Upon recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the provisions of section 83 of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred forty-one, as amended, I hereby withdraw from sale or settlement and reserve for rice, corn and other food production purposes under the administration of the Rice and Corn Production Administration of the National Development Company, subject to private rights, if any there be, and to future classification and final survey, and to the condition that the timber and other forest products therein, as well as the use and occupancy of the areas indicated as timber land or forest reserve, shall be placed under the administration and control of the Bureau of Forestry, in accordance with the Forest Law and Regulations, the following described parcels of the public domain situated in the municipalities of Dulawan and Buluan, province of Cotabato, Island of Mindanao, to wit:

Lot No. 1.-A parcel of land, lot No. 1, situated in the municipality of Dulawan, province of Cotabato. Bounded or the north, by public land, on the east, by Ala River and lot No. 3 of the survey, on the south and west, by public land. Beginning at point 1 at the barrio of Kalandangan which is a point 300 meters east of the intersection of upper Bafiga and Ala Rivers; thence southwesterly direction along the Ala River bank 5,700 meters to point 2 which is a point on the western bank of Ala River; thence due south 3,600 meters to point 3 which is in the barrio of Matiompong; thence due south 7,500 meters to point 4 which is in the barrio of Kalambug; thence due west 15,100 meters to point 5 which is in the barrio of Butuan; thence in a northwesterly direction 8,200 meters to point 6 at the eastern foot of Mt. Sulatan; thence in a northwesterly direction 15,000 meters to point 7 which is on the northeast foot of Mt. Daguma; thence due east 14,700 meters to point 8 which is 400 meters west of the upper Kakal River in the barrio of Malatiman; thence due east 9,500 meters to point 9 which is the intersection of Ala River with a creek without name; thence in a southeasterly direction 6,200 meters to the point of beginning, containing an area of 41,815 hectares.

Lot No. 2.-A parcel of land, lot No. 2, situated in the municipality of Buluan, province of Cotabato. Bounded on the north, by Malasila River, Mt. Alip, public land and the boundary of the municipalities of Kidapawan and Buluan, on the east, by the Province of Davao, on the south, by public land, and on the west, by Lake Blingkong and public land. Beginning at point 1 which is 500 meters southeast of Lake Blingkong; thence due north 3,000 meters to point 2; thence in a northwesterly direction 5,700 meters to point 3 at the barrio of Alip 500 meters south of unnamed creek; thence due north 900 meters to point 4 in the barrio of Panag; thence in a northwesterly direction 2,200 meters to point 5 in the barrio of Damawato 400 meters southwest of Pamakling River; thence in a northeasterly direction 6,000 meters to point 6 at the southern foot of Mt. Alip; thence in a northeasterly direction 9,000 meters to point 7 north of Malasila River which is near the Kidapawan-Buluan municipal boundary; thence in an easterly direction along the Kidapawan-Buluan boundary 18,800 meters to point 8 which is a corner of the Davao-Cotabato provincial boundary; thence in a southeasterly direction along the Davao-Cotabato boundary 3,500 meters to point 9; thence in a southerly direction along the Davao-Cotabato boundary 14,000 meters to point 10; thence due west 27,000 meters to the point of beginning, containing an area of 52,000 hectares.

Lot No. 3.-A parcel of land, lot No. 3, situated in the municipality of Dulawan, Province of Cotabato. Bounded on the north, by public land, on the east, by public land and municipal boundary of Buluan and Dulawan, on the south, by public land and on the west, by lot No. 1 of this survey. Beginning at point 1 at barrio of Kalandangan which is 300 meters from the intersection of Upper Banga and Ala Rivers; thence in a southwesterly direction to point 2 which is equivalent to corner 2 of lot 1 of this survey; thence due south 3,600 meters to point 3 at Matiompong barrio which is equivalent to corner 3 of lot 1 of this survey; thence due south 7,500 meters to point 4 which is equivalent to corner 3 of lot 1 of this survey; thence in a northeasterly direction 13,000 meters to point 5 which is midway between the municipal boundary of Dulawan and Buluan and barrio Mangilala or 700 meters northwest of that barrio; thence in a northwesterly direction 9,700 meters to the Maitumang Creek; thence in a southwesterly direction 3,000 meters to the point of beginning, containing an area of 9,471 hectares, more or less.

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 29th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourth.

ELPIDIO QURINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary