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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1


   CERTIFICATION OF VICE PRESIDENT OF TRUSTEE OF TREASURE ISLAND ROYALTY TRUST
             PURSUANT TO 15 U.S.C. SECTION 7241, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT
                TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


I, Kevin M. Dobrava, certify that:

1.       I have reviewed the accompanying annual report on Form 10-K for the
         year ended December 31, 2003 of Treasure Island Royalty Trust, for
         which Wachovia Bank, National Association, acts as trustee;

2.       based on my knowledge, the annual report does not contain any untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
         to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
         such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
         covered by the annual report;

3.       based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
         information included in the annual report, fairly present in all
         material respects the financial condition, distributable income and
         changes in trust corpus of the registrant as of, and for, the periods
         presented in the annual report;

4.       I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
         and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14), or
         for causing such procedures to be established and maintained, for the
         registrant and I have:

         a)       designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
                  such controls and procedures to be designed, to ensure that
                  material information relating to the registrant, including its
                  consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others
                  within those entities, particularly during the period in which
                  the annual report is being prepared;

         b)       evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
                  controls and procedures and presented in the annual report my
                  conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
                  and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by the
                  annual report based on such evaluation; and

         c)       disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's
                  internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
                  the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's
                  fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that
                  has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
                  affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
                  reporting; and

5.       I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation, to the
         registrant's auditors:

         a)       all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
                  internal controls which could adversely affect the
                  registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report
                  financial data and have identified for the registrant's
                  auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

         b)       any fraud, whether or not material, that involves persons who
                  have a significant role in the registrant's internal controls.

In giving the certifications in paragraphs 4 and 5 above, I have relied to the
extent I consider reasonable on information provided to me by Newfield
Exploration Company.


Date: March 30, 2004                     By: /s/ Kevin M. Dobrava
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                                             Kevin M. Dobrava
                                             Vice President
                                             Wachovia Bank, National Association