Reservation of Luneta Park for National Use

The President reserves a designated parcel for National Park purposes and designates it as Luneta National Park.
The reservation is made for the parcel’s use as a national park under the management of the Commission of Parks and Wild Life.
The reservation is expressly tied to the withdrawal of the parcel from sale or settlement.

The reserved land is a parcel of the Government’s private domain situated in the District of Ermita, City of Manila.
The proclamation identifies boundaries in relation to neighboring properties and streets, including remaining portion of P. Burgos Drive, remaining portion of existing street (no name), remaining portion of Calle San Luis, and property of the City Government of Manila.
The proclamation sets boundary reference points (labeled point 1 to point 41) and provides a metes-and-bounds description beginning at point 1 and ending at the point of beginning.
The parcel is described as having an approximate area of 162.383 square meters, with data subject to future surveys.

The entire reserved parcel is placed under the administration of the Commission of Parks and Wild Life, subject to private rights, if any there be.
Portions of the parcel that form part of the road remain under the administration of the Commissioner of Public Highways.
The road-management carve-out applies specifically to the parts of the described property that constitute roads within the parcel.

The proclamation is anchored on Section 64(e) of the Revised Administrative Code, which authorizes the President’s action to reserve public land for designated public purposes.
The reservation operates as a withdrawal from private acquisition through disposition mechanisms, expressly providing that the parcel is withdrawn from sale or settlement.
The reservation continues to define the land’s designated public use as a national park under the specified administrative structure.

The parcel is bounded on the North (N.) by remaining portion of P. Burgos Drive, property of the Metropolitan Water District, and remaining portion of existing street (no name).
The parcel is bounded on the East (E.) by remaining portion of existing street (no name).
The parcel is bounded on the South (S.) by remaining portion of existing street (no name) and remaining portion of Calle San Luis.
The parcel is bounded on the West (W.) by property of the City Government of Manila.
The description begins at point marked 1 on the attached sketch plan and follows successive bearings and distances (including N. 32A 10a2 W., 143.50 meters to point 2, and continuing through points 3 to 41) to the point of beginning.
The proclamation states that all data are approximate and subject for future surveys.

The proclamation is executed with the President’s signature and is affixed with the seal of the Republic of the Philippines.
It is done in the City of Manila on December 19, 1955, the tenth year of Philippine Independence.
Mariano Yenko, Jr., Assistant Executive Secretary, signs “By the President.”