T KENNEDY MACDONALD & CO., • Ltd., are favoured with instructions •rom MRS. Me NAB, io consequence of nor aealtU necessitating her retirement from bnsu leso to sell by public auction, as above,— THE MAGNIFICENT PROPERTY AT THE LOWER HUTT ao long and well-known as McNAB’S GARDENS THIS GRAND PROPERTY CONTAINS SOME THIRTY-FOUR AND A-HALP (344) ACRES of tho Richest and most Fertile Land in the celebrated Hutt Valley, haying front ages to the Wniwetu Road and White’s Line, and a small tributary of the River Hutt, known as the Opahu or MoNab’s Creek. It ia divided as follows 5 Nine Acres as Scientific and Ornamental Garden Two Acres as Orchard One Acre as Kitchen Garden One Acre in Original Native Bush, and Nearly Twenty-Two Acres of Grass Pad docks, generally utilised for Picnic, Cricket, and football Parties. Fronting the Magnificent Lawn stands the mily Residence, upon which over illooo has m recently expended. It is built in the izabothan style, and with its Cathedral iss, leaded windows, and quaint gables, has lelightful old-fashioned look. It contains 20 iraa, including drawing-room—two largo and tv dining-rooms capable of dining 80 guests irenkfast room, bedrooms, &o. At :hed to tho reeidonoe is a largo oonserva •y beautifully furnished with rare plants, ere is also Vinery, filled with special rleties of vinos; complete and compact iblos, containing 17 Loose Boxes, Harness loms, Coach House, Dairy, Cottage, Wash rases, Photographic Room, and all the napes ■y conveniences for so largo an estabusn mt A splendid artesian well, 6Stt deep,gives unlimited supply of the purest water. Tho stables are greatly used in connection pith tho meetings of tho Wellington Racing /lub, whose grounds are within a abort ms anoe of the property. The history of the property is an exoeod igly interesting one. The land was alected by the late Mr Ludlam, smo fitty years ago, aa the most choice pot on which to establish a unique omo. For some thirty years ho devoted a trgo capital and tho beat experience to Great it? a Groat Scientific and Ornamental Garden, [very country was laid unaer contribution >r trees, shrubs, and plants. No botanist in •reat Britain, Europe, America. Africa, and idia. but was acquainted with Mr Ludlam od his desires. 