lands whenever necessary for the making of such survey or for the placing of monuments. [2259-4.] SECTION  987 . Duty of Claimants to Communicate Information Regarding Boundaries . — It shall be the duty of every person claiming an interest in the lands to be surveyed, or in any parcel thereof, to communicate to the surveyor in charge upon his request the refor all information possessed by such person concerning the boundary lines of any lands to which he claims title or in which he claims any interest. [2259-4.] SECTION  988 . Institution of Registration Proceedings . — When the lands have been surveyed and platted, the Director of Lands, represented by the Attorney-General, shall institute registration proceedings, by petition against the holders, claimants, possess ors or occupants of such lands or any part thereof, stating in substance that the public interests require that the titles to such lands be settled and adjudicated, and praying that such titles be so settled and adjudicated. The petition shall contain a description of the lands and shall be accompanied by a plan thereof, and may contain such other data as may serve to furnish full notice to the occupants of the lands and to all persons who may claim any right or interest there in. [2259-5.] SECTION  989 . Boundaries and Divisions of Lots . — If the lands contain two or more parcels held or occupied by different persons the plan shall indicate the boundaries or limits of the various parcels as correctly as may be. The parcels shall be known as "l ots" and shall on the plans filed in the case be given separate numbers by the Director of Lands, which numbers shall be known as "cadastral numbers". The lots situated within each municipality, township or settlement, shall, as far as practicable be numbe red consecutively, beginning with the number "one" and only one series of numbers shall be used for that purpose in each municipality, township or settlement. In cities or townsites a designation of the land holdings by block and lot numbers may be employed instead of the designation by cadastral numbers and shall have the same effect for all purposes as the latter. Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 297