Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the provisions of section 64 (e) of the Revised Administrative Code, I hereby exclude from the operation of Proclamation No. 148, dated September 30, 1949, and reserve for site purposes of the Metropolitan Water District, subject to private rights, if any there be, Lot 4-A, Psd-27342 (Lot 4-B, Psd-27369) and certain other parcels of land belonging to the private domain of the Government, situated in the District of Ermita, City of Manila, Island of Luzon, and more particularly described in the Bureau of Lands plan Psd-27342 and Swo-24312, to wit:

LOT 4-A. LOT 4-B, Psd-27369) Psd-27342
(To be acquired by the Metropolitan Water District)

A parcel of land (lot 4-A of the subdivision plan Psd-27342, being a portion of lot 4, block 304 of the cadastral survey of the City of Manila, G.L.R.O. cadastral record No .), situated in the N. and W., by lot 3-A of the subdivision plan; and on the SE. and S., by lot 4-B of the subdivision plan. Beginning at a point marked œ1  on plan, being N. 9 24 W., 1,048.33 m. from B.L.L.M. 47, Manila cadastre 13, thence N. 2 19 W., 5.13 m. to point œ2 ; thence N. 2 30 W., 33.52 m. to point œ3 ; thence N. 87 44 E., 74.38 m. to point œ4 ; thence S. 38 41 W., 61.83 m. to point œ5 ; thence S. 88 24 W., 26.24 m. to the point of beginning, containing an area of 1,956.3 square meters more or less. All point referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground as follows: points 1 and 5, by P. L. S. concrete monument, and the rest, by old G. I. spikes on wall; bearings true; declination, variable; date of the original survey, August, 1919-March, 1920 and that of the subdivision survey, Aug. 29, 1949.

LOT 3-A. Psd-27342
(To be acquired by the Metropolitan Water District)

A parcel of land (lot 3-A of the subdivision plan Psd-27342, being a portion of lot 3, block 304 of the cadastral survey of the City of Manila, G.L.R.O. cadastral record No .), situated in the District of Ermita, City of Manila. Bounded on the N., by lot 1-A of plan Psd-12841 and lot 9, block 304, Manila cadastral; on the NE., by Pasig River; on the E., by lot 4-A of the subdivision plan; on the S., by lot 4-A and 3-B of the subdivision plan; and on the W., by Calle Arroceros. Beginning at a point marked œ1  on plan, being N. 16 38 W., 1,075.42 m. from B.L.L.M. 47, Manila cadastre 13; thence N. 1 37 W., 50.00 m. to point œ2 ; thence N. 88 24 E., 134.25 m. to point œ3 ; thence N. 88 54 E^ 68.20 m. to point œ4 ; thence S, 55 04 E., 6.77 m. to point œ5 ; thence S. 34 25 E., 0.88 m. to point œ6 ; thence S. 58 04 W., 2.25 m. to point œ7 ; thence S. 47 41 E., 5.75 m. to point œ8 ; thence S. 87 44 W., 74.38 m. to point œ9 ; thence S. 2 30 E., 33.52 m. to point œ10  thence S. 2 19 E., 5.13 m. to point œ11 ; thence S. 88 24 W., 136.77 m. to the point of beginning, containing an area of 7,573.9 square meters, more or less. All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground as follows: point 1 and 11, by P. L. S. concrete monuments; and the rest, by old G. I. spikes on wall; bearings true; declination, variable; date of the original survey, Aug., 1919-March, 1920 and that of the subdivision survey, August 29, 1949.

SWO-24312, LOT 9, BLOCK 304-MANILA CADASTRE
(The Metropolitan Water District)

œA parcel of land (lot 9, block 304 of the cadastral survey of the City of Manila, G.L.R.O. cadastre record No.---), situated in the District of Ermita, City of Manila. Bounded on the W. and N., by lot 1, Block 304, Manila cadastre; on the NE., by Pasig River; and on the S., by lot 3, block 304, Manila cadastre (U.S. military reservation). Beginning at a point marked œ1  on plan, being N. 9 11 W., 1,098.25 m. from B.L.L.M. 47, Manila cadastre, thence N. 23 07 E., 2.60 m. to point œ2 ; thence N. 2 34 W., 10.08 m. to point œ3 ; thence N. 88 31 E., 50.34 m. to point œ4 ; thence N. 87 28 E., 0.68 m. to point œ5 ; thence east 0.40 m. to point œ6 ; thence N. 17 32 E., 0.80 m. to point œ7 ; thence S. 55 58 E., 0.93 m. to point œ8 ; thence S. 37 48 W., 1.35 m. to point œ9 ; thence S. 54 21 E., 8.97 m. to point œ10 ; thence N. 35 55 E., 1.21 m. to point œ11 ; thence E. 54 36 E., 0.93 m. to point œ12 ; thence S. 36 52 W., 1.20 m. to point œ13 ; thence S. 53 30 E., 9.95 m. to point œ14 ; thence S. 88 54 W., 68.20 m. to point of beginning; containing an area of 747.9 square meters, more or less. All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground as follows: point 1, by old G. I. S. on wall; point 14, by old monument; and the rest, by G. I. S. on Walls bearings true; declination, variable; date of the cadastral survey of Aug., 1919-March, 1950. 

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 Baguio, this 1st day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourth.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary