                                                                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
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

