Upon recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the provisions of section 83 of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, do hereby withdraw from sale or settlement and reserve for building site purposes of the Bureau of Public Works, subject to private rights, if any there be, a certain parcel of the public domain situated in the South Harbor, Port Area District, City of Manila, and more particularly described, to wit:

œLot 2, block 2, Swo-20567

œA parcel of land (lot 2, block 2 of the resurvey and subdivision plan Swo-20567, being a certain portion of Reclamation Plan 1), situated in the South Harbor, Port Area District, City of Manila. Bounded on the NE., by Bonifacio Drive; on the SE., by 20th Street; on the SW., by Railroad Street; and on the NW., by lot 1, block 2 of the resurvey and subdivision plan. Beginning at a point marked 1 on plan, being N. 27  34 W., 299.80 meters from Fire Hydrant 31 No. 1948 New, City of Manila and N. 27 34 W., 249.88 meters from Fire Hydrant (unnumbered), City of Manila, thence N. 31 52 W., 182.71 meters to point 2; thence N. 58 47 E., 50.48 meters to point 3; thence S. 31 13 E., 171.18 meters to point 4; thence S. 45 22 W., 49.74 meters to the point of beginning; containing an area of 8,752 square meters, more or less. All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground by concrete monuments marked B. L.; bearings true; date of the resurvey and subdivision survey, December 2-3, 1947 and March 29, 1948.

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 3rd day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:

MARIANO YENKO, JR.
Assistant Executive Secretary