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
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