
                                                                Exhibit 99.13

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


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                                  APAC Backlog
                                  ($,Thousands)


                                  1999       2000        2001         2002        2003
                                -------   ---------   ---------    ---------   ---------
              <C>               <S>       <S>         <S>          <S>         <S>
              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
              July              926,650   1,423,593   1,704,099    1,821,660
              August            945,826   1,416,419   1,684,890    1,807,560
              September         947,640   1,396,705   1,629,004    1,691,458
              October           935,465   1,356,512   1,546,217    1,675,113
              November          913,938   1,348,831   1,510,454    1,672,317
              December        1,210,362   1,600,107   1,546,110    1,696,931
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