DIVIDEND PAYMENTS DECLARED

First payments of the Co-operative Society's annual dividend for the fiscal year 1915-16 will be made tomorrow form 9 to 12 o'clock at the cashier's office in the main store. Two rates of dividends have been declared one of a nine per cent on cash purchases and the other of seven percent on credit purchases. This has been the largest year's business in the Society's history, and the total amount to be paid will be $16,614, which is an increase of $1,538 over the amount paid a year ago.

Payment will also be made daily after tomorrow, with the exception of Sundays and Sundays, for a week or more. In order to obtain their checks, members of the Society must present their last year's membership cards as means of identification, when applying for their dividends.