Guide on Hourly Fee Rates for Consultants 8. 3 Method for Determining Hourly Fee Rates. To determine a benchmark on which to base the fee rates, guidelines provided. by the engineering industry and the Office of the Auditor-General were used.
Of these, only seven are inhabited. Hawaii -- also known as the Big Island -- is not only the largest of the Hawaiian islands, it is also the largest island in the United States. The Big Island is 4,028 square miles and is the third most visited by tourists each year.
On May 10, 1503, on his final voyage to the 'New World,' Christopher Columbus spotted the Cayman Islands. He named them Las Tortugas after the numerous sea turtles that inhabited their waters. In 1586, Sir France Drake, the first recorded English visitor to the islands, renamed them the Cayman Islands after caiman, the Neo-Taino nations' term for alligator. For the most part these islands remained uninhabited until the late 17th century.