Reserved land description and location
- The reserved parcel is bounded and described by reference to Bureau of Forestry sketch plan, C. E. 17 and named bearing lines and river boundaries within the provincial area described.
- The land begins at point 1 along the Davao-Cotabato Provincial boundary line N. 16A E. approximately 36 km. from the municipality of Kidapawan, Cotabato.
- The land perimeter includes segment points 1 through 8 identified by named landmarks (trees marked B. F. 420 and B. F. 422) and key waterways (notably Anoling Creek, Malohimit Creek, Pulangi River, Arakan River, Kulaman River, Tinanan River, Miocan River).
- The reservation covers approximately 27,440 hectares.
Purpose and beneficiary use
- The reserved area is reserved for the use of EDCOR.
- EDCOR’s reserved land is placed under the administration of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
- The reservation is expressly made subject to private rights, if any there be.
Mandatory classification and control rules
- The entire reservation is subject to classification by the Bureau of Forestry.
- Portions that the Bureau of Forestry segregates and delimits as timberlands remain under the control and administration of the Bureau of Forestry.
- Timberland portions that are segregated and delimited as timberlands are excluded from the reservation.
Timberlands strip reservations and stream protections
- A strip of 15 meters in width on each side of any public trail within the area that is used as an outlet for timber and other forest products is reserved as timberlands.
- A strip of 40 meters in width from the highest bank on each side of any stream is reserved for stream bank protection in areas that are released and not needed for forest purposes.
Forest product utilization and licensing controls
- Utilization of forest products in areas that are released and not needed for forest purposes remains subject to the Forest and Internal Revenue Laws and Regulations.
- Present licensees retain preferential rights in the utilization of existing timber.
- Future licensees, including those that may be granted by the Director of Forestry, also receive preferential rights for utilization of existing timber.
- Authorized utilization of existing timber and related operations in such released areas may be carried out by licensees under authority of the Secretary of National Defense.
- Licensees permitted for such utilization have the right to construct and maintain logging trails as timber outlets.
Withdrawal from disposition
- The proclamation withdraws the described parcel from sale and settlement as part of establishing the reservation for EDCOR.
Executive seal and promulgation particulars
- The proclamation is signed by Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, and countersigned by Fred Ruiz Castro, Executive Secretary.
- The proclamation is dated March 04, 1954 and is stated to have been done in the City of Manila on March 2, 1954, with references to the eighth year of independence and nineteen hundred and fifty-four.