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Supplement Bo. 2 to Cfje Palestine ®alette Bo. \m of ut\) JFefcruarp, 1944. FORESTS ORDINANCE. PROCLAMATION, No. 3 OF 1944, BY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER. IN EXERCISE of the powers vested in me by section 3 of the Forests C&p. 61 Ordinance, I, SIR HAROLD ALFRED MACMICHAEL, G.C.M.G., D.S.O., High Commissioner for Palestine, do hereby proclaim that the lands described in the Schedule hereto are Forest Reserves under the control and management of the Government. The boundaries of the Forest Reserves are shown diagrammatically by a green line on copies of the village maps of Waldheim and Beit Lahm villages, Haifa Sub-District, scale 1/10,000, prepared by the survey of Palestine, and marked F/508 and F/507 respectively, copies of which are deposited at the office of the Conservator of Forests, Jerusalem. The said boundaries are demarcated by numbered Rock Marks consisting of iron bolts concreted into rocks and T-shaped irons concreted into the ground. Minor boundary details between the numbered marks are demarcated by unnumbered T-shaped irons in• scribed each with the letter 'F'. SCHEDULE. Serial No. of Reserve : 348. Name of Forest Reserve: El Arqub West. Situation : Haifa Sub-District, within the boundaries of Beit Lahm village. Boundaries: — North: Starting from an unnumbered T iron situated on the village boundary be• tween Beit Lahm and Saffuriya about 25 metres north of T iron F/B, the boundary proceeds south-eastwards along the village boundary as far as an Angle Iron marked I 40/F situated at the junction of the village boundaries of Beit Lahm, Saffuriya and Ailut villages. East: From Angle Iron 40/F the boundary proceeds south-westwards along the vil- 1 lage boundary between Beit Lahm and Ailut villages which forms also the western boundary of El Arqub Forest Reserve No. 94, through Rock Marks 39/F, 38/F, 37/F, 36/F, 35/F, 34/F, 33/F, 32/F, 31/F, 30/F, 29/F, 28/F, and 27/F as far as Rock Mark 26/F, Smith: From Rock Mark 26/F the boundary proceeds north-westwards along the edge of cultivated lands of Beit Lahm and Ailut villages through Rock Marks 38/C, 38/B and 38 as far as T iron 38/A. West: From T iron 38/A the boundary proceeds in a north-easterly direction along the edge of cultivated lands of Beit Lahm village, through Rock Mark 37 /A, T iron 37/B, Rock Marks 36/A, 36/B, 35/B, 34/B, T iron 33/B, Rock Marks 33/A, 32/A, T iron 32/B, Rock Marks 31/D, 31/C, 31/B, 30/B, 29/B, 28/B, 27/B, 26/B, T iron 160 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE NO. 1319—SUPPLEMENT NO. 2. 24th February, 1944 25/B, Rock Mark 24/A, T iron 24/B, Rock Marks 23/B, 22/B, 21/A, 21/B, T iron 20/B, Rock Marks 19/B, T iron 18/B, Rock Mark 17/B, T iron 16/A, Rock Mark 15/B, T iron 14/C, 14/D, 14/B, Rock Marks 13/B, 12/B, T irons 11/B, 10/B, Rock Marks 9/B, 8/B as far as T iron 7/B. Approximate area in metric dunums: The total area within the boundaries described is 525 metric dunums. Description: Forest and forest land including no land at present cultivated. Serial No. of Reserve: 349. Name of Reserve : El Museitba. Situation: Haifa Sub-District, within the boundaries of Beit Lahm village. Boundaries: — North'. Starting from Rock Mark 1/B situated on the southern slope of the Khallat ez Zureib, the boundary proceeds eastwards along the edge of cultivated lands of Beit Lahm village through Rock Mark 2/B as far as Rock Mark 3/B; thence it proceeds south-eastwards along the village boundary between Beit Lahm and Saf• furiya villages as far as Rock Mark 7/S. East: From Rock Mark 7/S the boundary proceeds south-westwards along the village boundary between Beit Lahm and Saffuriya villages as far as Rock Mark 6/S; thence it proceeds in the same direction along the edge of cultivated lands through Rock Mark 5/S as far as Rock Mark 1/S; thence it proceeds in the same direction along the village boundary between Beit Lahm and Saffuriya villages as far as the meeting of that village boundary and a field road leading to Beit Lahm village. South: From the above meeting point the boundary proceeds north-westwards along the abovementioned field road and the edge of cultivated lands of Beit Lahm village as far as Rock Mark 4/B; thence it proceeds due west along the edge of cultivated lands of Beit Lahm village as far as Rock Mark 5/B. West: From Rock Mark 5/B