 950 meters to corner 13, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 40º 00' E., 700 meters to corner 14, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, E 19º 00' E., 550 meters to corner 15, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, S 55º 30' W., 700 meters to corner 16, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, S 27º 00' W., 575 meters to corner 17, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, S 78º 00' W., 225 meters to corner 18, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, S 10º 00' E., 400 meters to corner 19, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, S 39º 00' W., 275 meters to corner 20, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, S 23º 00' W., 650 meters to corner 21, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, S 09º 45' W., 775 meters to corner 22, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 52º 00' W., 750 meters to corner 23, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 80º 00' W., 1,075 meters to corner 24, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, S 32º 15' W., 850 meters to corner 25, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, S 54º 00' W., 750 meters to corner 26, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, S 01º 15' E., 1,500 meters to corner 27, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 66º 00' W., 450 meters to corner 28, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, S 37º 00' W., 800 meters to corner 29, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, S 47º 45' W., 1,125 meters to corner 30, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, S 22º 30' W., 325 meters to corner 31, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, S 59º 45' W., 650 meters to corner 32, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 52º 30' W., 2,150 meters to corner 33, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 62º 00' E., 500 meters to corner 34, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 49º 00' E., 650 meters to corner 35, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 15º 45' W., 1,025 meters to corner 36, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 14º 00' E., 675 meters to corner 37, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 69º 00' W., 550 meters to corner 38, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 25º 00' W., 1,100 meters to corner 39, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 87º 30' W., 375 meters to corner 40, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 03º 00' E., 1,000 meters to corner 41, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 28º 15' W., 400 meters to corner 42, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 08º 00' W., 700 meters to corner 43, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 23º 30' W., 725 meters to corner 44, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 77º 00' W., 400 meters to corner 45, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 24º 00' W., 675 meters to corner 46, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 68º 30' E., 650 meters to corner 47, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 87º 00' E., 600 meters to corner 48, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 16º 00' E., 250 meters to corner 49, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 05º 00' W., 700 meters to corner 50, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 44º 45' E., 650 meters to corner 51, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, N 32º 00' E., 350 meters to corner “1, the point of beginning;

containing an area of SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY TWO (6,992.0) HECTARES more or less.1aшphi1

The Department of Natural Resources thru the Bureau of Forest Development shall administer and manage the reservation, in coordination with other agencies of the government, for the purposes of protecting, maintaining and improving water yield and providing a restraining mechanism for inappropriate forest exploitation and disruptive land use.

IN WITNESS HEREOF, 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, in the year of Our Lord, this 13th day of May, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.

(SGD) CORAZON C. AQUINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD) JOKER P. ARROYO
Executive Secretary

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