Exhibit 99.13

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

                                  ($,Thousands)



                2001          2002          2003          2004          2005          2006
              ---------     ---------     ---------     ---------     ---------     ---------
                                                                  
January       1,645,913     1,571,094     1,760,266     1,726,897     1,789,999     2,024,641
February      1,798,572     1,591,236     1,872,914     1,846,860     1,977,899     2,074,549
March         1,855,681     1,658,211     1,799,947     1,896,824     2,134,738     2,106,665
April         1,835,945     1,826,261     1,812,477     1,924,190     2,120,976     2,080,176
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     2,126,506
August        1,684,890     1,807,560     1,821,527     1,804,859     2,076,314
September     1,629,004     1,691,458     1,745,219     1,745,829     2,037,614
October       1,546,217     1,675,113     1,675,929     1,718,930     1,957,895
November      1,510,454     1,672,317     1,616,826     1,669,638     1,912,301
December      1,546,110     1,696,931     1,658,581     1,730,336     1,941,484