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'Remittance man’ was the term given to those reliant on family or friends for an income. A remittance agreement was usually verbal and the reason might be to protect the family reputation due to some indiscretion on the part of the individual now consigned to live on a monthly cheque which would arrive by mail.
See also Colonial Outcasts. A search for the remittance men, by N. Hartley (1993) Arrow Press.