WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 8 authorizes the President of the Philippines to designate an existing office, agency or instrumentality of the Government to take over and administer the properties and property rights transferred to the Republic of the Philippines by the United States of America under the Philippine Property Act of 1946 (Act of Congress of July 3, 1946), and to dispose of the same in accordance with the provisions of existing laws;

WHEREAS, a good portion of the properties, real or personal, and property rights which have been transferred or may be transferred to the Republic of the Philippines by the United States of America under the Philippine Property Act of 1946 (Act of Congress of July 3, 1946) consist of properties, real and personal, and property rights situated in the Province of Davao and in the City of Davao, formerly held by Japanese nationals;

WHEREAS, it would be advantageous from the standpoint of efficiency and economy that the office, agency or instrumentality designated to administer the properties and property rights above mentioned should also administer other properties of the Government situated in the Province of Davao and in the City of Davao which are at present being administered by the Bureau of Lands;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines , by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

1. The National Abaca and Other Fibers Corporation, created under Commonwealth Act No. 322, is hereby designated as the agency to take over and administer the properties and property rights located in or affecting properties situated in the Province of Davao and in the City of Davao, transferred to the Republic of the Philippines by the United States of America under the provisions of the Philippine Property Act of 1946 (Act of Congress of July 3, 1946), and to administer the abaca and coconut plantations on public lands formerly covered by leases to Japanese and other private parties, which leases have already expired, which plantations are more particularly listed in the attached Annex œA , except such portion or portions thereof as may be reserved for agricultural experimental stations or agricultural schools.
2. The properties and property rights to be taken over and administered by the National Abaca and Other Fibers Corporation pursuant to the provisions of this Order shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of existing laws.

Done at the City of Manila, this 25th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines , the first.

 

	(Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS
	President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO
Chief of the Executive Office

 

ANNEX œA 

LIST OF PLANTATIONS ADMINISTERED BY THE BUREAU OF LANDS

Name of Administrator	Plantation	Assigned Portion	Area in Hectares
1. Claro Reyes Panlilio (Hrs.), Inc.	Daliao Plantation Co.	œA 	231
2. Pedro Limjoco	Daliao Plantation Co.	œB 	386
3. Pioneer ™s Development Co.	Biao Plantation Company (Add.)	Entire	568
4. Carmen Soriano	Catalunan Agricultural Company	Entire	121
5. David Jocobson	Lahi River Plantation Company	œA  & œB 	333
6. Minda Development Co.	Manambulan Development Company	Entire	667
7. Oriental DevelopmentCompany	Mindanao Agri. & Com. Company	Entire	528
8. Jose Ledesma	Bato Plantation Co.	œA 	340
9. Ricardo Ledesma	Bato Plantation Co.	œB 	308
10. Robert Eric Baugh	Bato Plantation Co.	œC 	280
11. William Baugh	Bayabas Plantation Company	Entire	310
12. Abelardo Y. Jalandoni	Biao Plantation Company (Orig.)	œA  & œB 	208
13. Occidental Dev. Co. (OscarLagman - Rep.)	Guianga Plantation Co.	Entire	334
14. Davao Gulf Dev. Co. (Capt.Stevens - Rep.)	Gui Hing Plantation Co.	œA  œB  œC 	264
15. Pilar D. Veloso	Matsuoka Development Co.	œA 	210
16. Natividad Q. Noel	Matsuoka Development Co	œB 	140
17.Benato Locsin (Now CesarLocsin)	Matsuoka Development Co	œE 	130
18. Cesar Locsin	Matsuoka Development Co	œF 	120
19. Augusto Locsin (Now CesarLocsin)	Matsuoka Development Co	œG 	150
20. Salvacion D. Buyco	North Talomo Plant Co.	œA 	58
21. Flora C. Oliver	North Talomo Plant Co.	œB 	63
22. Candido Abrina	Panavo Plantation Co.	œA 	216
23. Silvestre Gavina	Panavo Plantation Co.	œB 	195
24. Sofronio Gonzalez	Sirawan Plantation Co.	Entire	149
25. Jose Lucero	Tagum Plantation Co.	œA 	349
26. Juan Abear	Tagum Plantation Co.	œB 	330
27. Eduardo Torres	Talomo River Plant Co.	œA  & œB 	292
28. Victoriano Nuqui	Tween River Plant Co.	œA 	130
29. Felipe Yosuico	Tween River Plant Co.	œB 	135
30. L. Roscom & T. Whitehorn	Padada Agricultural Co.	œA 	180
31. Enrique Montilla	Padada Agricultural Co.	œB 	375
32. Emilio Camara	Padada Agricultural Co.	œC 	350
33. Jose Timbol	Riverside Plantation Co.	Entire	267
34. Primo B. Carreon	South Mindanao Dev. Co.	Entire	763
35. D. C. Santos	Southern Davao Dev. Co.	œA 	234
36. Mariano C. Pamintuan	Southern Davao Dev. Co.	œB 	211
37. W. Allan Wood		œC 	190
38. Agapito Subido	Southern Davao Dev. Co.	œD 	182
39. Ricardo Reyes and RamonSullan	Southern Davao Dev. Co.	œE 	200
40. Ricarte Ventosa	Tagurano Plantation Co.	œA 	86
41. Jose Torres	Tagurano Plantation Co.	œC  œD  œE 	280
42. Visayan Agricultural &Developoment Co.	Land covered by the rejected L.A. Nos. 4289 & 4291 of C. Ravel and E. Anonas	œA 	246
43. Valentin H. Padilla	Pansit Plantation Co.	œA 	280
44. Patricia S. Montemayor	Pansit Plantation Co.	œB 	274
45. Ramon T. Yulo	Akamine Bros. Plant Co.	œA 	81
46. Jose Diokno	Akamine Bros. Plant Co.	œB 	138
47. Mariano Braganza	Takunan Plantation Co.	Entire	330
48. Felipe Zurbito & Co.	Bayabas Plantation Co.	œB 	246
49. Sergio Jalbuena	Biao Plantation Co. (Orig)	œC 	208
50. Fermin Caram Jr.	Biao Plantation Co. (Orig)	œD 	85
51. Generoso Ledesma	Gui Hing Plantation Co.	œD 	189
52. Julian Montilla	Gui Hing Plantation Co.	œE 	203
53. Vicente Guinoo	Gui Hing Plantation Co.	œF 	302
54. Patricio David	Lasang Plantation Co.	œA 	80
55. Arsenio Yulo	Lasang Plantation Co.	œB 	90
56. Anastacio Pancho	Lasang Plantation Co.	œC & œD 	120
57. Ramon Tabiana	Matsuoka Development Co.	œC 	162
58. Benito Roces	Matsuoka Development Co.	œD 	85
59. Jacinto Albarracin	Mindanao Reclamation Co.	œA 	144
60. Mauricio Revillas	Mindanao Reclamation Co.	œB 	162
61. Vicente Garcia	Mindanao Reclamation Co.	œC 	95
62. Apeles H. Lopez	Talomo River Agri. Co.	œC 	145
63. Rosendo Hernaez	Talomo River Agri. Co.	œD 	145
64. Emilio Infante	Talomo River Agri. Co.	œE 	130
65. Alfredo Rivera	South Mindanao Agri. Co.	Entire	200
66. Basilio Cortez and FaustinoAlcaraz	Tagurano Plantation Co.	œB 	105
67. Manuel Pineda	Land covered by the rejected L. A. No. 4292 of B. Esteban	œB 	131
68. Dorotea Esguerra	L. A. No. 4088 of M. Roque	œC 	158
TOTAL AREA ASSIGNED			15,397