Exhibit 99.13

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

                               ($,Thousands)



                         2001          2002           2003          2004         2005
                        ------        ------         ------        ------       ------
                                                               
January                1,645,913     1,571,094      1,760,266     1,726,897   1,789,999
February               1,798,572     1,591,236      1,872,914     1,846,860   1,977,899
March                  1,855,681     1,658,211      1,799,947     1,896,824
April                  1,835,945     1,826,261      1,812,477     1,924,190
May                    1,775,066     1,747,191      1,793,366     1,882,179
June                   1,745,523     1,797,221      1,824,298     1,869,271
July                   1,704,099     1,821,660      1,797,561     1,779,323
August                 1,684,890     1,807,560      1,821,527     1,804,859
September              1,629,004     1,691,458      1,745,219     1,745,829
October                1,546,217     1,675,113      1,675,929     1,718,930
November               1,510,454     1,672,317      1,616,826     1,669,638
December               1,546,110     1,696,931      1,658,581     1,730,336