The annual dividend of the Harvard Co-operative Society, amounting to 9 percent., will be paid at the Co-operative Office in the main store in Harvard square today and succeeding mornings, except Saturday, between 9 and 12 o'clock. Last year's membership cards must be presented in order to obtain payment of the dividend.

The sum of $18,700 is available for distribution in dividends to members. This will form the largest dividend disbursement in the 29 years of the Co-operative Society's existence.