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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 230, March 23, 1988 ]

ESTABLISHING AS DOÑA REMEDIOS TRINIDAD-GENERAL TINIO WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE FOR PURPOSES OF PROTECTING, MAINTAINING, OR IMPROVING ITS WATER YIELD AND PROVIDING RESTRAINING MECHANISMS FOR IMPROPER FOREST EXPLOITATION AND DISRUPTIVE LAND-USE, A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF DOÑA REMEDIOS TRINIDAD AND GENERAL TINIO, PROVINCES OF BULACAN AND NUEVA ECIJA, RESPECTIVELY, ISLAND OF LUZON, PHILIPPINES

Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources and pursuant to the powers 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 for watershed and other ecological enhancement purposes, 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 Doña Remedios Trinidad and General Tinio, Provinces of Bulacan and Nueva Ecija, respectively, as shown in the Forest Management Bureau Map W.R. No. 73, with the following description:

Beginning at point “1” on the map, a point at the junction of Sumacbao River and a creek;

Thence N 52°00' E, 3600 meters to corner 2, a point identical to corner 17, Peñaranda Watershed Forest Reserve;

Thence S 21°31' E, 1,425.22 meters to corner 3, a point identical to corner 16, Peñaranda Watershed Forest Reserve;

Thence S 19°19' E, 3,099.40 meters to corner 4, a point identical to corner 15, Peñaranda Watershed Forest Reserve;

Thence N 65°46' E, 1,644.88 meters to corner 5, a point identical to corner 14, Peñaranda Watershed Forest Reserve;

Thence N 33°30' E, 4,077.07 meters to corner 6, a point identical to corner 13, Peñaranda Watershed Forest Reserve;

Thence N 01°16' E, 4,551.10 meters to corner 7, a point identical to corner 12, Peñaranda Watershed Forest Reserve;

Thence due North, 1,300 meters to corner 8, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 58°00' E, 2,100 meters to corner 9, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 45°00' E, 4,550 meters to corner 10, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 15°00' E, 2,950 meters to corner 11, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 11°00' E, 3,000 meters to corner 12, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 18°00' W, 3,400 meters to corner 13, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 20°30' E, 2,550 meters to corner 14, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 11°00' W, 3,450 meters to corner 15, MWD concrete monument, identical to corner 53, Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary;

Thence N 21°08' W, 2,671.22 meters to corner 16, Big hub, identical to corner 52, Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary;

Thence N 49°86' W, 1,472.01 meters to corner 17, Big hub, identical to corner 51, Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary;

Thence N 30°10' W, 1,730.56 meters to corner 18, Big hub, identical to corner 50, Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary;

Thence S 08°48' W, 1,473.67 meters to corner 19, Big hub, identical to corner 49, Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary;

Thence S 09°32' W, 1,634.30 meters to corner 20, MWD concrete monument, identical to corner 48, Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary;

Thence S 46°57' W, 1,110.59 meters to corner 21, stake, identical to corner 47, Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary;

Thence N 69°43' W, 615.54 meters to corner 22, MWD mark on stone, identical to corner 46, Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary;

Thence S 60°25' W, 1,192.00 meters to corner 23, Nail on Big hub, identical to corner 45, Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary;

Thence S 10°10' E, 1,382.48 meters to corner 24, end of ridge, identical to corner 44, Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary;

Thence S 29°30' W, 3,063.29 meters to corner 25, concrete monument, identical to corner 43, Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary;

Thence N 67°13' W, 1,192.25 meters to corner 26 MWD concrete monument, identical to corner 42, Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary;

Thence N 26°29' W, 1,110.41 meters to corner 27, Nail on root of Adiangao Tree, identical to corner 41, Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary;

Thence N 72°00' W, 1,303.44 meters to corner 28 MWD concrete monument, identical to corner 40, Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary;

Thence S 17°31' W, 1,854.39 meters to corner 29, MWD concrete monument, identical to corner 39, Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary;

Thence N 77°05' W, 1,132.66 meters to corner 30, MWD concrete monument, identical to corner 38, Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary;

Thence S 57°21' W, 1,475.37 meters to corner 31, MWD concrete monument, identical to corner 37, Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary;

Thence N 40°08' W, 1,295.32 meters to corner 32, MWD concrete monument, identical to corner 36, Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary;

Thence N 20°00' W, 1,400.00 meters to corner 33, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 05°00' W, 3,100.00 meters to corner 34, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 04°00' W, 5,350.00 meters to corner 35, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 27°00' E, 3,600.00 meters to corner 1, the point of beginning containing an area of TWENTY THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY (20,760) HECTARES, more or less.ℒαwρhi৷

The area covered by the reservation shall be under the administrative jurisdiction, supervision and control of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources through its Forest Management Bureau in coordination with other agencies of the government with the objective of maintaining its usefulness as a source of water for domestic, agriculture and other forestry purposes.

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 23rd day of March in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight.

(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO

By the President:

(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.
Executive Secretary

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