MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 766, March 22, 1996 ]

RESERVING FOR SETTLEMENT SITE PURPOSES FOR THE AETAS OF FLORA, APAYAO, CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AND DECLARING THE SAME OPEN FOR DISPOSITION TO THE ACTUAL OCCUPANTS THEREOF, SITUATED AT BARANGAY BALASI, MUNICIPALITY OF FLORA, PROVINCE OF APAYAO, ISLAND OF LUZON.

Upon recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources and by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby reserve for settlement site purposes for the Aetas of Flora, Apayao, certain parcel of land of the public domain and declaring the same open for disposition to the actual occupants thereof, pursuant to the provisions of the Public Land Act, as amended, situated at Barangay Balasi, Municipality of Flora, Province of Apayao, Island of Luzon, which parcel of land is more particularly described as follows:

Plan Swo- 133204-000263

A parcel of land (Plan Swo-133204-000263) situated at Barangay Balasi, Municipality of Flora, Province of Apayao, Island of Luzon. Bounded on the NE., along lines 1-2-3-4-5-6 by alienable and disposable area, Block No. III, LC Map No. 2311; on the SW., along lines 7-8-9 and SE., along lines 9-10-11 by Timber land; on the SW., & NW., along lines 11-12-13-14 by Timber land; on the NW., along lines 14-15-16-1 by Tamalunog Creek. Beginning at a point marked “1” of plan being S., 82 deg., 05W., 2301.11 m. from BLLM No. 43, “Allig Plains Public Land Subdivision, Pls-93, Apayao, thence:

S., 69° 28" E., 340.15 m. to point 2;
S., 14° 49" E., 365.23 m. to point 3;
S., 29° 12" E., 375.30 m. to point 4;
S., 22° 53" E., 365.44 m. to point 5;
S., 30° 14" E., 314.62 m. to point 6;
S., 29° 36" W., 440.42 m. to point 7;
N., 59° 19" W., 395.23 m. to point 8;
N., 41° 45" W., 454.04 m. to point 9;
S., 30° 54" W., 396.70 m. to point 10;
S., 38° 06" W., 497.25 m. to point 11;
N., 43° 31" W., 484.72 m. to point 12;
N., 20° 43" W., 446.10 m. to point 13;
N., 23° 55" E., 509.41 m. to point 14;
N., 28° 51" E., 453.78 m. to point 15;
N., 58° 46" E., 324.48 m. to point 16;
N., 55° 13" E., 320.15 m. to point of

beginning, containing an area of TWO MILLION NINETY FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY NINE (2,094,129) SQUARE METERS, more or less. All points referred to are indicated on land and are marked on the ground as follows: Point 1 by Narra Tree, 25 cm. dia.; Point 2 by Narra Tree, 30 cm. dia., Point 14 by Narra Tree by 35 cm. dia.; Point 11 by Lauan Tree, 85 cm. dia.; Point 13 by Apitong Tree, 15 cm. dia. and the rest by FR mons. Bearings true.1aшphi1 This lot was surveyed in accordance with law and existing regulations promulgated thereunder by Cesar D. Reyes, Public Land Surveyor from February 15-21, 1993 and approved on September 6, 1994. The 40 meter strip along the bank of the creek shall be preserved as permanent forest bank protection.

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 22nd day of March in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six.

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary


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