Exhibit 99.16

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

                               ($,Thousands)



             2001        2002        2003        2004        2005        2006
           ---------   ---------   ---------   ---------   ---------   ---------
                                                     
January    1,645,913   1,571,094   1,760,266   1,726,897   1,789,999   2,024,641
February   1,798,572   1,591,236   1,872,914   1,846,860   1,977,899   2,074,549
March      1,855,681   1,658,211   1,799,947   1,896,824   2,134,738   2,106,665
April      1,835,945   1,826,261   1,812,477   1,924,190   2,120,976   2,080,176
May        1,775,066   1,747,191   1,793,366   1,882,179   2,078,982   1,984,427
June       1,745,523   1,797,221   1,824,298   1,869,271   2,100,339   1,951,183
July       1,704,099   1,821,660   1,797,561   1,779,323   2,126,506   1,957,882
August     1,684,890   1,807,560   1,821,527   1,804,859   2,076,314
September  1,629,004   1,691,458   1,745,219   1,745,829   2,037,614
October    1,546,217   1,675,113   1,675,929   1,718,930   1,957,895
November   1,510,454   1,672,317   1,616,826   1,669,638   1,912,301
December   1,546,110   1,696,931   1,658,581   1,730,336   1,941,484