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278:), promising to reduce survey costs and open the land for settlers. Ligar initially proposed to replace all government surveyors with contractors, a move that was not popular. At this time though, one great saving was achieved through the development and implementation of photolithographic duplication of plans, a process developed "in-house" by
251:, as Colonel. Construction of an ambitious fieldwork for two militia companies, called Fort Ligar, commenced on private land on the town's western high ground as part of Auckland's immediate defence. However, the arrival of 200 men of the
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Militia Bill in Auckland on 25 March, Ligar was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in the Auckland Battalion of Militia, second in command to the Governor,
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Sketch of the routes between the Bay of
Islands and Hokianga, shewing the Native paths, and the position of the hostile Natives on the 8th May and 1st July, 1845
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In London, on 16 February 1841, the Queen was pleased to appoint Ligar to be
Surveyor General of the Colony of New Zealand. Together with the survey staff Lord
229:. On 5 September 1842 the Institute elected Ligar as vice-president. His former superior in Ireland, now Commanding Royal Engineer, New Zealand, Lieutenant
171:. He was employed as a civil assistant on the Ordnance Survey of Ireland until 1840. In 1839 he married Grace Hanyngton, daughter of Thomas Hanyngton of
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Ligar was also appointed land titles commissioner in the late 1840s. He purchased a vast quantity of land from the Maoris for the
European settlers.
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Surveyor General in 1856, and went to Otago, unsuccessfully seeking to become the provincial surveyor. He discovered gold in the
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A meeting had been held as early as mid-July 1841 to establish the
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A Paper
Landscape: The Ordnance Survey in the Nineteenth Century
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on 4 September, the Ligars and survey staff finally arrived at
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Members of the New
Zealand Legislative Council (1841–1853)
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Assistant, Ordnance Survey of Ireland, –1840
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Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand, 1857
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Justice of the Peace for the Province of Auckland, 1856
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Lieutenant Colonel, Auckland Battalion of Militia, 1845
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574:. Vol. 2, no. 72. 28 August 1841. p. 2.
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671:"Appointments in the Auckland Battalion of Militia".
430:"Appointments in the Auckland Battalion of Militia".
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129:Surveyor General of New Zealand
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510:"Ligar, Charles Whybrow"
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401:Andrews, John Harwood (1975).
352:Australian National University
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