Exhibit 99.13


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

                                  APAC Backlog
                                  ($,Thousands)


                       1999        2000        2001         2002        2003
                    -------   ---------   ---------    ---------   ---------

  January           792,886   1,209,729   1,645,913    1,571,094   1,760,266
  February          804,954   1,319,956   1,798,572    1,591,236   1,872,914
  March             872,496   1,387,553   1,855,681    1,658,211   1,799,947
  April             883,616   1,373,245   1,835,945    1,826,261   1,812,477
  May               889,033   1,410,490   1,775,066    1,747,191   1,793,366
  June              911,792   1,409,917   1,745,523    1,797,221   1,824,298
  July              926,650   1,423,593   1,704,099    1,821,660   1,797,561
  August            945,826   1,416,419   1,684,890    1,807,560   1,821,527
  September         947,640   1,396,705   1,629,004    1,691,458   1,745,219
  October           935,465   1,356,512   1,546,217    1,675,113   1,675,929
  November          913,938   1,348,831   1,510,454    1,672,317   1,616,826
  December        1,210,362   1,600,107   1,546,110    1,696,931