Exhibit 99.13

   (Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning APAC's backlog)

                                  ($,Thousands)



                         2001          2002           2003          2004         2005
                        ------        ------         ------        ------       ------
                                                               
January                1,645,913     1,571,094      1,760,266     1,726,897   1,789,999
February               1,798,572     1,591,236      1,872,914     1,846,860   1,977,899
March                  1,855,681     1,658,211      1,799,947     1,896,824   2,134,738
April                  1,835,945     1,826,261      1,812,477     1,924,190   2,120,976
May                    1,775,066     1,747,191      1,793,366     1,882,179   2,078,982
June                   1,745,523     1,797,221      1,824,298     1,869,271   2,100,339
July                   1,704,099     1,821,660      1,797,561     1,779,323
August                 1,684,890     1,807,560      1,821,527     1,804,859
September              1,629,004     1,691,458      1,745,219     1,745,829
October                1,546,217     1,675,113      1,675,929     1,718,930
November               1,510,454     1,672,317      1,616,826     1,669,638
December               1,546,110     1,696,931      1,658,581     1,730,336