Exhibit 99.13


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


                                  APAC Backlog
                                  ($,Thousands)


                       1999        2000        2001         2002        2003          2004
                    -------   ---------   ---------    ---------   ---------     ---------
                                                               
  January           792,886   1,209,729   1,645,913    1,571,094   1,760,266     1,726,897
  February          804,954   1,319,956   1,798,572    1,591,236   1,872,914     1,846,860
  March             872,496   1,387,553   1,855,681    1,658,211   1,799,947     1,896,824
  April             883,616   1,373,245   1,835,945    1,826,261   1,812,477     1,924,190
  May               889,033   1,410,490   1,775,066    1,747,191   1,793,366     1,882,179
  June              911,792   1,409,917   1,745,523    1,797,221   1,824,298     1,869,271
  July              926,650   1,423,593   1,704,099    1,821,660   1,797,561     1,779,323
  August            945,826   1,416,419   1,684,890    1,807,560   1,821,527     1,804,859
  September         947,640   1,396,705   1,629,004    1,691,458   1,745,219     1,745,829
  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   1,658,581