WHEREAS, it has been found and certified by the Director of Mines that the area sought to be released from the forest reserve contains valuable coal deposits;

WHEREAS, under the provisions of section fourteen of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-seven, otherwise known as; the Mining Act, lands within reservations for purposes other than mining, if found after such reservation is made to be more valuable for their mineral contents than for the purpose or purposes for which the reservation is made, may be withdrawn from such reservation by the President of the Philippines with the concurrence of the Congress of the Philippines;

NOW, THEREFORE, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the provisions of section Fourteen of Commonwealth Act One Hundred and thirty-seven, I hereby exclude from the operation of Proclamation No. 31 dated July 31,1917, which established the Polillo Island Coal Bearing Forest Reserve; and declare open to disposition under the provisions of the Mining Act, a portion of said forest reserve situated in the barrio of Quinabauan, municipality of Burdeos, province of Quezon, island of Polillo, which is specifically shown on Bureau of Forestry Map L.C.-664 and technically described to wit:

Beginning at a point marked! 1 identical to corner 1 of Cl-29, which is more or loss N. 89 27 W., 1,485.86 meters from B.L.B.M. No. 2, barrio Burdeos, municipality of Polillo, Quezon, or S. 86 27 W., 7,533.17 meters more or less from triangulation œPAL  U.S.C and G.S. Polillo island, Quezon, thence, due south, 2,000.00 meters to point 2; thence, due west, 2,400.00 meters to point 3; thence, due north, 2,000.00 meters to point 4; identical to corner 2 of Cl-29; thence, due east, 2,400.00 meters along the southern boundary of Cl-29 to point 1 which is the point of beginning. Containing an area of 480.0 hectares.

The cutting, removal, and utilization of the timber and other forest products, therefrom shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Forest and Internal Revenue Laws and Regulations.

This proclamation shall take effect only upon the concurrence of the Congress of the Philippines.

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 31st day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hunndred 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