MALACAÑAN PALACE Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclamation No. 291

ESTABLISHING AS CARAMOAN NATIONAL PARK FOR THE BENEFIT AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES THE PARCEL OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CARAMOAN, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR, ISLAND OF LUZON.

Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce, and pursuant to the provisions of section one of Act Numbered Thirty-nine hundred and fifteen, entitled "An Act providing for the establishment of national parks, declaring such parks as game refuges, and for other purposes", I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, hereby reserve for park purposes for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the Philippines, and withdraw from sale, settlement, or other dispositions, subject to private rights, if any there be, the following parcel of the public domain situated in the municipality of Caramoan Province of Camarines Sur, Island of Luzon, and described in Bureau of Forestry map No. N. P-24, to wit:

Beginning at corner 1 on Bureau of Forestry map No. N. P. 24 N. 26° E., about 3,200 meters from the poblacion of Caramoan, a tanag tree, 40 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1504/24, identical to corner 168, alienable and disposable block I, Camarines Sur project 17-A; thence N. 66° W. 400 meters to corner 2, a narra tree, 80 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1504/28, identical to corner 167 of the same block and project; thence S. 62° W. 375 meters to corner 3, a tanag tree, 20 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1504/33. Identical to corner 166 of the same block and project; thence N. 62° W., 200 meters to corner 4, a stone, 4 by 6 by 7 meters, marked F. Z. 1504/37, identical to corner 165 of the same block and project; thence following Taisan River downstream in northwesterly direction about 350 meters to corner 5, a dao tree, 90 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1504/40, identical to corner 164 of the same block and project; thence following Taisan River downstream in northwesterly direction about 225 meters to corner 6, a Tanag tree, 20 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1504/44, identical to corner 163 of the same block and project; thence N. 48° E., 300 meters to corner 7, a lumacao tree, 35 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1503/6, identical to corner 162 of the same block and project; thence S. 87° E., 225 meters to corner 8, a batobato tree, 25 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1503/14, identical to corner 161 of the same block and project; thence N. 46° E., 125 meters to corner 9, a balobo tree, 25 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1503/18, identical to corner 160 of the same block and project; thence N. 86° E., 275 meters to corner 10, a loctob tree, 30 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1503/30, identical to corner 159 of the same block and project; thence No. 51° E., 225 meters to corner 11, an abuab tree, 55 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1503/36, identical to corner 158 fo the same block and project; thence N. 61° W., 250 meters to corner 12, a taluto tree, 55 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1503/44, identical to corner 157 of the same block and project; thence N. 38° E., 350 meters to corner 13, a dita tree, 50 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1503/53, identical to corner 156 of the same block and project; thence N. 62° E., 300 meters to corner 14, a bulala tree, 50 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1503/59, identical to corner 155 of the same block and project; thence N. 37° W., 150 meters to corner 15, a pototan tree, 20 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1503/62, identical to corner 154 of the same block and project; thence N. 32° E., 150 meters to corner 16, an api-api tree, 20 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1503/70, identical to corner 153 of the same block and project; thence N. 68° E., 250 meters to corner 17, a narra tree, 40 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1503/78, identical to corner 152 of the same block and project; thence S. 36° E., 400 meters to corner 18, a Ficus sp. tree, 45 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1503/102, identical to corner 151 of the same block and project; thence S. 76° E., 150 meters to corner 19, a B. L. concrete monument, 15 by 15 by 60 cm., marked 1503/115, identical to corner 150 of the same block and project; thence N. 70° E., 125 meters to corner 20, a point, marked 1503/117, identical to corner 149 of the same block and project; thence following the coastline in northeasterly and southeasterly directions about 2,760 meters to corner 21, a lanutan tree, 25 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1505/180, identical to corner 181 of the same block and project; thence S. 35° W., 425 meters to corner 22, an unknown tree, 30 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1505/184, identical to corner 180 of the same block and project; thence S. 68° W., 550 meters to corner 23, a tapulao tree, 60 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1505/118, identical to corner 179 of the same block and project; thence N. 65° W., 450 meters to corner 24, a malugai tree, 70 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1542/108, identical to corner 178 of the same block and project; thence N. 80° W., 350 meters to corner 25, a malaikmo tree, 50 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1542/88, identical to corner 177 of the same block and project; thence N. 7° W., 500 meters to corner 26, a nato tree, 50 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1542/48, identical to corner 176 of the same block and project; thence N. 44° W., 200 meters to corner 27, a dao tree, 50 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1542/41, identical to corner 175 of the same block and project; thence N. 10° E., 250 meters to corner 28, a narra tree, 20 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1542/32, identical to corner 174 of the same block and project; thence S. 89° W., 200 meters to corner 29, a narra tree, 50 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1542/28, identical to corner 173 of the same block and project; thence S. 41° W., 325 meters to corner 30, a point, marked 1504/9, identical to corner 172 of the same block and project; thence N. 38° W., 300 meters to corner 31, a binggas tree, 70 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1504/12, identical to corner 171 of the same block and project; thence S. 17° W., 275 meters to corner 32, a lamio tree 60 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1504/16, identical to corner 170 of the same block and project; thence S. 17° W., 400 meters to corner 33, a danggay tree, 40 cm. in diameter, marked F. Z. 1504/21, identical to corner 169 of the same block and project; and thence S. 18° W., 225 meters to corner 1, the point of beginning.

Corners 1 to 18 and 31 to 33 were marked with official marking hatchet No. B. F. 442; and corners 21 to 29 with B. F. No. 433.

Containing an area of approximately 347 hectares.

The said parcel of land shall be known as the "Caramoan National Park" and shall remain under the administration of the Bureau of Forestry, subject to the general executive control and supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Commonwealth of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done at the City of Manila, this twentieth day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the third.

[SEAL]

(Sgd.) MANUEL L. QUEZON
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JORGE B. VARGAS
Secretary to the President


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