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     1,718,930
November               913,938   1,348,831      1,510,454     1,672,317      1,616,826     1,669,638
December             1,210,362   1,600,107      1,546,110     1,696,931      1,658,581