Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce, and pursuant to the provisions of Section 83 of Commonwealth Act 141, as amended, I hereby withdraw from sale or settlement and reserve for the production of lumber, subject to private rights, if any there be, a parcel of the public domain situated in the Municipality of Nasipit, Province of Agusan, Island of Mindanao, to wit:

Beginning at point œ1  which is a concrete monument or the northernmost corner of Lot No. 617 of B. L. Cad. No. 169 of Nasipit, Agusan; thence following a straight line due East, 270 meters to point œ2 ; thence due South, 770 meters to point œ3 ; thence due West, 520 meters to point œ4 , or the northwestern corner of Lot No. 691 of B. L. Cad. No. 169 of Nasipit; thence following the boundary separating the water line south of Nasipit Harbor and the cadastrated lots in a general southerly, westerly and northerly directions to point œ5  which is the southeastern corner of Lot No. 622 of B.L. Cad. No. 169 of Nasipit; thence following a straight line due West, 400 meters to point œ6 ; thence due North, 910 meters to point œ7 ; thence due East, 700 meters to point œ1 , the point of beginning. It comprised, either partly or wholly, Lots Nos. 588, 590, 592, 595, 597, 598, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 613, 615, 616, 617, 618, 619, 620, 621, 622, 699 and 700 of B. L. Cad. No. 169 of Nasipit, Agusan, containing a total areas of approximately 55 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 12^th day of August, 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