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as a court of appeal from
Consular decisions in Japan and
the concurrent
jurisdiction given
to the court over
Civil suits originating in Japan, the
Law
.
Officers Advised
it desirable that
Letters patents should
be granted by the
Crown for the purpose of investing
the court in a
Constitutional
manner with
those powers.
I have therefore
Advised the Queen
to cause Letters Patent
under the Great Seal to be passed for the purpose,
and I forward them to you with the present
Despatch.