Pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act Numbered One hundred and thirty, the following provinces are hereby reclassified as indicated herein, in accordance with the schedule provided in section one of Act Numbered Three thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, as amended by Act Numbered Four thousand two hundred and sixteen, on the basis of their average annual revenues during the five consecutive fiscal years ended June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, as certified by the General Auditing Office:

PROVINCES

First Class-A
Albay		Ilocos Sur		Nueva Ecija
Antique		Iloilo		Pampanga
Batangas		Isabela		Pangasinan
Bohol		Laguna		Quezon
Bulacan		Lanao		Rizal
Cagayan		La Union		Samar
Camarines Sur		Leyte		Sorsogon
Capiz		Masbate		Sulu
Cavite		Misamis Occidental		Surigao
Cebu		Misamis Oriental		Tarlac
Cotabato		Mountain Province		Zambales
Davao		Negros Occidental		Zamboanga del Norte
Ilocos Norte		Negros Oriental
First Class-B
Camarines Norte			Oriental Mindoro
First Class
Agusan		Nueva Vizcaya		Romblon
Bataan		Palawan		Zamboanga del Sur
Second Class
Abra	Bukidnon		Catanduanes		Marinduque
Fourth Class
Batanes			Occidental Mindoro

The classification herein made shall take effect on July 1, 1956.

Done in the City of Manila, this 9th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eleventh.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) FORTUNATO DE LEON
Executive Secretary