the boundary proceeds northwards as far as Rock Mark 6/B; thence it proceeds in a north-easterly direction along the southern edge of cultivated lands in the Khallat ez Zureib through Rock Marks 180/B, 180/C, 183/A and 183/B as far as Rock Mark 1/B. Approximate area in metric dunums: The total area within the boundaries described is 220 metric dunums. Description: Forest and forest land including no land at present cultivated. Serial No. of Reserve : 350. Name of Reserve: Khirbat el Musheirifa. Situation: Haifa Sub-District, within the boundaries of Beit Lahm village. Boundaries: — North: Starting from Survey Mark 946/SA, the boundary proceeds south-eastwards along the village boundary between Beit Lahm and Shafa 'Amr villages, separating this reserve from the Wadi el Malik South Forest Reserve No. 260 and along the edge of cultivated lands of Beit Lahm village as far as Rock Mark 185. East: From Rock Mark 185 the boundary proceeds southwards along the egde of cultivated lands of Beit Lahm village and along the village boundary between Beit Lahm and Saffuriya villages as far as Rock Mark 184/A. South: From Rock Mark 184/A the boundary proceeds south-westwards along the , northern edge of cultivated lands in the Khallat ez Zureib as far as Rock Mark 23/S. West: From Rock Mark 23/S the boundary proceeds north-westwards along the edge of cultivated lands of Beit Lahm village as far as Rock Mark 22/S; thence it pro• ceeds north-eastwards along the edge of cultivated lands of that village through Rock Marks 187/A and 187 as far as Survey Mark 946/SA. 2-lth February, 1944 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE NO. 131.9—SUPPLEMENT NO. 2. 161 Approximate area in metric dunums: The total area within the boundaries described is 92 metric dunums. Description i Forest and forest land including no land at present cultivated. Serial No. of Reserve: 351. Name of Reserve: Beit Lahm. Situation: Haifa Sub-District, within the boundaries of Beit Lahm and Waldheim villages. Boundaries:— North: Starting, from Survey Mark 967/SA situated on the village boundary be tween "Waldheim and Shafa 'Amr villages, the boundary proceeds eastwards along the village boundaries between Waldheim, Beit Lahm and Shafa 'Amr villages which separate this reserve from Wadi el Malik South Forest Reserve No. 260 through Survey Marks 966/SA, 965/SA, 964/SA, 963/SA, 962/SA, 961/SA, 956/SA, 955/SA, .SA, 952/SA, 951/SA, 950/SA and 949/SA as far as Rock Mark 188/953׳ ,SA/954 East: From Rock Mark 188 the boundary proceeds southwards along the edge of cultivated lands of Beit Lahm village through Rock Marks 30/S and 183/E as far as Rock Mark 183/D. South: From Rock Mark 183/D the boundary proceeds in a south-westerly direction along the edge of cultivated lands in Khallat ez Zureib through Rock Marks: 183/G, 183, 182, 181/B, 181/A and 181 as far as Rock Mark 180; thence it proceeds in the same direction along the track leading from Shafa 'Amr to Waldheim and Beit Lahm villages through Rock Marks 179, 178/A, 178 and 177 as far as Rock Mark 176; thence it proceeds in a north-westerly: direction along the edge of cultivated lands of Beit Lahm and Waldheim villages through Rock Marks 174/B, 174/A, 174, 173/C, 173/B and 173/A as far as Rock Mark 173; thence it proceeds in a south westerly direction as far as Rock Mark 172; thence it proceeds in a north-westerly direction through Rock Marks 171, 170 and 169 as far as Rock Mark 460. West: From Rock Mark 460 the boundary proceeds along the edge of cultivated lands of Waldheim village turning northwards as far as Rock Mark 461; thence proceeding eastwards through Survey Mark 884 as far as Rock Mark 462; thence proceeding southwards as far as Rock Mark 473; thence proceeding eastwards through Rock Marks 472 and 471/A as far as Survey Mark 54/BL; thence turning in a north-westerly direction through Rock Marks 470/B, 470/A, T iron 47/W, Rock Mark 469, T iron 48/W and 468, Rock Marks 467, 466, and 465 as far as Sur vey Mark 967. Approximate area in metric dunums: The total area within the boundaries described is 1825 metric dunums. Description: Forest and forest land including no land at present cultivated. Note: An area of about 20 metric dunums of this reserve is marked on the said map F/508 as disputed between Waldheim and Shafa 'Amr villages. Serial No. of Reserve: 352. Name of Reserve: Umm el Amed North.