Annual report of the Directory of Lands. [1904]

s 782 REPORT OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
monument placed near the Suja Creek close to a tall lomboy tree; thence to another monument on the bank of the Talango Creek; thence along the said creek to its confluence with
the San Nicolas River; thence along the said river, downstream, to a point of junction
with the Aniba Creek; thence upstream the said Aniba Creek to the Malamog estero, at
the head whereof is another monument; thence to and across the Mambog estero to another
monument close by the said Mambog estero; thence, from east to west, to another monument; thence in the same direction to a monument on the Imus River; thence along the
said river, on the farther side of the house of the province, to a monument which is erected
close to the salt ponds belonging to the said province of San Nicolas and the Imus River;
thence in a straight line from west to east to another monument that marks the division
point between the said salt ponds and the 25 quiiones that by order of the said governor
were returned to the municipality of Bacoor; thence along the said Imus River, here.called
also Binacayan, upstream, to the Tinga Creek or estero; thence from east to west, to the
mouth of the Todong River; thence along the said Todong River, upstream, from north
to south, and then eastward to a monument which marks the division line between this
estate and the 25 quifiones granted by the aforesaid governor to the town of Cavite el
Viejo; thence from east to west in a straight line to a monument placed on the top of the
Batongdalig Hill to separate the said 25 qui-lones; thence from southeast to northwestto a point about 500 brazas; thence, as the crow flies, to the Togong Creek, the place where
the adjustment was made of the block of 25 quiflones given to the town of Cavite el Viejo;
thence in the same direction to a Balete tree near the Batongdalig Creek; thence in a westerly direction back to the Las Dos Bocas River, the starting point."
On May 5, 1793, the supreme court of Manila entered judgment in a suit brought by the
natives of Silang against the Recoleto corporation over the ownership of the Sitios Tamajas,
Ogayen, Alipas, and Malinta, adjudging to the said corporation all the parts that go to
form this estate.
Pursuant to the decree of the director of civil administration in these islands dated May
24, 1886, a partial survey of the estate was made, including the towns of Silang, Cavite
Province; San Pedro Tunasan, Laguna Province, and Las Pinfas, Rizal Province, whereby
the following facts were established:
"First. The monument situated on the bank of the Banaba Creek must be considered
correctly placed where it is. The claim made by the inhabitants of Silang that the monument is placed 100 brazas nearer the San Agustin River must be disallowed. Second. The
dividing line between the Imus estate and the said town shall hereafter be that marked by
the monuments of Banaba or Malinta, another that shall be erected at 950 meters from
the last of an angle of 258~, and that of the landing on the San Pedro River. Third. The
dividing line between the Imus estate and San Pedro de Tunasan is the one running from
the stone inclosure on the San Pedro River to the monument placed at the sitio of Bacotna-bato, on the Majayjay Creek, following thence along the whole course of the said creek
to the monument at the sitio of Tatin-na-manga, where the Imus and Muntinlupa estates
touch, both estates belonging to the Recoleto corporation; and, fourth, from the preceding
monument, and at the distance of 480 meters and at the angle of 313~ 30', to the Limbon
River, and for the distance of 174 meters beyond the line is the dividing line between this
and the aforesaid Muntinlupa estate, and thereafter between this estate and the town
limits of Las Piflas, Manila Province. Thence the line follows the Limbon River and divides
the said town from the San Nicolas estate."
The modern description of this estate given at the beginning of this report was drawn
up in a notarial instrument executed July 9, 1892, by the presiding administrator of the
Imus estate, the Rev. Father Juan Herrero del Amor Hermoso, before Andres Dominguez
Quintian, notary of Cavite.
After filing the said description and the documents in support of same, the property
registrar of Cavite recorded the Imus estate in favor of the Recoleto corporation of the
Philippines.
All that has so far been stated in this report appears, as already stated, in the certificate
issued by the said registrar, but we have not at hand nor has the selling company supplied
us, notwithstanding our repeated requests therefor, with any other documents whereby to
settle the exactness of the history just given.
The remaining transfers of the property, two in number, until it came into the hands of
the sellling company, appear in two notarial copies which are valid and legal. These copies
have been submitted to us.
From the first of these documents it appears that under deed executed in Madrid March
31, 1894, before Notary Public Manuel de Bofarull y de Palau, by the Rev. Father Toribio
Minguella, the authorized representative, under power ot attorney, of the Recoleto Corporation of the Philippines, the. Imus estate was sold with all its belongings, together with
the encumbrances or liens above referred to, to the Fomento de la Agricultura de Filipinas
(Promotion of Agriculture in the Philippines), a corporation formed in Madrid February
15, 1894, with domicile in the Philippine Islands, and duly represented therein in accord