f Washington, this 9th day of December, A.D. 1892, and
of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and
seventeenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:
JOHN W. FOSTER,
_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas it is provided by section 24 of the act of Congress approved
March 3, 1891, entitled "An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for
other purposes"--

That the President of the United States may from time to time set
apart and reserve in any State or Territory having public land bearing
forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with
timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public
reservations; and the President shall by public proclamation declare
the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof.

And whereas the public lands in the State of California within the
limits hereinafter described are in part covered with timber, and it
appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and
reserving said lands as a public reservation:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,
by virtue of the power in me vested by section 24 of the aforesaid act
of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby
reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a public reservation
all those certain tracts, pieces, or parcels of land lying and being
situate in the State of California and particularly described as
follows, to wit:

Beginning at the northeast corner of township three (3) north, range six
(6) west of the San Bernardino meridian; thence westerly on the surveyed
and unsurveyed township line between townships three (3) and four (4)
north, ranges six (6) and seven (7) west, to the northeast corner of
township three (3) north, range eight (8) west; thence northerly on the
unsurveyed and surveyed range line between ranges seven (7) and eight
(8) west to the northeast corner of section twenty-four (24), township
four (4) north, range eight (8) west; thence westerly on the surveyed
and unsurveyed section line between sections thirteen (13) and
twenty-four (24), fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23), fifteen (15) and
twenty-two (22), sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21), seventeen (17) and
twenty (20), and eighteen (18) and nineteen (19) of said township and
range to the point for the northwest corner of section ni