Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce, and pursuant to the provision of section 64 (d) of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Revised Administrative Code, I, Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines, do hereby reserve as œSpecial Forest for Government Lumber Production Purposes  to be undertaken by the National Development Company the following parcel of land containing forest in the public domain situated in the municipalities of Butuan and Buenavista and Municipal Districts of Las Nieves, Remedios, Milagros, Concordia, Esperanza, Guadalupe, Santa Ines, San Luis, Mampinsahan, Verdu, Maygatasan and Nuevo Sibagat, Province of Agusan, to wit:

Beginning at point 1, which is the mouth of Baug River, which is approximately 8,000 meters N. 17 deg. W. from BLIM No. 1 Butuan, Agusan; thence following Baug River upstream in a general northeasterly direction about 1,300 meters to point 2 which is the junction of Baug and Bansa Rivers; thence following Bansa, Maycasina, Tagibo and Pianing Rivers upstream in a general southeasterly then easterly direction about 23,000 meters to point 3 which is the source of Pianing River; thence S. 45 deg. E. about 5,800 meters to point 4 at Uaua River; thence S. 17 Deg. 30 ™ E. about 27,200 meters to point 5 which is the source of Labao River; thence following Labao River downstream in a general southwesterly direction about 19,000 meters to point 6 which is the junction of Lavao and Agusan Rivers; thence following Agusan River upstream in a general southeasterly direction about 28,500 meters to point 7 which is the junction of Agusan and Maasam Rivers; thence following Maasam River upstream in a general southwesterly direction about 21,000 meters to point 8 at the same Maasam River; thence N. 30 deg. W. about 23,000 meters to point 9 which is the junction of Ojot River and Agsab Creek; thence in a northerly direction about 7,500 meters to point 10 which is the source of Lingayao River; thence following Lingayao River downstream in a general northeasterly direction about 12,800 meters to point 11 at the same Lingayao River; thence in a northerly direction to point 12 which is the source of Danapa Creek; thence following Danapa Creek downstream in a northeasterly direction about 3,500 meters to point 13 which is the junction of Danapa Creek with Agusan River; thence following the Agusan River downstream in a general northerly direction about 6,300 meters to point 14 which is the junction of Agusan and Bugabus River; thence following Bugabus Rivver and Caliitan Creek upstream in a northwesterly then southwesterly direction about 27,000 meters to point 15 which is the source of Caliitan Creek; thence in a northeasterly direction to point 16 which is the source of Tamutao River; thence following Tamutao and Buenavista River; thence following the coast line in an east-northeasterly direction about 14,800 meters to point 1, the point of beginning, containing an approximate area of 165,000 hectares.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done at the City of Manila, this 29^th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the second.

(Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO

Chief of the Executive Office